Track and trace people exposed to corona virus. Dangerous prospect. Is a growing. United nations criticizes israels plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank saying it violates International Law. A stand off in the South China Sea the us in australia weighed into the dispute between china and malaysia. To begin in the u. S. Where figures released just hours ago paint a devastating picture of the economy in just 5 weeks tens of millions of jobs have been simply wiped out take a look at the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits thats fewer than the week before when more than 5300000 registered for jobless so. Port but the scale of these weekly figures is unprecedented you see in total now more than 26000000. 00 americans have applied for Unemployment Benefits since the end of march that was when President Donald Trump made the 1st of his covert 19 outbreak declarations our White House Correspondent Kimberly Howard live for us from washington d. C
Has ordered people to wear face masks in public if they cannot social distance. One of the big focuses right now is on Contact Tracing, trying to identify who may have come in contact with an infected person. Abc7 News Reporter kris reyes is live in San Francisco with this important part of the investigation and how it can help reduce infections. Chris . Good afternoon, liz. For people who are hearing this term for the first time, it simply means the ability of Public Health officials to track down every Single Person that a covid19 positive patient came into contact with. And you can imagine as cases have grown how complicated this task is. Well, today mayor london breed announced the citys ability to do widespread Contact Tracing investigations and how it will help reopen the economy. Have a listen. Our goal is to chase down all of those people and to either help them if they are covid and get them into quarantine, or to basically give them the relief that they are not infeblged. It
Yet amidst good news, a harsh reality. Death toll still climbing. Bad news isnt just bad, bad news is actually terrible. Overnight, new guidelines revealed to get workers back on the job. Is that a risky move . Well ask dr. Anthony fauci about that. And this provocative suggestion. I dont think we ever should ever shake hands ever again, to be honest with you. Burnout, senator Bernie Sanders ends his run for the white house. If i believe we had a feasible path to the nomination i would certainly continue the campaign, but its just not there. The question now, will his supporters show up for joe biden in november . All that, plus dangerous storms, overnight tornadoes rip across the south, tens of millions at risk for more Severe Weather today. Al has the forecast. Linda tripp, the woman who played a key role in the impeachment of president clinton, loses her battle with cancer. And out of this world. And liftoff. A nasa astronaut and two russian cosmonauts begin their mission to the Int
Hospitals during the pap. Ndemic. He talked about actions hes taking to temporarily suspend all immigration into the u. S. Due to the virus. President trump thank you very much, everyone. Big day today. I want to start by saying that our love and prayers to every american continue to be with our fellow citizens who lost a cherished friend or Family Member to the virus. We are making tremendous strides against this invisible enemy thanks to our Aggressive Campaign gets the virus and the talent of our medical professionals. Mortality rate remains half of that of many other countries and one of the lowest of any country in the world. And thats due to a lot of things but our medical professionals have been incredible. Since we announced our guidelines on opening up america as we call it, opening up america and i think we can add the word probably again, but thats what it is. We are opening up america. 40 of the u. S. Population have announced they are making plans and preparations to safel
Optimism grows over flattening curve in some areas of the countries. Signs that lockdowns could be having positive impact. 7 and 3 quarters percent yesterday, take a look. Pretty good rally at the end of the day as well. Dow industrials up yesterday, nasdaq up 540 and s p up 175. President trump announcing a deal with 3m to supply medical masks and he said he had a, quote, wonderful call with former Vice President about the coronavirus response. We have you covered this morning about the pandemic and markets and beyond with allstar lineup you do not want to meet miss. Plus what other possible rounds of stimulus might look like, phase 4. The Dallas Mavericks owner mark cuban is here on what should be done to help businesses survive pandemic. Heros stepping forward to help the world on time of crisis. Mornings with maria live now. Big show this morning and big rally underway, lets take a look at Global Markets which are mimicking the wall streets gains today. The cac quarante is up 118 a