we're told people start lining up at 6:00 a.m. this was the scene last weekdn april, health officials were ta day. now, it's over 50,000. but the state falls behind41 others in terms of tests performed per 100,000 people. according to targets laid out by the harvard global health institute, texas would need to increase testing to 117,000 people a day to keep the outbreak under control. health officials say the lone star state faces chaenge size demographics. rebecca fisher is an epidemiologist at texas a&m school of health. >> we have rural populations and we have urban populations and everything in between and then hidden populations. individuals who may be immigrants or might be without

resources, without withou tran. >> the need for more tests is only part of the equation says interim health authority and austin public health doctor mark escot. >> we have lag in the results of the test so it comes to a point it doesn't make sense to test more people if we can't get results back in a timely fashion to do anything tact positive tests. >> i'm here at the testing center -- >> steven was able to walk right into the public testing site he visited. >> all right. >> ready to go? >> he got his negative results eight days later. quest diagnostics which has processed nearly a fifth of u.s. coronavirus test says demand particularly in the south has outpaced capacity. it says most turnaround times have increased by a day or two. >> we need that person to be tested so that we can initiate

them in the next chab of events achbltd that is to seek out their contact. ifle we could cut off an infectious person's time circulating in the >> in austin, public testing was open to everyone but because to have high demand they had to limit it to people showing symptoms, who are high risk and are essential workers. people with private health insurance, they're asking them to seek out other option it is. >> the pandemic has a lot of americans working from home. one study found that even when the health crisis is over, at least 30% of the work force will comet to work remotely at least a couple of times a week. for those who do return, life in the office will be anything but business as yushl.

jamie yuccas reports. >> reporter: modifications have begun at the offices of cbre in atlanta. to assure this fortune 500 firm. >> there's going to be tape on the floors. there's going to behangesnse th. >> lenny is the executive managing director. he's mitigate transmission of the virus. is it about protecting their physical space and also their psychological space? >> toel copeh vil -through showing the new directional flow of foot traffic and decreased density. >> it's visualizing what the space is going to look like, those things get people mentally ready to go into that space and say yeah, i can do this. >> some offices are opting for

physical shields. >> the items people need to get backo w in hh dema mr ve thought ts wod happened. >> thousands of orders poured in from across the country. back.here so much fear i have it. i feel like people are going to feel more comfortable if you put something there. if you put a plexiglas divider you can still see someone, talk to them, connect. >> nick thompson says the new normal will include hy-tek tools like thermo cameras to scan body temperatures. advanced directional marketing is offering tracking how close employees get to one another. while the goal is safety, thompson says surveil aps is comi,he ppl install surveillance cameras in elevators and start to mop for

employees. that's when you eat at the comp cafeteria but you have to eat creating a private space. >> in high rice office buildings, staggered elevator times will be part of it. >> you might see the end of the water cooler and the end of the coffee station. >> isn't that part of the point to go into the office is to have human connections? >> we are craving real live interactions now. >> for now, open floor plans an. the immediate future supports wellness as it ate waits the arrival of a vaccine. jamie yuccas, vista, california. hi, i'm jonathan, a manager here

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hospitalized with 17 deaths, despite the low number of up fedexs, the virus is taking an economic toll on remote towns and villages cut off from much of the rest of the world. dana jacobsen has the story. >> reporter: in southeastern alaska, the town of gust taifous prides itself on its closeness to nature.retty much evolves at tglacier bay on >> there's no roads to gus 'snly available by chartered plane or ship. >> we're cut off by nature up here. >> the state- ferry delivers

remote sploiz to this community. when a short shutdown was extended due to covid-19, the town was left without options for months. businesses like this were struggling. >> we were wondering what are we going to do, how am i going to get things like a thousand pounds of coffee beans and orders of milk out here. there's no way i would be able to afford shipping everything over on sea plans. >> tosh as he's known runs gustavi s' gustavis. we bought this boat on a gamble. what happens if the ferry quit? we would be totally cut off. let's make this investment in this boat as an insurance policy. >> that gamble paid off. keeping the up to of 450 residents supplied with food by making voyages to the state

capital. the trek takes 14 hours by sea. a little more than what people are used to from their local grosser. >> i wish we could have a truck pull up to the back of our store and open up and that would be all the groceries for the week. that would be slick but that's not the way it is here. these are neighbors,iends, pe thacarebout 'reoio do whaef it takes. >> virtually everything coming in arrives on tosh's ship. >> if you need a new fridge we'll try to get it brought in. whatever people need. >> everything from building supplies to food. everything comes in roll on, roll off the ferry and he had to replace that somehow. >> what has that noept your town to have him taking care of everyone in that way? >> if we didn't have any way to get our groceries and supplies and whatever here, a lot of people would have to move away,

go somewhere else. >> is this hitting you family? >> well, sure. there's no question that running the boat is exponentially more expensive. g who d bookasins every day. (. >> to have her get that and keep the price the same and keep the service the same, it's huge. >> look out for your neighbor. that's kind of the attitude we have here. we care about each other. we take care of each other and right now more than ever i think that's a message people need. so that's what i would say about that. >> and we're happy to report that that ferry is back up and running. people in town told us they're grateful for tosh maintaining a life line to the outside world. we'll be back in two minutes. anoc

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