But platform manager amy jenkins told me darpa inventions are all around us. The internet. Reporter the internet . Not just that, everything from siri to Stealth Technology to selfdriving cars. Even your phones gps. Now with help of a Coronavirus Vaccine still uncertain, darpa is zeroing in on something faster. Its like a temporary fix for covid19. A temporary fix. Its meant to put up fire break around the pandemic. Reporter by sifting through the blood of covid19 survivors, darpa hopes to identify and clone the genetic blueprint of the most powerful 1 to 3 antibodies that best fight the virus. We have to find that needle in the haystack. Thats a game changer. Its absolutely revolutionary. Reporter darpa funded four teams of antibody detectives. They push us to levels we maybe wouldnt even consider. Reporter but from the firstknown covid19 survivor in the u. S. Was flown here to rob carnahs lab at vanderbilt university. Along with survivors infected at the outbreaks epicenter in wuhan,
Ver much with us. Months after it first arrived on our shores, it was a classic case of ready or not, as Martha Teichner will report ouile of u. Government pandemic preparedness plans. It is not as if we werent warned. By early february, the scope of this pandemic was really becoming quite clear. President trump we have it very much under control. Reporter so how did we get blindsided . We wasted almost the entire month of february doing almost nothing to get us ready. Reporter coming up this sunday morning, the telling timeline. Pauley shes already a broadway and hollywood legend, now Julie Andrews is launching a brand new podcast, aimed at encouraging children to read. This morning shell tell our tracy smith all about it. When the dog bites reporter Julie Andrews once played a character who could find her way through any hardship. Simply remember my favorite things reporter and it seems she is made of the same stuff. I really loved feeling happy and being happy, and im certainly not
A bailout plan to keep the strain on Airlines Flying but is it enough money. Increasingly isolated over his quarantine measures brazils president by as his Health Minister plus. Road control. Top tips from a spaceman on how to survive life in isolation. Alarming new numbers showing the strain on the worlds 2 biggest economies a from the coronavirus pandemic that is increasing doubt about the u. S. President s 2 week deadline for getting businesses back up and running in 30 states and the same time job losses have swelled to levels not seen since the Great Depression of the 19th assays meanwhile chinas Gross Domestic Product has plummeted in the 1st quarter the sharpest full since it opened up to the wild 40 years ago and theres been a big rise in the death toll in the viruss original at the center now well have the latest from correspondents in both countries but lets start with katrina you and beijing katrina yet more sobering figures from china that will inevitably reverberate around
The u. K. An inquiry is launched by gerry as Security Forces killed 18 people while enforcing lockdown measures thats more deaths than the fire sits down and the drift for 2 months hundreds of are hinges refugees are rescued but at least 24. 00 die from starvation. In the thank you for joining us as we begin in the u. S. Where a decade of employment gains have been wiped out in a matter of weeks since stalled from declared a National Emergency on the 13th of march thats just over a month ago 22000000 americans have filed for Unemployment Benefits 5200000 of them in the past week before the pandemic unemployment in the Worlds Largest economy it was at a near record low lets cross to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett kimberly obviously these are worrying figures how do you think the numbers will be received in the white house. Well theyre not going to be received well and this is a white house that continues to try to put a positive spin on very negative news but thats going
People from minority backgrounds more likely to get seriously ill from covert 19 in the u. K. An inquiry attempts to find that. Nigeria Security Forces killed 18 people while enforcing lockdown measures thats more deaths than from the virus itself and the drift for 2 months hundreds of Rohingya Refugees are rescued but at least 24. 00 die from starvation. Thank you for joining us we begin in the u. S. Were 3 phase plan for reopening the country for business is about to be launched the trams guidelines are being revealed in just hours after unemployment figures showed just how many jobs have been lost to the coronavirus pandemic since president from the cleared a National Emergency on the 13th of march thats just over a month ago. 22000000 americans have filed for Unemployment Benefits 5200000 of them in the past week before the pandemic unemployment in the Worlds Largest economy was at a near record low lets cross to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett so kimberly we are exp