Poppy harlow. And im jim sciutto. Deemed Critical Industries convinced finally by the data. Working hard in the face of the the white house has extended the pandemic. I deliver to the hospital regularly. I just feel, for lack of a shutdown until the end of april, better word, privileged that im far beyond the easter date the still able to work and do my job. Reporter ups has nearly half a million employees on the job president had suggested. Around the world. We show you these numbers. Here are some still working in the numbers indicate in the modelling that more than 100,000 burgamo, the epicenter of the coronavirus in italy, singing in americans could die from the virus. Dr. Fauci predicted that it solidarity. Companies like ups and fresh could be even more than that, direct say theyre following cdc jim. Here are the latest numbers. And w. H. O. Guidelines for social identified cases have skyrocketed in the u. S. To distancing and hygiene 140,000. Protocols. Nearly 20,000 americans h
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
will take and whether or not it can pull off that job without doing any damage to the economy. we ll watch how quickly the fed decides after looking at this report to step in. matt egan, appreciate the reporting. one small piece of the economic pain. restaurants are another, the high prices, fewer staff and fewer customers is devastating. some restaurants appealing for help from the federal government. vanessa cambridge taking another look. vanessa, what are you seeing? john, this latest variant has wreaked havoc on an industry still struggling to come back to life. just last week, dining down 28% compared to 2020. that s according to open table. there is a restaurant app that helped to give restaurants money, $28 billion. there were about 300,000 applications. about a third were funded. so that leaves people without