Well, the United States will soon have 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases. That is 1 3 of the total number of global cases. In the past few months the virus has spread to all 50 states killing more than 56,000 people isolating millions of others and bringing the countrys economy to a stand still. Several states are making plans to go back to work and some already are despite warnings it may be too soon. Experts say more testing is needed to do this safely. It was President Donald Trump seems to think the u. S. Has enough tests. We have enough testing to begin reopening and the reopening process. We want to get our country open and the testing is not going to be a problem at all. In fact, its going to be one of the great assets. And cnns kyan lah has more from one of the states open to the public. Our goal is to get those texans back to work. Reporter texas joins the move to reopen. The governor announcing the statewide order will end. Restaurants, malls, theaters allowed to reopen w
Well, in the United States all 50 states are now reporting at least one death from the coronavirus pandemic. According to john hopkins university, americas death toll is quickly approaching 2400 fatalities. Despite the sobering developments, u. S. President donald trump insists he has everything under control. A at his daily News Conference in washington, the president went on the offensive lashing out at the media and denying reports he responded too slowly to the outbreak. On january 11th, know this no cases. On january 17th, no cases. No cases. No deaths. Im supposed to close up the United States of america when i have no cases in the middle of march. You closed it down earlier than that from china. Excuse me, i closed it down from china. By the way, some people think i should have waited longer and maybe ridden it out. I disagree with them, okay . It was thought of. That was an alternative so we did the right thing and our timing was very good. Mr. Trump also insisted that as presi
About another wave of infections. Well speak to another nurse helping new york tackle the pandemic. The u. S. Economy slumps. More americans are expected to file Unemployment Benefits. Great to have you along with us this hour. Here in the u. S. There is hope that an experimental drug can soon be used to treat coronavirus infectious. We know that early trial results show that remdesivir has helped patients recover from the virus much faster. It comes as he warns against lifting restrictions though too soon. However, thats what many states are doing. In fact, by the end of the week, 31 states will have partially reopened. Keep in mind though, this is key, the death toll is still rising in some of those areas. The president is keen on restarting the economy. I dont want people to get used to this because this virus is going to be gone and when its gone you want to get back to normal. Youre not going to have a stadium 30 the size of what it was. If i watch alabama versus lsu, i dont want
Thanks for joining us. Some states are sprinting and some are jogging, but by weeks end, coronavirus restrictions will be loosened in more than 40 u. S. States. The road to reopening is being cheered on by u. S. President donald trump. Thats despite the virus killing hundreds of people in the u. S. Every day and the number of infections rising. I really think you can go to parks, can you go to beaches. You keep the spread. You stay away a certain amount and i really think the public has been incredible with what thats one of the reasons were successful, if you call losing 80 or 90,000 people successful, but its one of the reasons that were not at that high end of the plane. That number has changed, mr. President. Its going up. I used to say 65,000 and now im saying 80 or 09 and it goes up and it goes up rapidly. Well, the president s numbers fly in the face of his own covid19 task force. In an interview aired sunday, dr. Deborah birx repeated projections of the pandemic killing up to 2
Has more. Good morning, elizabeth. Good morning, poppy, jim. Like you said, this is unprecedented. Ive been following the cdc for 30 years now, and president s dont ignore the cdc. They may not do exactly precisely, but they dont ignore this agency which is the most respected of its kind in the world. Lets take a look at what the cdc said last week, or what cnn found out last week, we first told you about it last week. Their guidelines were for daycare programs, people of faith, employers with vulnerable workers, restaurants and bars, mass transit administrators. They said, a team of people at the cdc spent numerous hours in response to an ask by deborah birx. She is the doctor that is the head of the Coronavirus Task force. Specifically what these guidelines said were things like, if youre going to reopen a school, the children should be sitting at desks that are six feet apart. If youre going to be reopening a church, you should not have a choir or you should think about not having a