That school about the research and what this means. The author of spillover, animal infections and the next human pandemic, he will be joining us from montana. 202 the area code and washington, dc. For the eastern time zone. 2027488001 for the pacific and Mountain Time zones. 2027488001 if you are 2027488002 if you are a medical expert. The very latest from Johns Hopkins university and the numbers on this pandemic. Around the world 3. 1 million cases and the death toll exceeding 214,000. Joining us from birmingham, alabama is dr. Michael saag. He is the director for the Infectious Disease division at the university of alabama Birmingham School of medicine. Thank you for being with us. Dr. Saag thank you for having me. Host the timing of this conversation, the breakthrough by the fda, this new drug used for emergency purposes. Your school and institution, part of the research. How significant is this . Dr. Saag this is an important breakthrough because it has proof of concept in inhibit
And for those in the mountain and pacific time zone. We also want to hear from medical professionals. We come to you from my home to your home. We begin as we always do with the very latest from john hopkins university, and the number on this pandemic. Around the world, 3. 1 million cases. And the death toll now exceeding 214,000. Joining us from birmingham, alabama is dr. Michael sack, the director of Infectious Disease division at Birmingham School of medicine. Its also a professor. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you for having me. Mike and the timing of this conversation, new drug use for emergency purposes, part of the research. Just how significant is this . Guest this is a very important breakthrough, mostly because it has proof of concept in inhibiting the virus directly, which translates into clinical benefit. Havent seen anything like that before, so its a definite step in the right direction. Mike weve been hearing the term this is done at lightning speed. Just a qu
And jobs from the Virus Outbreak donald trump also pledges to bail out the u. S. Oil industry after prices they put into negative territory for the 1st time in history and serious questions are being asked about the true number of coronavirus related deaths in england and wales. The current a virus pandemic could lead to famines in dozens of countries pushing tens of millions more people around the world to the brink of starvation a un report has highlighted the vast number of people around the world who are now acutely food in secure the World Food Program has requested 350000000. 00 to set up a network to keep humanitarian supply chains moving around the world. No samples yet but i must warn you that if we dont prepare and act now to secure access avoid fundies shortfalls disruptions to treat we could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions within a short few months the actions that we take will determine our success or failure and build a Sustainable Food systems as the b
Health workers in india who say theyre being forced to risk their lives to treat coronavirus patients. Im sunni so misconducts good to have you with us u. N. Chief antonio is criticizing the lack of International Cooperation in the Coronavirus Crisis he said there was a lack of leadership and that the International Community was not united but divided terrace also says a u. N. Appeal for 2000000000. 00 for the most vulnerable including refugees and internally displaced people has only been house funded he says he is especially concerned about the situation and africa is other countries with lots of vulnerabilities vulnerability in their all systems vulnerabilities in their economies and their societies and there is really not enough for me the energy of International Community to support these countries built quickly capacity to address the pandemic in itself and protect their economies in relation to the devastating impacts. Of the coffee. Well the kenyan government has banned the ent
To contain the spread of the virus for the country faces an additional challenge in the thousands of people now coming home from iraq. And should be old not be wearing face masks some places including one town here in germany making the compulsory opinions divided on whether they can stop the spread of infection. Im still going to welcome to the program u. S. President to donald trump has told americans to prepare for a very painful 2 weeks he was speaking as the countrys death tolls from the coronavirus of past 4000 thats greater than chinas official tally as in trump said as many as 240000 people in the u. S. Could die even if current social distancing measures were maintained. Bringing out the to. It new york is americas coronavirus hot spot with 19 has killed more than 1500 people across the state most of the deaths have been in new york city authorities there are ramping up Hospital Capacity across the u. S. Numbers are rising sharply. I want every american to be prepared for the