Milestone, 6. 8 million cases, 200,000 atsorth world wnd the combined. U. S. , about onefourth to one fifth of the worlds number of cases. Although we do have a big popul population but overrepresents in the number of cases. So we want to explore what is happening there and we have a doctor with the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security who will be us or we had him, lost him, getting him back. We want to talk about flu season coming up, a lot of doctors fear the twindemic. We want to check in with dr. Alok patel who talked about the importance of the flu shot. Lets get right to dr. Patel because i got my flu shot yesterday, right . I posted about it on social media and i was flabbergasted at some of the responses i got. And ight, w t dress th i not controversial that i got a flu shot and i got some really earnest responses, dr. Patel, from people who were spreading myths about the flu shot and i just want to clear this up with you today. So one of the first myths that som
Have peace of mind and they will put food on the table and pay the rent. Sports direct u turn on keeping their stores open after all shops selling nonessential goods were ordered to close. Ministers confirm that children under 18 can still travel between the homes of separated parents. Spain says over 500 more people have died from the coronavirus in the past 2a hours with nearly 3,000 new cases. It comes as the world health 0rganisation says 85 of new cases reported in the past 2a hours were in europe and the us. Hello and welcome to our audiences around the world. Were all going to have to adapt to a new way of living. Our top story today here in the uk the Prime Minister declared a National Emergency last night as he announced drastic restrictions on our daily life to combat the spread of coronavirus. He warned that without a Huge National effort, the nhs will not be able to cope and more of us will die. You can now only leave your home for very specific reasons. They are to shop fo
Ground with nbc news chief medical correspondent dr. Nancy schneiderman. She is going to be joining us live from monrovia in just a moment. The camera man was just hired on tuesday. He had been working on the ground in liberia for three years prior to that. Again, he is an american. Hes reported to have come down with symptoms of ebola yesterday on wednesday, at which point nbc news says he immediately quarantined himself and sought medical attention. Earlier this morning, he was given a blood test to test for the presence of the ebola virus. Within less than 12 hours, that blood test came back positive. Nbc news is not disclosing the name of this freelance photojournalist at the request of his family. We know that hes 33 years old. Hes an american. He had been working on the ground in liberia for several years and was recently covering the ebola outbreak. But his diagnosis today makes him the fourth american known to have contracted ebola who will be flown to the u. S. For treatment.
The cameraman was just hired on tuesday. He had been working on the ground in liberia for three years prior to that. Again, he is an american. Hes reported to have come down with symptoms of ebola yesterday, on wednesday, at which point nbc news says he immediately quarantined himself and sought medical attention. Earlier this morning, he was given a blood test to test for the presence of the ebola virus. Within less than 12 hours, that blood test came back positive. Nbc news is not disclosing the name of this freelance photojournalist at the request of his family. We know that hes 33 years old. Hes an american. He had been working on the ground in liberia for several years and was recently covering the ebola outbreak. But his diagnosis today makes him the fourth american known to have contracted ebola who will be flown to the u. S. For treatment. Now, all of the others that we know of contracted it, also, while in liberia. And like the three previous cases involving americans, two doc
He had been working on the ground in liberia for three years prior to that. Again, he is an american. Hes reported to have come down with symptoms of ebola yesterday on wednesday, at which point nbc news says he immediately quarantined himself and sought medical attention. Earlier this morning, he was given a blood test to test for the presence of the ebola virus. Within less than 12 hours, that blood test came back positive. Nbc news is not disclosing the name of this freelance photojournalist at the request of his family. We know that hes 33 years old. Hes an american. He had been working on the ground in liberia for several years and was recently covering the ebola outbreak. But his diagnosis today makes him the fourth american known to have contracted ebola who will be flown to the u. S. For treatment. Now, all of the others that we know of contracted it, also, while in liberia. And like the three previous cases involving americans, two doctors and and aide worker, this camera man