While spain and germany see a surge in infections in other news. Im. Bringing them back from near extinction a 6 year team effort to save the african rhino appears to be working. Lets get going the coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with the global death toll now passing 11000 in china where the numbers have been dropping theyve seen a more than 200 percent increase in ported cases sparking fears of a 2nd wave of infection just as the country recovers from the initial outbreak of the pandemic has governments worldwide imposing stricter unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the virus the u. S. Government has now closed its borders with mexico and canada for all nonessential travel italy recording 627. 00 deaths on friday the biggest day to day increase italy and spain are also struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lockdowns now the u. K. Has joined them ordering the. Of cafes pubs and gyms in Asia Thailand reported more than 809 new cases the bi
I spoke at length with mitch mcconnell, and there is tremendous spirit to get something done, so we will see what happens, but my conversation was very good with senator schumer. I thank you all for joining us, and i would like to begin by providing an update on what we are doing to minimize the impact of the virus on our nations students. With many schools closed due to the virus, the department of education will not enforce standardized testing requirements for students in elementary through high school or the current year. They have been through a lot. They have been going back and forth. School is open. School is not open. It has been all standardized testing, you know, its we are not going to be enforcing that. O i think you can let people know. I think probably a lot of the students will be extremely happy. Some, probably not. The ones that work hard, maybe not, but it is one of those things. Unfortunate. Very unfortunate circumstance. We have also temporarily waived all interest
Contain the virus and well look at coping with it as well how to protect your Mental Health whilst practicing social and physical distancing while the number of cases is comparatively low across africa if that changes will Health Systems be able to cope. And in sports olympic boss thomas back admits for the 1st time different scenarios are now being considered for this years games usa swimming has formally asked for the Tokyo Olympics to be delayed by 12 months. The coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone in the global terror death toll has now passed 11000 and in china where numbers have been dropping theyve actually seen a jump in imported cases up to 269 which is sparking fears of maybe a 2nd wave of in fact. Just as china starts to recover from the initial outbreak lets go around the world now the pandemic has governments imposing stricter unprecedented measures for example the u. S. Government closing its borders with mexico and canada for all nonessential travel is re
Coronavirus. Coping with the pandemic how to protect your Mental Health well practicing social distancing. The koran a virus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with the global death toll now passing 11000 in china where the numbers have been dropping they have seen a jump in imported cases to 269 but sparking fears of a 2nd wave of infections just as the country recovers from the initial outbreak the pandemic has governments worldwide imposing stricter unprecedented measures the u. S. Government has now closed its borders with mexico and canada for all nonessential travel italy recorded 627 deaths on friday the biggest day to day increase italy and spain are also. Were going to stem new infections despite drastic lock downs now the u. K. Has joined the ordering the closure of cafes pubs and gyms in Asia Thailand reported more than 809. 00 new cases the biggest daily jump in the number of infections so far taking its total to 411 singapore has recorded its 1st 2 deaths from the vir
Abc 7 news desk. Breaking news at the live desk this morning. A cruise member from the grand princess cruise ship has died. Sky 7 is flying over the cruise ship right now. We want to get you that so you can see the area. The crew member died in a San Francisco hospital after being tra transferred off the ship last month. Hundreds of workers remain on the grand princess docked at its home port in the San Francisco cruise terminal. 14day quarantine ends tomorrow. A coalition of unity groups and experts will hold an Emergency Press conference later today. Theyll be talking about worker safety, as well as testing. Reggie, ill send it over to you. I had forgotten that that ship is still here in the bay area. Bay Area Public Health officials are now recommending that you wear a face cover when youre out in public. We are talking about cloth face coverings, not the n95 specialized mask that people in the hospitals need. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. Amy . There hav