Global pandemic. Lawmakers were told this week that the virus would continue to spread in this country and that the worst is yet to come. We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now. How much worse well get will depend on our ability to do two things, to contain the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside, and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country. Bottom line, its going to get worse. Paul dr. Borio, the former director for medical and biodefense preparedness policy at the white house, a position she left in 2019. Welcome, doctor. Appreciate you coming in. Thank you. Paul lets talk first about testing. This is a big issue of contention. Where do we stand now on the availability of tests for the coronavirus . So, testing is just now becoming more available. In addition to the Public Health lab testing, academic labs are beginning to test. The good news is that some private Developers Already have tests authorized for us
Corner on this virus. Martha those are the measures that are being taken tonight as the number of cases here in the United States now over 1600. 137,000 cases worldwide. Just shy of 70,000 people have already recovered from the virus. It impacts almost every aspect of everybodys life tonight. So how are we doing . How long is going to take . And how long can americans stay home . Thats the big question. So the lockdown in italy may be starting to have an impact. Singapore, more authoritarian route has actually been successful. So what can we learn from both of those . We will look at all of that tonight appeared in a straightforward manner seeing what we can learn and knowing that sacrifices will have to be made on the part of every american to make this work. From the workplace to our School System to how many people we can gather with, our president ial elections even being affected. As primary voting in at least one state is likely to be postponed. Tonight we are waiting action from
Frustrations and faiths. I didnt meet the criteria because i didnt travel out of the United States to one of the countries and i dont know what virus i have. I am running a fever and i have chest congestion and nobody can test. I hope god tells me no, you are getting better. We begin the hour right there with american lives interrupted. Just about everything we do looks different today. Whats becoming a scary ritual for us to report, coronavirus ticking up shy of 1700 here in the United States, 41 have died from the virus. The president sis holding a pres conference of coronavirus 3 00 p. M. Eastern at the white hou house. The shortage of coronavirus testing, there is hope for a vote later in the house to prove a giant Coronavirus Relief package. House republicans are waiting for a signal from the president that he supports this deal. More on Washington Development a bit later. First, your life, the new normal is a sudden child care challenge, thousands of schools across the country ar
Chunk of that gain happening after the News Conference started and continuing throughout. All of this comes on a day of more cancellations and postponements affecting major sporting events, Worship Services and educational facilities. As well as increasing strain on businesses and consumers. America has dramatically changed how it operates. In the span of just a few days. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight on the north lawn with what the Emergency Declaration means and what comes next. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. Indeed, things have changed quite significantly in just the last few days. President trump was hoping it wouldnt come to this but with public concern growing and political pressure mounting on him to show that the white house is making maximum effort to deal with the coronavirus, the president today moved to get out in front of it. I am officially declaring a National Emergency. Two very big words. The declaration of a Nationa
Hospitals in the United States. So want to go right to cnns chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta, working the phones all morning. Sanjay . And im about to let you in on a conversation ive been having with some of my colleagues here, in atlanta, at the emory hospitals. I want to preface by saying, look, what youre hearing over the last 24 hours, 48 hours is pretty concerning, alarming. Were going to get through this pandemic. Were going to get through this. It is going to take time, but we thought we would give you an idea of what doctors are facing in hospitals now. I would like to bring in my colleague dr. Carlos del rio, who is the dean of emory at grady hospital. We have been colleagues for a long time, traveled around the world together. Carlos, good morning. You and i were emailing throughout the night as well. And i thought i might just start off by sharing a little bit. Certain things i cant share, but some emails came in last night, guys, this is happening, were now see