California continues to rise. As soon as the governor steps up to the microphone, we will bring it to you live. Right now in california, there are more than 52,000 cases with more than 8400 deaths. In the bay area, there 48,000 cases and 762 deaths. State Public Health Officials Say the rate of positive coronavirus cases in california and the hospitalization rates are trending upwards. Expect more positive cases as testing increases. California has conducted more than 7 million virus tests so far. Carter county Contra Costa County could find you in violation involving noncommercial activities. The five would be 100 for the first violation, 200 for a second and 500 for each additional violation within a year. For violations involving businesses, it would be a 250 dollar fine for the first violation, 500 for the second and 1000 for each additional violators will vote on the ordinance tomorrow. Belatest restrictions. We have a county by county listsenate republicans are unveiling their co
The extent of the crisis cannot be overstated. Six months, over 3m people in the United States have been diagnosed with covid19 and more than 140,000 americans have died. Sadly these numbers will only continue to increase as new covid19 cases are searching all across the nation. I is possible. They also appreciate the chance to bring some ten i ten unseat e Trump Administrations work speed effort. This transparency will be crucial to secure the american Peoples Trust that the vaccine will be made available only once it is proven to be safe and effective. Congress has already taken actions to support these efforts. This spring, congress provided the Vaccine Development and manufacturing of birds and other medical countermeasures. Then two months ago the house passed the heroes act, the comprehensive legislation to strengthen the nations ability to fight the pandemic like altering the Strategic National stockpile and increase funding for Research Development and manufacturing vaccines an
Points in her favor such as her experience on the campaign trail. When she was running for president , but adds that u. S. Senator Tammy Duckworth has value as well and one of the person should think about is Tammy Duckworth mainly because republicans really dont like or. But you shouldnt from illinois. So she can have some gravitas for the midwest. A war veteran its going to be hard to really go after her and i just wonder if its. If its kind of a chemistry thing that is also at play here. I i definitely think that comes in to play and on that score. I think somebody that you already know like susan rice would we be that the just because they do have a great chemistry and theyre ready have worked together doctor terry bynes a Political Science professor at cal feels that susan rice might be a good fit. But she does put her money on harris saying that she has a youth and charisma to energize the campaign. And Kamala Harris is a strong candidate the 2 major picks right now bass and harr
California is the first state to top a half a million coronavirus cases its a record first that no one is envious of the state will have to endorse stricter shutdowns or the stopping of indoor activities if the numbers dont improve in the coming days. Stephanie elam has the story. California was the first state to shut down. And now its the first to have more than half a million coronavirus cases on sunday, the state recorded almost 509,200 total infections. But back when california began reopening in may. There were roughly 64,600 cases. There is some contained the and controls how this spread in the beginning when the opening up took place. We have more cases and that should be. Instructive to others. The the virus is vicious and you have to have. City shelter in place as long as you need it. California added over 9,000 new cases yesterday on may 8th, it was just over 2000. The rise hitting major cities like San Francisco, hard and state leaders fear its because residents are becomin
Now on bbc news. Its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 2020. And he said that