Available by the end of this year. But adding the u. S. Economy is open with or without a vaccine. I just want to make something clear. Its very important. Vaccine or no vaccine, were back. There are serious doubts about how realistic that time table actually is with many Health Experts saying it will take at least 12 to 18 months to actually have a viable vaccine ready. Cnns Kristen Holmes begins our coverage from the white house. Kristen, how will this plan for vaccines actually get done . Well, that is the question that all of these health and science experts are asking. I do want to note that even that 12 to 18month timeline, that was an expedited timeline. Having it done by the end of the year is even more so on that effect. Again, these Health Experts, they warn that they need to be cautious, particularly with a virus like coronavirus where were still learning the effects it has on the human body. However, President Trump says this is how hes going to ramp up that production. Tak
Green light for pro sports to open up in the coming days. Stock prices rallied today, up more than 900 points. Lets go to kaitlan collins. President trump revealed a while ago hes taking the controversial drug he has been it outing as a coronavirus warnings despite fda warnings. Reporter he had touted it for sometime and then he stopped after there were multiple studies saying it didnt help and there were side effects. The president said he wasnt worried about the the side effects and has been taking hydroxychloroquine for about a week and a half and takes it every day. He made this announcement unprompted a few moments ago. Front line workers, many, many are taking it. I happen to be taking it. I happen to be taking it. Im taking it, hydroxychloroquine. Right now yeah. A couple of weeks ago i started taking it. Because i think its good. I have heard a lot of good stories. If its not good, i am not going to get hurt by it. It has been around for malaria, lieu pus. Lupus. A lot of front
Death relatively speaking were at the lowest level along with germany. When reminded that per capita figures differ he said this, and we quote. When you see a per capita, theres many per capitas. Its like per capita relative to what . But you can look about just about any category and were really at the top. The president does have a point there. We lead the world in both total cases and death toll. This was the day donald trump has been laser focused on, and that is because its the day all 50 states now have reopened to some degree or another, even if that means only certain areas or businesses can begin to get back to normal after a twomonth lockdown that brought the nation and its economy to a standstill. Keep in mind a lot of states still have not met the government benchmark for reopening. And keep in mind that at least 23 states have now reported increases in this disease just this week. Thats almost half the nation. For his part the Vice President , the head of the now silent Co
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
From the beginning ofjune as the countrys Strict Lockdown eases President Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic comes under attack from former president obama. And football but not as we know it Germanys Bundesliga becomes the first Major European League to restart. First Major European League. Have and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. Hello and welcome. Uk education secretary gavin williamson, says the governents approach to re opening schools in england will be cautious and based on scientific advice but he warned that the longer schools are closed, the more children will miss out. It comes after teaching unions expressed concerns over plans for some pupils to return to schools in england from the first ofjune. A further 468 deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus in the uk were reported in the past 2a hours, taking the official death toll to 34,466. Heres our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. Classrooms empty now in england, but in two weeks ti