Different city, and i know you are from oklahoma. You took your first patient in yesterday. Whats the status of your Field Hospital now . Thank you for asking. So our Field Hospital has patients in the icu today as well as in the mens award and the womens ward. We are filling up steadily through the evening last night and all day today, continuing to accept patients into our 68 bed facility. We will continue to accept patients until we are at capacity. Bill shelley, give me a number. Is it a dozen or how many have you taken in the last 24 hours . I think we are at 12 right now. So you have about 56 more to go. Thank you for being here and doing that. How are you keeping safe . We use ppe whether we are in the hot zone or the cold zone and we do a lot of hand washing and stay away from each other. Bill and how about your coworkers, how much concern do you have when treating patients who need your help . I certainly think i have a high level of concern in treating this patients, because
Leland nice to be with you as well. Im leland vittert. Theyre working to keep this contained at home, but a newly leaked dossier that might shed light into where and how this various first began. Mark meredith at the white house theyre keeping an eye on that, the president is at camp david. As you mentioned the president is at camp david. But the investigation into the origins of the coronavirus continues. One told john roberts, that most u. S. Intelligence agencies believe that the virus originated in a chinese lab and the release was an accident, not intentional. The president this week said he could not go into detail about the intelligence gathered so far. The president was asked before he left for camp david if china could face additional Economic Issues over this crisis . A lot of things are happening with respect to china. Were not happy, obviously, with what happened. This is a bad situation, all over the world, 182 countries. But well be having a lot to say about that. Its cer
Hello, everyone. Im eric shawn. Arthel hello, eric. Hello, everyone. Im arthel neville. The u. S. Is reporting more than 1. 1 million confirmed cases of covid19, over 65,000 americans have died with more than 65,000 families mourning the loss of a loved one since february. Now, despite concerns we could see another spike in numbers, some states have already begun allowing nonessential businesses to reopen, getting people back to work. Lets go to steve harrigan, hes live outside cdc headquarters in atlanta with more. Steve. Reporter arthel, the flood has really begun, at least 12 states right now partially reopening their economies with some restrictions in place within one week that number is likely to double. A lot of florida beaches are open. In texas, restaurants are open with some real limitations on where you can sit and how many people can go in to dine. In new jersey, even though the state just posted its highest single day death total since the crisis began, topping even new yo
Kevin Stansbury, the CEO of Lincoln Community Hospital in the 800-person town of Hugo, Colo., is facing a classic Catch-22: He could boost his rural hospital’s revenues by offering hip