Watched cspans washington journal. Live at 7 00 eastern this morning. Join the discussion. Good evening. The world past a grim milestone today with more than one million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the globe. It is thursday, april 2 and this is a prime time edition of the washington journal. One person and every 1000 americans are infected. We speak to the author of the deadliest enemy. And the dramatic increase in those applying for jobless benefits. We want to hear from you. If you are a medical professional, we want to hear from you. Tweet andso send us a we are on facebook at facebook. Com spaceman. Facebook. Com cspan. We begin with the numbers tonight courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Now, more than one million cases worldwide and nearly 52,000 deaths. Rapidly. S. , we are approaching a quarter of a million americans infected with this disease as we outpace every country including china. The death toll in the u. S. 6000. s 6000 nearly and the Unemployment Rate as th
Of on. M. , a doctor the latest developments in u. S. Efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Good morning. Its tuesday, march 31, 2020. President trump is set to hold another Coronavirus Task force briefing in the white house at 5 p. M. Eastern. Daysmes as they mark 20 since the virus was officially declared a global pandemic. Talking about the u. S. Responsiveness this morning, we are asking you to tell us who has had the biggest impact. If you think it has been the federal government, the number to call this morning is 202 7488000. If you think State Government, 202 7488001. If you think it is local government, 202 7488002. And if you think the private sector has had the biggest impact on Coronavirus Response, 202 7488003. You can also catch up with us on. Ocial media this morning, you can start calling in now. We begin with an image of the federal response. This is the United States navy in newmfort arriving york on monday. That thousand bed navy ship described today in the New
The Olympic Games till next year saying the events in 2021 will represent victory over the coronavirus. And new yorks governor makes a plea for more medical supplies saying that the state is in danger of being overwhelmed. Below the death toll from the corona virus continues to rise in europe france has just reported more than a 1000 deaths from the illness and the number of fatalities in italy are now more than double that of china for 2 days it seemed as if italys outbreak was slowing but on tuesday that number of deaths spiked again rising by more than 740 and dashing hopes that the outbreak had reached a plateau meanwhile spain has recorded its highest daily number of deaths and confirmed cases and there are concerns that Frontline Health workers do not have the protective equipment to shield them from the virus and after weeks of speculation the tokyo 2020 a limb picks has now been postponed for a year japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes determined to hold the games in ful
More thanunt, tested theother in the country, total number of people 200,000. Been helping us track down the positive cases. Number of positive cases, 9,298. Total cases, 75,000 cases. You see the predominance in new york city. Westchester, nassau, and suffolk. Then rockland. You can see that area of density. It spreads out from that area of density. The march of coronavirus across the state of new york continues. We are down to just two counties that dont have a case. The overall numbers, 75,000 have tested positive. 10,000 people in our hospitals. 2,7 i. C. U. Patients. Good news, 4900, almost 5,000 people discharged. Thats up 771. So people come in, they get treated, they go home. New york is at 75,000 cases. Next state is 16,000. California is at 7,000. You can see new york is a magnitude of difference more than any other state. 1,550 deaths. Thats up from 1,218 yesterday. Again we are studying the charts. We are trying to study the data, follow the data. The data is uneven. It bou
Pandemic. Later, National Indian Health Board Chair on the affecting native American Communities. Morning, its thursday, april 9, 2020. Against the backdrop of another deadly day, turmoil across the country, political leaders in washington are headed for a showdown over hundreds of liens of dollars in new aid for Small Businesses. With the senate set to move forward with funding today we begin our program by hearing from Small Business owners and their employees. Let us know how your Small Business has been impacted by coronavirus. Small Business Owners, 202 7488000 is your number. Small business employees, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter or facebook. Good thursday morning to you, we are hearing from the 60 million americans that work at Small Businesses in this country and the more than 30 some businesses around the country. You