2 things will start to come to our aid. Number one, the mass testing the kind i just described, the rapid turnaround testing. And then the other thing is now the prospect, the realistic prospect of a vaccine say you have a kind of, as it were to boxing gloves, to the disease in that, in the weeks and months that followed. But ive got to stress that what were not out of the woods yet. Well, deaths are also climbing significantly in italy, which recorded 623 corona, virus fatalities on tuesday. 32000 new infections were also confirmed pushing its total number of cases past 1000000. Italys nourse remains the hardest hit part of the country. And corona virus restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the u. S. Says, infections shatter, more records there. According to the covert tracking project, the 131000 new cases were confirmed on tuesday, and texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases where people are hospitalized with the virus than ever before.
Its good to be with you. Robert we had questions for our audience members. We will get to them in a moment. Its thanksgiving week. Any lastminute messages for americans who are still undecided on traveling . Dr. Fauci yes, bob, thank you. Obviously each individual family has to make, as i have said over the past few days, a riskbenefit assessment about the risk you are willing to take in traveling and in congregating in the usual warm atmosphere of 10, 15, 20 people at a home dinner. Although those are wonderful parts of our tradition, i would like to have each family make that Risk Assessment and know and understand that we are in a very difficult situation where the rate of infection, the slope of infections, are really very, very steep. You might want to reconsider travel plans and certainly try as best as you can to keep congregant meetings indoors, as innocent and wonderful as they sound, to a minimal number of people, preferably just members of a household. I know this is a diffi
Contra costa county. The news at 10 00 starts right now. Thank you for joining us for this special election 2020 newscast. Its not jut about the vote count. Many high profile republicans are joining the president in claiming Election Fraud without presenting any real evidence. Lets start with the numbers. The Electoral College vote unchanged. Youll notice in the last 24 hours because the races in five states are still too close to call. And four of those states could go to recounts. Joe biden with 253 electoral votes. 214 for President Trump. 270 is the magic number. The country is hanging on the results from nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, and georgia. In all four states, both candidates are within 2 Percentage Points of each other. And two are practically in a dead heat. In georgia, President Trump has led, has the lead with less than 2,000 votes. It is 11 00 in the evening in maricopa county, arizona, where the count continues at this hour. The county intends to announce new results
Halfhour interview. Today i am pleased to welcome back dr. Anthony fauci. Thefauci is leading nations fight against the coronavirus. He is director of the National Institute of allergies and infectious diseases. He has advised president s for decades and he has been praised by president elect biden. Welcome back. Questions from our audience members, but first it is thanksgiving week. Any lastminute messages from for americans who are still undecided on traveling . Dr. Fauci every individual family has to make as i have said recently over the past few days a riskbenefit assessment about the risk you are willing to take in traveling and congregating in the usual warm people. Re of 10, 15, 20 although those are wonderful parts of our tradition, i would like each family to make that Risk Assessment and understand we are in a difficult situation where the slope of infections are steep. You may want to reconsider travel plans and try as best as you can to keep congregant meetings indoors as
Meet to calm election tensions which have now claimed that least 85. 00 lives, plus the armenian Prime Ministers future hangs in the balance after thousands them and his resignation, branding him a traitor over them, and corner cutting back ceasefire. Deal with your support with less than a day until the delayed masters Golf Tournament. Tiger woods is on the prowl as he looks to defend these green jackets well hear from the World Health Organization has described europe as a cautionary tale of the dangers of easing. Coronavirus restrictions the continent is experiencing in aggressive surgeon infections with daily fatalities steadily raw, ising towards the peak of the 1st wave back in spring or than 50000. 00. People have now died from covered 19 in the u. K. Alone. And initially, once the epicenter of europes outbreak, 623. 00 people have died in just the last day. Andrew symonds reports for the u. K. Its another landmark in the spread of covert, and its causing a lot more than 50000.