Optimism in the countrys fight against the coronavirus social distancing measures of help slow the spread and the number of new infections is going down but it had latest briefing im going to back oh boy on that now is not the time to ease the lock down. Deserted streets in the german capital a common sight in countries facing current virus around the world but according to experts in germany the restrictions on movement seeing to be having a positive effect. The number of new cases there appears to be leveling out but with a long easter weekend looming the german chancellor has warned against getting complacent if you do if we mustnt allow ourselves to be lowered into a false sense of security instead we should be really happy that more stringent measures necessary for me this means that we cannot be reckless now we mustnt allow ourselves to be lulled into this false sense of security and i know that for myself personally you get a little hope then you gain confidence then you become
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The doctor had mentioned, but it is important to remember that this is not the time to feel that, since we have made such an important advance in the sense that, in the success of the medication, that we need to be pulling back at all. The u. S. Has climbed in deaths and sadly, the death toll is now topping 18,000 across the country. That is up from 6800 just a week ago. Here in california there are more than 21,000 cases, and 583 deaths. That is more than double the death toll this time last week when 264 people have died of the virus. Reporter gov. Newsom urged californians to stay the course. He says the social distancing is helping to slow the spread of the virus and counties across the state, he also talked about the recent spike in cases at Senior Nursing homes. The state is now monitoring nearly 300 nursing facilities for people who had tested positive for covid19. What we have done in addition to broadening those supports over the last number of weeks is we have put out specifi
Fo really called our church this. From sky 7, you can see hundreds of drivers lined up patiently waiting their turn for pickup. Pastor kenny foreman says he has never seen anything like this before. Were going to be here for the long haul until we goat the other side. Second harvest of Silicon Valley distributes food through sites in santa clara and san mateo counties. The church is just one of them. We have so many people feeling so much anxiety right now, and so many people finding themselves for the first time in need of help. Across town at the san jose armory, Real Estate Developer urban community has brought together a network of business and Community Leaders to help form a new nonprofit called san jose ship kits. There is a lot of good people throughout that really want to make a difference. And weve got a lot of already. The group is distributing free medical, food and wellness supply kits by those in shelter in place mandate. Theyre really going through it. And to be able to
Time zones. We begin as we always do with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Of 1. 4onfirmed cases million around the world. Here in the u. S. , more than 12,000 deaths. In new york city alone, an estimated 4000. As christians focus on the holy week and deal with coronavirus, we turn to Cardinal Timothy dolan. We thank you for being with us. Guest im grateful for the invitation. Thanks for asking me to join in. Thanks for all you are doing. Host i want to begin with what you told your parishioners on palm sunday, that we miss you very much, we will be making the best of this. I want to ask how you are dealing with it personally, but also the archdiocese of new york. Cardinal dolan it is tough days for everybody. It is tough as well for the church, steve. We are a People Church and we count on our flock. We count on the community. And they count on us. They want to be together. We are people of the sacraments, of community. This is very rough because people need their fai