East coast time has now killed more people in the u. S. That in china at least according to beijings official numbers. We have more than 3400 deaths nationwide, half of those in new york state. The epicenter here at home. We have team fox coverage throughout the hour all across the country now coasttocoast. In the midwest, cases are skyrocketing. And now has the fourth most infections in the country and on the west coast a bit of a different story, officials in the state of washington saying early social distancing guidelines may be working, but the governor there warns the state should not declare victory just yet. Our reporters are fanned out across, here with me on pier 90 in new york city and good afternoon to you. Good afternoon. We are still waiting for the first patience to arrive on the comfort. In those patience are expected to be there by the end of the day and right now its a bit of a slow roll but once the process is set, they were expecting some 50 patients a day to be adm
Were going to close down the city playgrounds and leave the open spaces available. So use the open space in a park. Walk around, get some sun, great. No density, no basketball games, no close contact, no violation of social distancing period. Thats the rule. Governor cuomo and others have warned that anyone can get the virus including young people. There is confirmation of that at the state of connecticut. An examination of the remains of a 7 week old infant showed the child had the coronavirus. Authorities say the cause of death is unknown. Sandra. Sandra so many difficult stories to hearing coming out of this. Ed thank you, sandra. President trump and his administration calling for new blood tests to determine who may have immunity to covid19. Dr. Anthony fauci saying it would be an important step to keep all americans safe. Antibody testing right now is not the first thing on our priority. It is something we need to do is testing to see if someone is infected. It is very important u
Inability to get tested or the inability of a Family Member or acquaintance of yours to get tested, its an understandable frustration. There are literally still Frontline Health care workers who have been seeing coronavirus patients in places like new york city who cant get themselves tested. Its just nuts. But today at a white house meeting with Oil Executives, the president blurted out, you know what . I like it. Lets test these guys. If anybody wants to be tested, well test them. And today at the white house, all those Oil Executives there to meet with the president got tested. Congratulations, gentlemen. Youre lucky guys. 305 people died of coronavirus in new york city in the past 24 hours, which means in americas largest city today, one person died from coronavirus every 4. 7 minutes. There are nearly 12,000 people hospitalized in new york city now, and we have been watching how that number has risen over the past two weeks. And how did people get to those hospitals . How do those
If you are frustrated by your inability to get tested or the inability of a Family Member or acquaintance of yours to get tested, its an understandable frustration. There are literally still Frontline Healthcare workers who have been seeing coronavirus patients in places like new york city, who cant get themselves tested. Its just nuts. But, today, at a white house meeting with Oil Executives, the president blurted out you know what, i like it. Lets test these guys. If anybody wants to be tested, well test them. And, today, at the white house, all those Oil Executives there to meet with the president got tested. Congratulations, gentlemen. Youre lucky guys. 305 people died of coronavirus in ynew york city in the past 2 hours, which means in americas largest city today, one person died from coronavirus every 4. 7 minutes. There were nearly 12,000 people hospitalized in new york city now. And we have been watching how that number has risen over the past two weeks. And how do people get t
It was awkward. But now, in the spring of 2020, Something Else about the trailblazing biography of irelands young Prime Minister has been brought to the fore because this week he has gone back to work as a doctor. The Prime Minister of ireland went to medical school and worked as a doctor, as a general practice physician in ireland for seven years, before he left the medical role and went into politics. Now as ireland confronts its coronavirus epidemic, theyre currently over 6,000 cases and over 200 deaths, the Prime Minister himself has reregistered on the medical roles with irelands Health Service, and he is now spending one day a week working as a doctor, assessing suspected coronavirus patients in ireland, while he still works as Prime Minister. Ireland last month asked Health Professionals of all kinds who were not currently working in the countrys Health Service to please sign up and join the fight. The Prime Minister himself is now among them. And that kind of volunteerism, amon