Doctors in england say theyve discovered the first drug that dramatically reduces deaths in covid19 patients, and it turns out its already on the market. Reses inges a lowcost steroided trial, it cut deaths among the ird. Est coronavirus patients by a third. Tonight, doctors are cautiously optimistic that if the research pans out, the drug could eventually help save hundreds of thousands of lives. The new study comes as nearly half of the states in the u. S. Are struggling with spikes in cases, including in florida, where tonight, the state has its highest number of new infections since the pandemic began. Oklahoma, texas, and arizona are also reporting record highs in new cases today. And as we come on the air tonight, more than 116,000 people have been killed by the virus in the u. S. , and there are more than 2. 2 million confirmed cases nationwide. Tonight, theres also new research that says Wearing Masks could prevent hundreds of thousands of infections by stopping the spread of v
About his link to boogaloo, the antipolice group. Beijing on lockdown chinas capital shutting down schools, not letting anyone inhescrambo trace hundreds of thousands potentially exposed to the virus. Explosion in diplomacy north korea blows up a diplomatic building at the border. Did the last hope for a nuclear deal go up in flames . Striking out baseballs future is in serious doubt. Will there be a season . And finally, little solutions with a big impact. How mini libraries are feeding me thusthe. Wcapital. He nns odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news on what could be a breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. Doctors in england say theyve discovered the first drug that vramatically reduces deaths in out its already on the market. The drug is a lowcost steroid called dexamethasone, and researchers say in a large trial, it cut deaths among the sickest coronavirus patients by a third. Tonight, doctors are cautiously optimist
Now. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im Garvin Thomas in for terry mcsweeney. From the federal level to the state level, new action tonight to protect americans from the coronavirus pandemic. It comes as the number of covid19 cases rise in the bay area. Within the past few hours, Alameda County has now added 26 new cases. New road closures are in place in marin county to deal with the people flooding the parks and beaches this weekend. And Governor Newsom announcing several new steps to help slow the virus spread. That includes a new executive order that allows the state to increase its health care capacity, in other words, find places to put patients. Plenty of venues are being called on to participate including santa clara a convention center. Nbc bay areas roz plater has the latest. Reporter as the number of covid19 cases rises, weve learned the Santa Clara Convention center is being prepped as a justincase scenario for a temporary hospital. A federal medical stat
Replete with its own weather map. Yeah, hopefully theyre letting me borrow it this morning, the astrology and meteorologist center, our twin boys. They should be waking up here pretty shortly. If youre heading around your house or going for a short walk around your community, the morning is the time frame to do it. Youll notice the radar looks quiet but not too far offshore. Part of the weather system that will move in that should bring some rather rapid changes to our own weather passing midday. Not a lot happening but here we go from 2 00, 4 00, early evening with the heating of the day helping to drive and fire up some of those showers, we could see active thunderstorms. Highs in the mid60s. Ill have a closer look at the updated rainfall totals which has been given a bit of an upgrade today. We look forward to seeing you then, rob. See you in 15. The battle is changing by the day, even by the hour. And last night governor gavin newsom pulled out a new weapon in the fight, a new exec
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