Nonmedical masks or covers when outside. Walmart and major retailers limiting the number of people inside their stores. But crowded lines now forming outside. No nfl delay . President trump now asked if the football season should start on time. The president hoping to pack stadiums and arenas by late summer. Californias governor already pushing back. Overseas, the new europe hot zone. France reporting its deadliest 48 hours. The number of confirmed cases surpassing china. Back home and the race to find a possible treatment. A father in critical condition. His daughter pleading for use of an experimental treatment. And sign of the times. Celebrating apart but not alone. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with breaking news on the coronavirus pandemic and the blunt assessment from President Trump about the tough week ahead, warning there will quote, be a lot of the u. S. Crossing a new threshold more than 300,000 cases nationwide, mo
We may have more still to endure. We have to open our country up. We have to get going. We have to open our country up. Using the great advances of science. What do i know . Im not a doctor. Im not a doctor, but i have common sense. And our instinctive compassion to heal. If it does help, great. If it doesnt help, we gave it a shot. What a contrast from leadership. There you have Queen Elizabeth talking about a common cause, and then you have donald trump, who had an unscheduled press conference yesterday evening. For what reason, few people really know. Because if you break down what the president said, and a lot of people have been analyzing it over the night pretty much nothing of news. Nothing new. Nothing noteworthy. The president attacked a governor in personal terms, for no reason at all, actually. Its the last thing you want to do at a time of crisis. He continued to push an unproven drug, whose efficacy on this pandemic is still unknown. He has his hack, Peter Navarro, running
Dr. Anthony fauci, the top Infectious Disease doctor cautions that as many of half of those may be asymptomatic and says the United States is struggling to control the virus. The u. S. Is now losing more than 1,000 people a day as the death toll in this country may soon surpass 10,000. Dr. Deborah birx is advising people to avoid the pharmacy or Grocery Store this week. In new york, theyre reporting its first drop in cases. But Governor Cuomo warns, its too early to tell if that will last. President trump, meanwhile, continues to push for the use of the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine despite Scientific Evidence of the effectiveness. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains hospitalized in london for coronavirus. Downing street says to take cautionary measure because of the persistent symptoms hes had for nearly two weeks now. Dr. Sanjay gupta and dr. James crow are, the director of the vanderbilt vaccine center. Theyre developing an antibody that perhaps could be used to treat
Very excited. Its incredible. He volunteered to come to new york to be a nurse. He wasnt even working as a nurse anymore. He had nurse training but he decided, im going to do this. The news continues right now. I want to hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. There are a lot of Health Care Workers that have been sacrificing their own private times and contact with families even if they live locally for fear of spreading it to their own families. Thats a lot of sacrifice. Its important to remember, especially today on National Nurse appreciation day. Thank you. Big daddy anderson. I wait for the laugh. I wont leave until it. I am chris cuomo. Welcome to primetime. So, look, the facts are not in dispute, not on in show. No state has met the relatively relaxed standard of 14 days or fewer cases to reopen. The question has become, is the goal still to save lives in this country . It seems the measure has changed. And america is deciding what to do now on the basis of how much death is
Late in the evening on March 10, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the first cases of coronavirus in Michigan. In the days that followed, the state was on alert as the disease COVID-19 took hold.
A two-week shutdown became a month, then three months, then six months. Now, one year later, all of our lives look very different. Masks are commonplace, many of us still work from home, and students continue to learn remotely. Weddings and trips were postponed or cancelled. Lives were put on hold, and worse. More than 16,000 Michiganders have died of COVID-19. Over 650,000 have tested positive.
Here is a month-by-month breakdown of Michigan Radio s coverage since that fateful March day.