Laez mayor made a similar announcement overnight. And the white house is considering making that recommendation in hot spots across the country. It is a dramatic shift in guidance, designed to stop the spread of the virus. And it comes as confirmed cases now top one million worldwide. Nearly a quarter of all of those infections are right here in the u. S. More than 5,000 have died across the country. And theres another stunning number, 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Thats double the number of claims from the week before, and it is historic. Take a look at this chart that puts it in perspective. Earlier this year, weekly claims numbered in the thousandss. Tonight, they reach into the millions. In the outbreaks epicenter, new york and new jersey, some hospitals are now diverting patients as those i. C. U. S fill up. Our team is covering all of the headlines, and well get to that new guidance on the mask in just a moment, but Mark Strassmann leads us off
Governments then across the globe mutual aid is taking place all around the world helping those in need were going to discuss it all that and more all right its time to. I. Coded 1000. 00 continues to grip the world and the nation total now topping more than 1600000. 00 cases with over 101000 deaths and 372000 recovered cases the u. S. Still leading the way here with more than 486000 confirmed cases and about 18000 deaths 27000 have recovered and as the numbers of infections continue to surge prisons and jails across the country have become new hot beds for the virus while some are looking to free up space others are seeing protests over a lack of action rachel bludgeons has more. The United States is known for having the largest prison. Relation in the world and hundreds of thousands of inmates are now calling for help as both prisoners and guards test positive for the coronavirus dozens of inmates took part in a demonstration at the monroe correctional complex in Washington State aft
Your reaction to the seemingly good news. We are not out of the woods. But it seems like its good news. The goal is to defeat the models. You saw the models in other countries where it went right up. We were trying to stay under that and keep our Healthcare System in check and not overrun. This is good news because thats what we have been after all along. We are starting to see the trend go down. Liz do you think the United States finally answered the wakeup call . The government has been warned about and deputy nicks sars, mers and ebola and zika. Americans may wake up to a brandnew word of having to wear masks to go into work and maybe tested for coronavirus. New apps on their iphones and phones to rack them . Do you think congress and the government has answered the wakeup call, that we arean and i of a jet stream of viruses going around the world . If we dont learn lessons from this, i dont think we ever will. We need to know whats coming across our border if we are going to protec
Westinghouse broadcasting and pittsburgh teamed up with the American Medical Association, the u. S. Public Health Service and the university of pittsburgh to produce the silent invader. The film is from the digital cle collections of the u. S. Library. The Westinghouse Broadcasting company and university of pittsburgh one of the nations Major Health Centers in cooperation with the American Medical Society and the United States public Health Service bring you the silent invader. An uptotheminute report on asian influenza. How do you do . Ill carl ives. Throughout history, mankind has been forced to wage many battles in order to protect his family or nation against misfortune, disaster or even possible extinction. Sometimes these wars have been, well, theyve been catastrophic. There was a catastrophe in 1918 when an influenza epidemic swept through our own nation as well as the entire world. Unlike the battles of nation against nation, or humanity against the forces of nature, when man i
E white house isuse is considering making that recommendation in hot sp acro s a dratic shift in guidance, designed to stop the spread of the virus. And it comes as confirmed cases now top one million worldwide. Nearly a quarter of all of those infections are right here in the u. S. More than 5,000 have died across the country. And theres another stunning number tonight, more than 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Thats double the number of claims from the week before, and it is historic. Take a look at this chart that puts it in perspective. Puts it in perspective. Earlier this year, weekly claims numbered in the thousands. Tonight, they reach into the millions. In the outbreaks epicenter, new york and new jersey, some hospitals are now diverting patients as those i. C. U. S fill pa. Our team is covering all of the headlines, and well get to that new guidance on the masks in just a moment, but Mark Strassmann leads us off tonight and, mark, we just hear