he is in nursing at johns hopkins university. something we are trying to do from day one as we became aware of this epidemic which became a pandemic. it started with talking to experts around the world and we are thrilled to have a close relationship with johns hopkins university, including the bloomberg school of public health, the philanthropy of michael bloomberg. he is the founder of bloomberg lp. nt to direct you to vrus on the terminal. this is bloomberg. ♪ everyone,morning, bloomberg "surveillance." at 8:30, jobless claims. one of the great jules on linked on linked in -- ian shepherdson joins us now. is millions on a thursday. go beyond that. what is the chart that matters for weekly claims and what it means for the american economy? ian: i am looking forward rather than looking back because one of the tools we have is google search data on people filing for unemployment. conditions and give us a look ahead to this morning and next week. the number of people searching for how to file for unemployment is dropping sharp

data from johns hopkins university. final follow from you, dr. frieden, assuming it comes you feeln would comfortable going to a broadway city restaurant or sporting event in the big apple? dr. frieden: we're going to have this one step at a time, coming out in phases. gradual reopening, wait a month or two, make sure there's not an explosion of cases, reopen the next step. see if we have the box in place -- rapid testing, isolation, contact tracing and quarantine. so that when there are cases and there are clusters, we can stop them before they become outbreaks that force us back in home again. that's why it's so important we build our public health infrastructure not just in this globally because if we don't have that, we won't be safe. health that has given us the longer, healthier spendthat we have yet we 1-40th the amount of health than on healthcare. we need to get back to the new normal as soon as and as safely as possible. steve: dr. tom frieden is former director of the centers for control and now the c.e.o. of resolve to save lives join

yesterday, my conversation on withay of the pandemic was johns hopkins university.t discussion. we speak to dr. jason farley of the jh school of nursing and the reality of those serving in this pandemic. please stay with us worldwide. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom: good morning, everyone, bloomberg "surveillance." we would like to continue our discussion as we have for the many weeks, on this pandemic, as andook at peter hotez people from the leading universities around the world, we focus on the job pot -- johns hopkins university school of public health. mr. bloomberg is the founder of bloomberg lp and the television and radio effort. he has provided philanthropy to at johns hopkins university, and their public health school. spoke yesterday of emergency room realities and we now speak of the frontline, nursing. jason farley is the head of the phd program in nursing at johns hopkins. it is world-class. he is focused not on the classes but on the survival of nurses. how desperate is it to get funding from washington to protect at the most basic level our nurses, inter

sharfstein: it is an incredible dedication at johns hopkins.e felt that this their calling, this is their responsibility. veryedical center has been supportive in terms of making sure there is protective equipment and all kinds of other mental health resources for staff. it is not just the doctors and nurses, there is a real sense of purpose for everybody working there. this is a moment in a way that many people have been training for, even if they didn't realize it at the time. tom: one final question if i could. the great fear that is out there is there are things here in new york, particularly in the bureau of queens that have been quite horrific. what is the ability of this virus to spread to secondary cities and tertiary locations across the nation? what is really remarkable to me is how so many people believe that what is happening there, meaning somewhere else, isn't going to happen here, meaning where i live. nobody should really have that sense of confidence. people felt like, well, if it is in china, it couldn't come to italy, if it w

joshua sharfstein of johns hopkins speaking with us earlier.t to point out that according to governor cuomo in his daily news briefing, the death toll in new york is 10,056 after 671 people passed away easter sunday. , it is an improvement the first day under 700 in several days. this is bloomberg. ♪ erik: welcome back. with earnings season set to begin, investors have many questions about markets, credit, distressed investing. with me on the phone from los angeles's howard marks, the founder and cochairman of oaktree capital. in your lows -- in your most recent memo you said now is no time to be cautious or a time for investors to be defensive. how offense of should investors be? things are changing so fast nowadays, you are quoting from a memo that came out a week ago. when it starts with the word now, we are talking about then, not now. these change radically. clarify that what i was saying -- you had me on the program many times in recent years. generally speaking, i've been arguing that investors should have been tilting towards defense. p

lauren sauer is with the johns hopkins bloomberg school of health.from michael bloomberg. we are thrilled to have you with us today. walk into any emergency room in new york city, what would you look for first? lauren: i think the key is actually not walking into the emergency room unless you are critically ill. we want to keep people out of the emergency department to make sure this space is there for the patient's. you will see sick patients in the emergency room. many emergency rooms are patientsg covid likely and covid likely -- unlikely patients to reduce the spread in waiting rooms and things like that. a beginning ofen the understanding of this virus and flows, focused on the prime minister of england, but for each patient there seems to be a point where they get better and they get worse. the have you learned with johns hopkins medical team about the ebb and flow of this virus, the day to day pathogen? -- one ofe of those the things about these patients as they have to be watched carefully. their oxygen saturation could look fine and then go

scarlet: that was alessandro rebucci of johns hopkins university.sclosure, the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health is supported by michael bloomberg. let's get a check of your business flash headlines. exxon mobil targeting its best known shale assets for deep cuts. 30% to $23 billion. denmark's the second-biggest budget cut in exxon history. the largest share of the cuts will hit the permian basin in west texas and new mexico. deutsche bank downgrading general motors. analysts warning that gm will run low on cash if production shutdowns continue for months. they say gm and ford have only 15-17 weeks of liquidity to ride out the current editions. wynn resorts is the latest company to test out the credit market. they are looking to order $350 billion in unsecured notes. it is the first such sale since open threend market weeks ago. that is your business flash update. it is supposed to be spring break right now for a kids in public school but it looks like increasingly everyone's summer plans will have to be put on hold as well. goldman sa

joshua scharfstein, vice president of the public health at johns hopkins.f all, your plan talks about testing all symptomatic patients as well as going on and identifying and isolating all positive cases, conducting contact tracing. we'd need 100,000 paid volunteer tracers to get this done. is this realistic? is it possible? >> i think it is possible. other countries have done it successfully, and the united states has a lot of people who could really pitch in and help. the goal here is to stop the virus from moving from person to person. and there are ways to do that besides shutting down the whole economy. what you do is you find where the virus is through testing and then you have the people isolate themselves and you try to figure out where they may have passed and have those people quarantined. and if you can do that effectively, then you don't see a lot of community spread. so, that really creates the conditions that would allow for a broader reopening. >> at the same time, you have politicians, certainly led by the president, pushing and talking from

johns hopkins has been tracking it.on farley spoke with news about what to watch in all this data. >> we are still looking at approximately 20% of people hospitalized needing some form of acute care. of that group, approximately half will need some form of mechanical ventilation. it tends to skew toward our older population and we are still seeing that data in the united states. response team in the u.s. and other parts of the world have enough equipment and personal protection to deal with the virus? >> the administration has finally started to offer support to the state in trying to get more ppe. there have been herculean efforts by various governors to bring in more n95 masks, more gallons and gloves, more face shields for our frontline medical workers. that has been different across the state. different governors have had to barter -- for lack of a better word -- including going overseas to obtain masks from china, masks from other countries. it is also, in my home state of maryland, the governor has launched an n95

100000 people now confirmed to have died of corona virus infections the figures were reported by johns hopkins university the number of infections stands at more than 1600000 news comes as christians around the world and into the easter weekend one of the most important celebrations in the calendar the pandemic means religious and other gatherings have been banned in many countries italy home to vatican city has been locked down for

marty makary, professor of public health at johns hopkins university, also fox news contributor. we appreciate your time. dr. siegel, i want to start with you. face coverings. obviously not ever been in, because we need to give those to as many health care workers as possible. face coverings, the president mentioned a scarf. the doctor on the virtual cows last hour said make sure you wash whatever you use. your thoughts, dr. siegel? >> dr. siegel: well, dr. fauci -- this is an evolving situation. dr. fauci is talking about an article, a study that was just published in "nature medicine," one of our top journals. it referred to the idea, the fact that you are literally spewing this virus. respiratory droplets still, harris, but you are spewing it even when you speak and much more easily than we had realized. we are realizing how highly contagious this is. to see him move on this, it's clearly something we have to move on, as well. i have a concern, though, about

amish dalla from john's hopkins center for health security. we've talked about testing so many times. i want to get your reaction to the white house's testing target here of at least 2% and putting the line at 2% each month. if that is as much as the white house can and is hoping for, what does that say to you? >> so you're not right sizing this response because there may be places where you have to do more than 2% and there are places where 2% is okay. this is not a homogenous outbreak and you want to do testing to get to a point where they're confident in reopening and having hospitals praoperate a way so we want to not set a specific ceiling and that is different in different places and we want to get to a point where doctors could order the tests without worrying about reagent or nasal swab or having any problems with the supply and we're not there in many parts of

>> i met johns hopkins. >> bill: okay come up with talk to other johns hopkins doctors spread all across. if you were to get the antibody, how would that change the american life around this pandemic? >> well assuming it could work and i am a scientist so i don't do things without concluding clinical trials. it could save people. it could reduce mortality. it could prevent people from getting worse and having to go into the intensive care unit where there is respirator shortages. it could also prevent if it was just prophylactically, equip prevent people from being exposed or ever getting sick. we think of it as a measure that can be used in the middle of this epidemic to stem the suffering. >> bill: to be clear, this would come well in advance of a vaccine that could be used nationally or internationally. this could be a fast-track system that could be used to help people. >> remember vaccines worked very differently. here we are talking about taking antibodies from people who have recovered who had good antibodies in their blood and using them on people who need them. >> bill: doctor,

marty makary, physician and professor at johns hopkins university and fox news medical contributor. he, as we say, is "outnumbered." great to see all of you today. there is a lot of heated discussion going on across the country, and, katie, i'm going to sit with you about this whole process of "open, don't open?" >> katie: well, we all know that one-size-fits-all policies are not going to work for everybody. that is why the white house has deferred to the states with the three-phase program. they don't believe georgia is meeting the mark. i found what the governor said about giving business owners the benefit of the doubt when it comes to managing this reopening interesting. i think businesses have an incentive to do this as safely as possible. they also know there's a

john hopkins university in the united states.me on twitter — i'm @aaronsafir. hello. april is a month often known for its showers. that's unlikely to be the case for this april, however. it's turned out to be particularly dry across some parts of the uk. the northwest of england has only seen 4% of its april rainfall so far. challenging conditions, certainly, for growers. latter days of april could just redress that balance somewhat, as things become increasingly unsettled, also a little cooler as well. here we are with sunday's chart, there is an area of low pressure to the north of the uk, don't they normally bring rain? well, yes, and this one will bring some showers to northern scotland, but the weather front pushing its way south is a pretty weak affair. mostly a band of cloud, maybe some patchy rain later in the afternoon for northern england and north wales. to the south though, we've still got some heat around through the afternoon, we could trigger some thunderstorms across south wales, the midlands, into yorkshire and l

johns hopkins was projecting over 100,000 people with 3.6 billion u.s. dollars to get the kind of contact tracing we need. it is very critical combined with all of the other things with isolation and the rest of the other interventions. host: if you are a contact -- whatwhat are information do you need to get from people to develop a database strong enough to help track and stop this? testing, hear about testing and testing. it's very critical. if you don't know what you are looking for, if you don't find it, you cannot trace the contact. number one is to test. you do the test and i agree with dr. fauci when he said we need to double the testing in the united states. that is very important. theer two, we need to know laboratory confirmed cases. you look at the numbers in the number of test you do, those are positive. you look for the confirmed cases that are available. peoplesee also is that who are confirmed are in their homes and we need to appeal to those people an appeal to their conscience and get them to a facility to isolate them. after they have

that was doctor doctor eili klein from johns hopkins university. this is bbc news.d as a result of the virus has passed 200,000. the british prime minister borisjohnson is to return to work in downing street on monday after recovering from the coronavirus. spain, which has had one of europe‘s most deadly coronavirus outbreaks, is starting to take steps to ease lockdown restrictions. children are being allowed out of their homes for the first time in six weeks and the prime minister has said people may be allowed to exercise outside from next week if conditions allow. from madrid, here‘s our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. across spain, children have been confined inside homes and apartments since schools were shut, some six weeks ago, barred from even setting foot outside their front doors by some of europe‘s strictest lockdown rules. now, though, with the number of new coronavirus infections declining to around 3,000 a day, they‘re finally being allowed out, but only for an hour each day, and all parks and playgrounds remain out of bounds. in an address to

shery: that was lauren sauer from john hopkins -- johns hopkins. we are seeing u.s.continuing to gain ground. we are around session highs. of course, we have seen fluctuation this week. u.s. stocks at the moment pushing back into bullish territory, despite the fact that new york and new jersey have again surpassed of the records on daily deaths. but we have seen some positive sentiment coming from dr. fauci of the task force, saying the start of the turnaround could come after this week. crude at the moment rebounding from lows we had not seen since the start of the month. we are headed toward the opec talks on thursday, and of the g20 meeting of energy industry is set for friday. 10 year yields at their highest level in more than a week. we will have more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ . . it is 2:00 in new york, 7:00 p.m. in london. i am scarlet fu. go ahead, romaine. romaine: i am romaine bostick and this is "bloomberg markets: the close." no worries. we are still trying to sink up -- sync up as we are miles apart. 2% on the day. it is led by defensive sectors. the

so johns hopkins reports more than 6,000 people. the lack of protective equipment has people in fear for their lives. >> we are dying. we are getting sick. it doesn't matter how many ventilators get if we are dead and cannot run the ventilators. >> reporter: 21,000 health care workers are now flocking to new york to help in their hour of need. >> lives are going to be saved because these reinforcements came. >> reporter: still, latest projection, 16,000 people could die across this state and -- >> at the current burn rate, we have about six days of ventilators in our stockpile. >> reporter: sunday officials say is new york city's crunch day for masks, gloves, and gowns. >> i was given one disposable yellow gown to reuse all day taking care of covid patients. i would hang it up in between patients and put my n 95 mask in a paper bag. every day going to work i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. >> cases up 4,000 in two days according to johns hopkins universi university. >> the current increase in cases appears to be less a sign of

joshua: it is an incredible dedication at johns hopkins.ave felt that this their calling, their response ability. the medical center has been very supportive in terms of making sure there is protective equipment and all kinds of other mental health resources for staff. but, it is not just the doctors and the nurses. there's a real sense of purpose really for everybody working there. i think this is a moment in a way that many people have been training for even if they didn't realize it at the time. tom: one final question, if i could. great fear is out there, in new york, particularly in queens, it has been really quite horrific. what is the ability of this virus to spread to secondary cities and tertiary locations across the nation? joshua: what is really remarkable to me is how so many isple believe that what's happening there, meaning somewhere else, is not going to happen here, meaning where i live. nobody should really have that sense of confidence. people thought, well, it's in china, it couldn't come to italy. it is in italy, it cann

soil then all of the americans killed during the vietnam war a tally by johns hopkins university shows more than 58300 people have now died and more than 1000000 people have been infected eberle and is on the reports from new york the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak. we could needed fly over by u.s. air force and navy planes over new york city a display of gratitude for health care workers and 1st responders here in what is the epicenter of the u.s. krone by risk crisis a crisis that has put more than $20000000.00 americans out of work in only one month and at one point had more than $300000000.00 americans under stay at home warders transforming even the busiest cities like new york into ghost towns the crisis has now hit a new milestone over. 1000000 cases in the u.s. president trump is accused of being slow to take over the bank teen seriously in late january when the 1st cases were in the u.s. he said it was under control and repeated similar sentiments for many weeks the risk to the american people remains very low fast forward 2 months and that forecast has proven to be spectacula

this is according to johns hopkins. how they tracking the virus and if peak in new cases is near let's send oifrt to kelly. >> i always feel better when i see you in that lovely set up there. >> thank you >> bob is tracking the market moves for us bob, let's start with you. we're coming off the highs here. >> a few sectors are participating. it's good to see the banks up again. it's good to see the energy stocks up as well. it's good to see retail up as well tech curiously is lagging here apple is doing nothing today the consumer names not doing too much the kroger, general mills. these had big rally or they out performs in a down week overall there's some big movers that people are saying. look at kohl's up 28%. these stocks have been cut in half kohl's was 5 $45 a month ago an now it's $17 carnival was up big two or three times more than it was right now. simon property, kimco. all of these stocks have been cut by 50% be careful why kai call these exhaustion rallies if you don't understand where it's going and where i

he has been more than generous to help johns hopkins.lating as it does with every viral and -- pandemic. it is not in the headlines but in the minds of all, the ,uestion of viral reinfection mutation and the idea of how we will respond, infected or not infected, to the virus in the future. what is the current belief you have? i think the current reading is, like with most infections, there will be some degree of immunity. for much and how long is unknown. it is also not known which tests will capture that. not think there is concern this will behave very differently than everything else. a desire to understand the specifics before making policy. the -- is clearly getting better. when do we get to where we flatten the curve? theou extrapolate any of algorithmic glide paths, is it days, weeks or months to flatten the curve like new zealand? new zealand is going to be a high bar. particularly where there are a lot of people living together. i think the curve may look different in different places. will model one thing one way, but what happ

soil than all of the americans killed over the nearly 2 decade long vietnam war a tally by johns hopkins university also shows the death toll has gone beyond $58300.00 and more than a 1000000 people have been infected total confirmed $1000000.11 total deaths $58343.00 total test results that we know of in the us 5000000 776000 almost 8000000 let's go live now to washington d.c. and our correspondent mike hanna mike some grim statistics to deal with this. indeed e.s.p. turn other grim statistic that the death toll in the corona virus epidemic in the u.s. is now surpassed that suffered during the vietnam war as it goes past a 1000000 president trump still insisting that the testing protocol is working affectively this despite the opinion of many health officials that states opening up to early at great risk without proper testing put in place but president trend continues to insist and once again did today at a news conference that the u.s. is testing better as he put it then any other country in the universe but certainly there's been a lot of mixed messages coming from the administration

how does that process work at johns hopkins university?emorial, we have relied heavily on a wonderful workforce that comes from everywhere across the globe. as we have individuals come to practicedy who have nursing in other countries and want to continue to do that in the united states, each state has a different board of nursing that provides licensure for those individuals. they will have to take a licensure exam to show they have that background, and there are also opportunities at colleges and universities in the event that they may be lacking something that was needed for that licensure, that they can take that. there are many programs that encourage folks to come from other countries and help support them in that transition. to haverrisome limitations at this point when we so desperately need folks on the front line, to turn away those who have those skills and resources. tom: michelle patch with johns hopkins university school of nursing, greatly appreciate your attendance today. ,here is much more to speak of our washington audien

tom: turning to johns hopkins and public health, i look at it like infrastructure where that nation hason of being underfunded. there's no question we have been that way when we look at this moment and this pandemic. what is the first condition to better public health in america? first we need: public health is lost more than 50,000 workers in the last decade. it has been very underfunded, but particular now bear our people to do some of these tasks, that is very important. we will need partnerships, even with more people we still not have the reach. we will have to have the private sector mobilized behind public health in different areas and provide resources like hotel space for people to stay when they are sick. i think for the future we will need to rethink the priorities. we have so little attention paid to prevention of different kinds, including the harm a pandemic can cause. guy: we appreciate your time. thank you. news coming up from jp morgan over the next couple of minutes, jamie dimon's letter is out and he is back from surgery. that theing basically earnings at the bank wil

soil than all of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by johns hopkins university shows the death toll now is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected you can see there how the numbers are unpacking the total confirmed well over a 1000000 total deaths 58351 if you go to this website left hand side you can see there a running tally the united states spain italy france the u.k. number 4 germany turkey russia all the way down to and including belgium as well let's go live now to washington and our correspondent there mike hanna mike more than a 1000000 infections it's an astonishing figure to get to grips with. indeed peter and to put that reference to the vietnam war and to come to. so there were 'd $58000.00 people killed in the vietnam war that was over a 10 year period the death rate we've seen in the u.s. has basically in the last few months more than a 1000000 infected that means roughly one in every $330.00 americans has tested positive for the corona virus and now the fear among many health workers is that this figure could be as much as 10 perce

we have a daily impact from johns hopkins university and joining us is neysa ernst, nurse manager.ch. when you look at some of the concerns people have on the ground, i guess it is testing. are there enough tests in the u.s. and are they being administered correctly? neysa: that is a really good question. myting is not necessarily area of expertise because there are so many different tests. there has been a tremendous response throughout our health system as well as many other health systems to get out and aggressively test the community, and follow some of the ideas we have learned from other areas of the world that have been tackling coronavirus. francine: there have been a number of reports about ventilators, the use of ventilators, whether they are good or not. what has come up in europe is because there is a shortage of frontline medical workers, you are retraining others to do difficult procedures at times. how is that going? neysa: that is very interesting. it is actually going very well. it was very difficult in the beginning. the profession of medicine is and nottocolized

give us the scope and scale at johns hopkins university.ok forward to a may that will be improved from april? lauren: i do hope so. i think we are seeing a slowdown in our cases and starting to see a pressure release, but that is the time to be vigilant and not let our guard down. cases asee spikes in people relax their social distancing practices, go back to work, and get tired of being at home and make different choices. just because we are seeing a slowdown in cases does not mean this is over and we suddenly have a toolkit to fight this. we have to follow the social distancing and it does get hard. we have to remind each other it is still really important. lauren, there are two things a lot of people will be worried about. we don't know if they have antibodies and if they do, if they can catch it again. we hear that this could be recurring every year like the flu, but more deadly. lauren: with the antibodies, people can get the disease and not show antibodies. we have a lot of tests that we are not sure how well they are detecting antibo

tom: thank you so much for joining us, alessandro rebucci joining us, with johns hopkins university.oored -- forward. london, whatee in captures your attention? guy: what captures my attention is what is happening to the prime minister. that is the focus of intention -- attention. boris johnson is receiving oxygen but he is conscious. on trading floors, virtual trading floors, the u.k. could be headed for some kind of -- government. maybe not of people as well-known as prime minister johnson really struggling through this pandemic, and the doctors and nurses truly exposed. we will have much more for you through the morning, including conversations on global wall street. no one better to lead that off then stephen schwarzman. please stay with us. rising equities today. futures are up. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: markets risk on for a second day as the virus spread slows and china reports no new coronavirus deaths from first time. you crunch time. european finance ministers meet on joint backstops and liquidity lifelines for companies. and private equity in crisis time. we speak to st

soil than ole of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by johns hopkins university shows the death toll is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected let's go live now to washington and our correspondent mike hanna so another grim milestone of a statistic mike. indeed yes. membrane to that that death toll in vietnam was over a 10 year period whereas the death toll in the pandemic has been within a 2 to 3 month period so certainly a very grim statistic over $1000000.00 americans infected what that means is that roughly one in every $330.00 americans contracted the virus but observers point out too that the figure could be far far higher because this is just those who actually tested for the virus and many are infected who never tested at any point so some health experts say that that infection figure could be as much as 10 times as high very very grim statistics indeed but from the white house still mixed messages the vice president mike pence went to the mayo clinic in rochester in the course of the day and to the surprise of many he did not wear a face

jason farley from johns hopkins university.rg. ♪ ♪ this is bloomberg "surveillance," tom and francine from london and new york. every day we continue to track the virus. bloomberg has developed a partnership with the leading authority on the disease. johns hopkins has been at the forefront of the international response and every day we will bring you what is most important on how to tackle the disease. today we speak with dr. jason farley, a nurse practitioner in the division of infectious diseases within the ghq school school of medicine. what more do we know about when these vaccines will be ready? are we concerned about the side effects, and when can we have something that is viable for the population at large? jason: right now, the vaccine studies are working and what we call phase one. these studies are looking at the safety and whether or not we see a response. that is not testing efficacy, which is it effective at curbing the virus. effects ands have that is why we are continuing to project timelines of 12, if not 18 mon

that is according to john hopkins university. the area has almost 4900 reported cases. 133 people have died. santa clara county has the most bay area cases. more than 1500 cases, and 51 people have died there. san francisco reports 857 coronavirus cases. 13 people have died there. and 845 casehave died. the sheriff's office reports and active cases dropped from 15 to 14 after one of the inmates recovered fully. alameda county wants 115 inmates released immediately. releasing them could help stop the spread of the virus. the time is full 4: 03. the atlantic is reporting ghastly photos from lujan china where the outbreak started. mayor bree became one of the nation's first mayors to declare a state of emergency. >> there are now more than half 1 million cases of coronavirus in the united states. research at john hopkins university says the overall confirmed cases has climbed to crazy numbers. there have been more than 9300 deaths in new york state alone. that is three times higher than the number of deaths at the world trade center

we reached out to johns hopkins and we've been validating our work with some of the experts at johns hopkins. that team of people that i just described, a dozen people, plus johns hopkins, has been consulting with the university of washington. together, they crafted a model of where we think we are at this time. it is a combination of what we know about the virus from other countries and other communities that are ahead of us. and also the actual rhode island experience. very important, every state is different. every state has done social distancing differently. and so our model includes data around where it's actually napping our community. i've been reluctant to share the models and some of you have been critical of that decision. the reason i've been reluctant is because it's still -- it's not a perfect model. i don't want anybody to look at any model and think it's perfect. it is not a perfect predictor of where we're going. it's not a perfect predictor for a few reasons. first of all, to get any one of these lines, the statisticians do thousands of simulations. and it's their be

more than 15,000, according to johns hopkins university.t number seems to be leveling off as well as the number of coronavirus patients needing icu beds. we're in rome with that glimmer of hope. we'll take it as you've been reporting now for weeks and it hasn't been good. >> italy had some good news yesterday with the question of new patients in their icu for the first time they saw a drop in that by 74 patients. that's a small but significant number because it's the first time it's happened and the authorities here say that that has lessened the pressure on those hospitals and on the doctors and nurses that are working so hard to confront these cases. that was a little glimmer of hope. in addition to the total number of new cases, we see daily increases now that are far fewer than in weeks past. that's giving hope that this curve is flattening. of course, as in spain, here in rome, palm sunday, this would normally be a time where we would see thousands of people in saint peter's square. he's saying it from inside an empty saint peter's squ

according to johns hopkins university, zero confirmed cases in falls church. not too far away from fairfax, 532inia which has had confirmed cases and two deaths. -- all of this available on the johns hopkins university coronavirus dash board map. from richmond, virginia. caller: good morning. i am one of the seniors here in richmond -- it really scared me. it is ironic, the nursing home that we have here in richmond that have had over 32 as of yesterday -- deaths -- the canterbury. canterbury used to be lexington court. years ago, i was at lexington court because i had a stroke. they took good care of me. over i think, with -- itople tested positive is not a nursing home. it is a rehab. for the fact that trump is always no pushing that drug. it is a shame. friends who have been turned away when they go to the hospital to try to get help. even just to be tested, to see if they have the virus and they have been turned around. my doctor, i told him -- i had an ear infection three weeks ago. i have been inside here for a month. i refuse to go out, but it is scary

johns hopkins has developed a training class which can be taken remotely.will cover all the basic information of epidemics, contact tracing and privacy. there's also a test at the end of the training which you have to pass in order to be hired. so we're not going to put up people there that don't know what they're doing. we'll also put technology to use in other ways. vital strategies is developing three new smartphone apps. the first will help contact tracers find information and data quickly. the second will help the public provide information to health departments, and the third will allow those in quarantine to access the guidance and services they need, including the ability to report any symptoms they may be experiencing. vital strategies is also working directly with the state to develop protocols and work flow materials for contact tracers. that includes a comprehensive playbook that will detail the steps needed to do contact tracing effectively. and i want to make it clear, we will release that playbook publicly so cities and states around the coun

that is according to johns hopkins university. new york's governor says his state may be flattening the curve, but other states are preparing for a possible surge in cases. >> reporter: more than half a million cases of coronavirus in the u.s., and still growing. more than 8,600 deaths in new york city alone, the pandemic taking its toll on first responders. but new york state may be seeing the curve begin to flatten after weeks of social distancing and stay at home orders. >> the number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex, and it appears to be a plateau. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo with this warning. >> the worst thing that can happen is we make a misstep, and let our emotions get ahead of our logic and fact. and we go through this again i any manner, shape, or form. >> reporter: president trump looking to create a task force focused on reopening the country. >> this is the biggest decision i'll ever make. >> reporter: according to a "new york times" report, there are warnings of a spike in coronavirus infectio

ironically, johns hopkins is the same entity that is providing these death stats and the stats of the people who have the so-called coronavirus. this is awfully strange to me. host: why do you call it a so-called coronavirus? caller: i need c-span to stop asking irrelevant questions. this question is about the callers, not the irrelevant questions. host: the crimson contagion was done over a year ago and it lasted -- things do not happen in one day. they last for a long time and then they report out on these later. he makes a point about the importance of exercises and after action reviews after exercises. as i mentioned before, one of the things we find in the world of emergency management, often times, these after action reviews -- they identify gaps, what resources are lacking, and where the problems will lie. the challenge we see, once those are done and everybody goes back to their normal life, the after actions are not tangibly followed up on. there is not accountability across the federal government. it is fragmented. or addressing each agency. this is something we will have to

tom inglesby, director of the center for health security at john hopkins -- johns hopkins university.'s start with that "new york times" report that from january on top public health officials were warning the president about the threat from the pandemic and that he did not take action until mid-march. one, what's your reaction to the report and how much did those lost weeks to cost us? >> dr. inglesby: so, chris, i can't say who in the administration knew what and when, but i would say that that article reinforces what we've heard along the way, which is that many in the administration were very worried about this as early as january and february. that seems pretty clear now. and i'd also say that if we had acted on some of those mornings earlier we would be in a much better position in terms of diagnostics and possibly masks and personal protective equipment and getting our hospitals ready. >> chris: when you say be in a much position, if we had imposed social distancing, end f january, and early february, would there be a dramatically less number -- smaller number of cases and deat

we are blessed in baltimore to have some of the greatest hospitals in the entire country with johns hopkins, the university of maryland and sinai and medstar. we have some world class hospitals here in baltimore and we have formed a public private partnership with care first, johns hopkins and the university of maryland, many we are going to have two-on-one number where people can call in and get real time information and also refer them to a physician if they need to do so. we are prepared. we have been prepared. my health commissioner was on this ever since january when we heard about this virus. we wanted a -- we were one of the first in the state to set up our operations center. we are really prepared in baltimore and we also set up what you call a testing sight at pimlico. the racetrack. thanks to the family. we are really focused on making sure our citizens get tested. we know we might be a hotbed. i am hoping and praying we're not. but with the medical institutions that we have in baltimore, we are ready. we also have our convention center set up as well for 250 beds. so baltimore is

earlier today, tom keene spoke to joshua shar steen of johns hopkins.d exactly why it is for some people it takes a sharp turn for the worst. >> i have certainly heard when you have talked about, where there is a moment midway in the illness that some people get quite sick, and at that point can even proceed to die. that is very scary, obviously for the medical team, terrible tragedy in every case that it happens. what people are wondering is if there is something that can be done to focus on that moment in terms of therapeutics, to prevent what may be an overwhelming immune reaction leading to that second decline. >> help us with the idea of a secondary or re-infection. this is out of the influenza of more than 100 years ago, but is it a valid worry for our listeners and viewers, that there is a virus, then we wengage with society, and come up against the same virus a second or even third time? >> there's a lot that we don't know about the virus. haseneral, as someone who fought the virus off, they are unlikely to get the infection again. it would be v

emily: john hopkins professor alessandro rebucci.urse, mike bloomberg, the founder of bloomberg lp, is a supporter of the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health. i want to talk about the worker agitations we have been covering across the country and around the world. instacart shoppers as well. josh idles in, who covers labor for bloomberg news, has been valiantly covering the stories of these folks across the country. josh joins us on the phone. we have been covering this day by day. whatt to get a picture of things look like right now. better safety, better pay, better benefits, insurance. where do things stand in terms of where companies are listening? that there are signs worker rebellion in sectors like health care, food, logistics could snowball. more companies have more workers take part in walkouts or protests. companies in general are not thingsthey are doing because they go on strike. companies like amazon and instacart have rolled out additional announcements about things they are doing to keep their workers safe.

an infectious disease specialist at john's hopkins. the concern i'm hearing about 2-year-olds wearing masks how to do with the fact that they touch their faces a lot. there's a concern about whether masks could hinder breathing. are these concerns warranted? >> i definitely think that when a person wears a mask, they may touch their face more, that's going to be something that people have to think about. this is part of the controversy going on in my field about this recommendation that people wear masks if they're above the age of 2 years old. i'm not worried about a surgical mask hindering breathing. they don't change your bothing that much, but it could be uncomfortable for a 2-year-old to wear a mask. >> getting a 2-year-old to wear a mask and keep it on their face is no easy task for a parent. is that realistic? >> i think most children are not going to keep a mask on, and they're likely to throw it around and contaminate other people with it, that's one part of the guidance that needs to be rethought. >> the intentions are good.

a johns hopkins professor joins us to discuss the response to the pandemic.hinks sledgehammer policies will do more harm than good. take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. we are seeing now to stocks falling .8%. the kiwi dollar is under pressure. we have seen currency struggle friday, continue to see the downside pressure. the aussie is recovering a .2%.e bit, up we have the aussie open in about two hours -- and about one hour or so we will -- and about in one hour we will bring you news as we see stocks across the world struggling as we continue to see the coronavirus pandemic give more cases, topping 1.2 million at the moment. plenty more ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪

johns hopkins university reports that the u.s. has more than 706,000 cases and more than 37,000 deaths. meantime a battle is brewing over plans to reopen the country, testing is seen as the key to do it safely. the white house insists that the capacity is already there to begin the process. but president trump is not giving a time line. >> which states are ready to reopen in your mind and how soon? >> i want to let the governors make that decision. we're watching very closely. if we see something happening bad this we think is wrong, we'll come down very strong on that. >> but he went on twitter friday and singled out several states led by democrats highlighting how many governors find themselves at odds with the president. erica hill has the latest. >> this is mayhem. we need a coordinated broaappro between the fweg and tederal go and the states. >> reporter: governor cuomo repeating his plea for a help as the president tweets states have to step up their testing. >> don't pass the buck without passing the bucks. >> when it there