Operational. And the real deal. As concerns spread over how the coronavirus will affect the nations real estate market, well get a reality check and see how Virtual Reality is helping open houses like never before. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Let none of us ever think of those we have lost as mere numbers on a graph. They were real lives. Reporter coronavirus deaths topped 51,000 in the u. S. Still in some parts of the country governments are reopening businesses and loosening social distancing. You have to do both. You have to be able to fight the virus, and we have to open up the economy. Reporter the president signed an extension of the relief bill giving 484 billion to Small Businesses and hospitals. Reporter President Trump walking back comments that he made regarding inintersections to treat coronavirus. I was sayingus oo rep likyou. Reporteresident trump i feel lg king any questions. Reporters were there. Thats their j
And rosemary in just a moment, but first overnight the bay area saw a slight jump in coronavirus cases adding 136 more cases totaling now more than 1600. Santa clara county has seen the biggest rise in cases to 591 just yesterday the county announced five more deaths along with 17 new cases. And map here shows the breakdown county by county. Other areas seeing a double digit increase. Our San Francisco, alameda, and Contra Costa County could face a shortage of ventilators if the virus epidemic continues to grow. The state already had 4200 devices that helped seriously ill paces patients. More than 1000 of the ones on hand to not work. Bloom energy if one of about 350 Companies Offering the state help with medical equipment and supplies. The ceo says until this week the staff did not know how they work, but everyone is gearing up to refurbish those old ventilators. Manufacturing is in our dna, electrical, chemical, floor devices, we understand the mall. How difficult can it be . Company
Today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. Savannah, its great to see you. We have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonights Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games. And ill be honest with you, im excited, im nervous, im all of the above. Youre nervous . What . You dont have to do a back flip, do you . No, you know what, thats actually right. You know, we are hosting the Opening Ceremony. What do we have to be nervous about . Were not competing in the Olympic Games. I have to tell you, savannah, youve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set, you have wonderful, little moments, unexpected moments. I had one of those a second ago. I was Walking Around talking to some of the people who are here on copacabana beach, and i walked up to this guy right
Im audrey asistio. All right, well, its a new Global Health emergency. The World Health Organization officially gave monkeypox that designation today. On the same list as six other outbreaks. Covid19, zika, h1n1 and flu and polio. They made the decision after a meeting late this week where experts didnt reach a consensus. So in short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly. Through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the International Health regulations. So at this point the world has seen more than 16,000 monkeypox cases this year and over 70 countries. U. S. Has recorded more than 2500 cases since may. As of last week, the u. S. Has distributed 156,000 doses of the Monkeypox Vaccine to states and ramped up testing capacity. And here if the bay area, advance mayor breed says she ispushing the federal government for more vaccines. There are five sites set up around the city to distribute vaccines. But the
And is expected to go into production next week. Was coronavirus the final straw . Brighthouse, the largest rent to own retailer in the country, is close to collapse. 2,500 jobs at risk. We look at the pressure the pandemic is placing on some businesses. England captain harry kane fears the Current Premier League season wont be completed. Kane says if its not finished by late june, its time to move on. Advice on how to keep calm and carry on from someone who knows we catch up with d day veteran and fund raiser harry billinge. Remember the good days and that youve got a lot to be thankful for. Yesterday, only three places in the uk got into double figures in terms of temperatures. Today, a few more well, its going to be cloudy and cold but not quite as windy. I will have more of it at my new time at 25 past. Its monday 30th march. Our top story. 20,000 former nhs staff have returned to work to help the fight against coronavirus, according to the Prime Minister. Borisjohnson, whos self i