Just so you know you are not on the wrong flight. Im brian balogh and ive been a cohost for backstory for over ten years now. Im going to introduce the panel and then were each going to say a few words about our quite different roles well, nathan and i have the same role. Hes trying to steal the 20th century from me and doing a pretty good job of it, but we all have relatively different roles in backstory. Were going to talk about that a little bit. And then we are going to open it up to your questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes at backstory. In fact, were rarely in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like, for instance, even though i talk to him every week. So introducing myself, im a professor at the university of virginia, i cohost backstory and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost Nathan Connolly, of course, is known to most of you as an outstandin
Gatherings still arent allowed and schools and universities remain closed people have also been asked to continue social distancing florence really has moved from kuala lumpur. A lot of businesses shops and offices are now allowed to open but they have to implement certain Safety Measures including temperature screening and making sure that theres nothing spaces within the premises for people to maintain physical distance now people are also now allowed to exercise out of their homes something they havent been able to do in the last 6 weeks this allowed to play sports now outside as long as it doesnt involve contact and as long as it doesnt involve big groups of people weve already seen a couple of joggers out on the streets on monday morning now u. S. Health experts believe it will take at least a year before a vaccine is created and distributed but president dont trump says hes confident the u. S. Will have one by the end of this year hes made the prediction as a virtual town hall me
Use and no place for such weapons in canada the World Health Organization says it doesnt believe the coronavirus was manmade the agencys emergencies chief michael ryan said scientists are assured the disease occurred naturally he was responding to a question about u. S. President trumps claims he had seen evidence it came from a lab. We listened again and again and numerous scientists who looked at the sequences looked at this white house and we were assured this was is natural in origin and what is important is that we establish what that natural host for this virus is. And that and the primary purpose of doing that is to ensure that we understand the virus more we understand the animal human. Interface and we understand how the end of the human species barrier was breached and the purpose of understanding that is that we can put in place the necessary prevention and Public Health measures to prevent that happening again anywhere south korea and india have stopped using chinese made r
Florida with about 450 kilometers away from the capital had access apparently and according to government sources a group of prisoners tried to escape they brought down the fence that surrounds the prison they were armed and it didnt end well there was a shootout between Prison Guards and the inmate the warden of that prison and it up being stabbed venezuela was one of the 1st countries to impose a lockdown in the region and because of that lock down visitors have been restricted visitors are crucial for many of those for inmates in venezuela mostly because they depend on the food on the medicine on Hygiene Products someone other things we know that some prisoners have been demanding on the situation inside of venezuelas prison among other things there was another protest theres been a history of protests in venezuela in the past in the state of police that last year 29 inmates were also killed and thats why in a way human rights were going to a solution are demanding an investigation
Verifying their identity and we also have also seen videos of people being held at close quarters with no opportunity for physical distance thing not everyone was running a mosque also getting reports that children were also detained so the raids have apart from being criticised in humane theyve also been described as foolish for the 1st time in more than a month people in spain to be allowed to exercise and go for walks its part of the governments plan to ease the straits coronavirus lock down people can only get within one kilometer of. An experimental antiviral drug has been approved for emergency use in treaty coronavirus patients in the United States 1500000 vials of the drug rem disappear will be distributed to all spittles for monday a study showed the drug shortage recovery time. North koreas leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks thats according to state media which broadcast images that it said showed kim opening a Fertilizer Factory as Robert