And allowing some businesses to begin reopening. Now, that is not the case in california. Breaking overnight, the cnn has learned that the states governor will order all beaches and state parks to close starting tomorrow. Thats after he and everyone saw these images of crowded beaches last weekend. People clearly not social distancing there. Now, 31 states will be partially reopened by the end of this week. New information about florida. It plans to open some businesses next week, except a giant exception, the states most heavily populated counties in the south. There are now more than 60,000 reported deaths in the United States. More than 2500 reported yesterday a lolone. As so many people talk about turning a corner, the number of new deaths isnt dropping. At least not significantly. John, in morning there are encouraging signs for a coronavirus treatment. The experimental drug remdesivir is showing promise in speeding up the recovery of patients. The New York Times reports that the
Beaches. Good to have you with us. Well, for the first time, we are seeing evidence that an experimental drug could help patients recover faster from the coronavirus. According to americas top Infectious Diseases expert, early trial results show remdesivir has improved patients Recovery Time by 31 . U. S. President donald trump called the news positive. When asked if it changes his thinking about reopening the country, he said its a building block. Cnns erica hill reports this comes as more states are trying to restart their economies. Reporter florida ready to reopen. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. This new phase will start on monday, may 4th, and will for the time being exclude miamidade, broward, and palm beach counties. Reporter nearly 30 of the States Residents excluded from the governors plan giving restaurants and businesses the green light. The Tampa Bay Times reports the states death toll may be incomplete noting florida officials have not released information on c
Damning testimony. A top u. S. Vaccine expert warns lawmakers that time is running out to get the pandemic under control. Also this hour, as some summer camps and Child Care Centers in the u. S. Start to reopen, Health Officials issue a new warning about a syndrome affecting a growing number of children in the u. S. Also, a cnn exclusive. We take you inside Caesars Palace to see how they plan to keep gamblers safe when the Las Vegas Strip finally reopens. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Aim natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Thank you so much for joining us. Our top story, a senior u. S. Health official warns the United States is running out of time to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The disease already has claimed almost 86,000 american lives according to Johns Hopkins university. They say the u. S. Death toll will go higher. On thursday u. S. Vaccine expert rick bright told congre
Health officials, most of whom are selfquarantining, will all testify remotely. New overnight, dr. Anthony fauci laying bare his emotions about opening prematurely. If we skip over the checkpoints in the guidelines to open america again, then we risk the danger of multiple outbreaks around the country. This will not only result in needles suffering and death, but it will set us back. This wont be the first time fauci has gone public with his concerns. He said this about testing back in march. It is a fail. It is admitted. The idea of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it, were not set up for that. Do i think we should be . Yes, but were not. Reporter last night the testing issue front and center at the white house. Notably dr. Fauci and other Health Officials were not there despite being at the white house on monday. On the same day the u. S. Covid death toll topped 80,000. The president boasted about the achievement falsely stating the u. S. Outpaces
Talking about social distancing. They actually had a meeting to talk about putting them in place. That meeting got canceled, as the president was flying back on air force one was when the cdc doctor said people need to get ready to an abrupt change to the way we were living. That sent a jolt tow the stockmarket. The president was upset about that they cancelled that meeting, where the officials were going to talk about social distancing when the president and that was when, of course, he put the Vice President in charge. It was several weeks before they moved forward with those social distancing measures. Yeah. And, obviously, the colombia document, the study is not a political document at 5u8. In fact, if its a political hit job, its a political hit job against mayor deblasio and Governor Cuomo as well because it specifically goes into how many lives in new york city could have been saved if social distancing measures and other measures could have been tan one week earlier. It. Has no