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We are all in it together, good evening, everyone. I am julie haener, working from home. Im frank somerville. It is tough to gauge progress when the numbers continue to go up. The death toll from the coronavirus is now past 10,000 here in the United States and is approaching 11,000. In california, gov. Newsom said that he expects the outbreak will peak in midmay but he also said there are already indications that the hospitalization rate is slowing down. Signs of progress in the fight against the coronavirus in new york. Retail and travel stocks were among the biggest gainers with markets up more than 7 today. And the Prime Minister of Great Britain was put in intensive care at the hospital after his symptoms for coronavirus took a turn for the worst. Boris johnson was diagnosed with coronavirus 10 days ago, the white house is now reaching out to offer assistance. Gov. Newsom said california will be lending 500 ventilators to the National Stock file to help u. S hotspots. At the same t
Part of how we did develop strategies going forward. We are grateful to the public and private labs and Healthcare Partners that have allowed us to dramatically increase our output. State lab, to the there are 25 public and private labs testing in massachusetts. 76,400 29 patients have been tested with nearly 4500 new tests reported in the previous 24 hours. We are making a lot of progress, but we know that there is much more to do. Visited a newwe drivethrough testing facility for First Responders at patriot place. As we continue to talk to partners at the local level across the state, we will continue to add more of these in all parts of massachusetts. Earlier today, we announced a new Rapid Testing site, which will enable on the spot testing and results at no additional costs. We anticipate being able to test 1000 people a day and received the site the results on site within minutes. People will know if they are positive for coronavirus and take action to seek the proper treatment.
After more than 2 months only to face quarantine in beijing. The u. S. President has criticized the World Health Organization for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic donald trump says the agency is china centric and issued bad advice at the outset of the crisis his comments come after a leaked memo revealed the new details about warnings the trumpet ministration received on how bad the outbreak in the u. S. Could be meanwhile u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson is spending a 2nd night in intensive care as he battles kovac 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who was stepped in to lead the government says johnson is stable and has been given oxygen but crucially is not on a ventilator and thats as the u. K. And the state of new york in the u. S. Have recorded their highest number of deaths in a day the u. K. Is resident registered 786 thats while 731 people died in new york well lets start our coverage in the u. S. From mike hanna joins us live now a from washington. So mike we have th
You the minute this virus is passed watch those gas prices shoot right up. Well well have to wait and see whether that happens is a heck of a time for you to be back since you said you dont know whats going on lets get into our top story the International Monetary fund has officially declared that the Global Economy is in a recession now due to the cove of 1000. 00 outbreak Economic Activity around the world has significantly slowed down as countries cities and local governments issue stay at home or quarantine orders the i. M. F. Defines a global recession as an extended period in which economic output falls and unemployment rises many economists say that this recession could be just as bad or even worse than the one in 2009 layoffs have already started bankruptcies are imminent what are your thoughts on how this is going to play out how long can people afford not to go to work. I dont. No you know this is an experiment on all of us i dont think anybody at least i cant recall in my li