yvonne aldal maldonado. thank you for being here. what is this pill and what are you hoping? >> this drug is a drug that works against a whole broad class of rna viruses. it's been used before in other countries, but it has not received fda approval yet in the united states. so we're hopeful that this pill that can be taken twice a day could work in preventing progression of symptoms and maybe even reducing the virus so that less is transmitted to other people. >> are other countries using it to treat covid-19 patients already? >> yes, we know that other countries are using it, but we don't have enough data from them to understand it well enough. so we need to do our own studies here in the united states and demonstrate that it is as safe as people say it is in other places. >> it's just reducing the length of symptoms? would it be used for the most seriously ill patients? who are you testing it on? >> right now we're testing on people who either have no symptoms or have mild to moderate symptoms. those people who are not needing to be in the hospital, because we hope it can

yvonne maldonado. her about what people should know as amusement parks start to re-open but we started with that new headline from the w.h.o. dr. maldonado, let's start with new announcements from the world health organization. it now concedes that the coronavirus can linger in the air in indoor spaces and it has stated more directly it can be spread by people who don't have symptoms. some critics say these statements don't go far enough. what is the guidance you're hearing? >> i think most of us know those facts are true, and we all know that the most important route is still respiratory transmission from droplets. those other mechanicisms are important, but respiratory droplets are the most important. masking, hand hygiene and social distancing are really the answer here. >> dr. anthony fauci says states seeing a resurgence should consider pausing their re-opening, and he says, quote, we're just not great compared to other countries. what do you think should be done to battle this surge? >> i think w

>>> maldonado especialista en enfermedades infecciosas, dice que esto agilizará el proceso este vídeoalizadas a la vez en vez de analizar una por una cita negativo se consideras que dieron negativos pero si da positivo entonces se analiza cada muestra de grupo de forma individual >>> sin embargo, la doctora maldonado dijo que hay una posibilidad de que si la prueba se hizo tiene una pequeña cantidad del virus los resultados pueden salir negativos. a pesar de eso dicen que apoyan la técnica para hacer un proceso más rápido >>> la fda dijo que es que resultado pueda salir negativo >>> en medio de la pandemia los mexicanos no se han olvidado de subir a la morena acudan hasta su casa buscando el cobijo que ella les brinda nos dicen cómo son las visita desde que comenzó la amenaza de el virus >>> invadido por la emoción fue invadido sus piezas recuerdan lo cansado que fue el camino pero su corazón le dijo que valió la pena >>> el hombre de 85 años, nadie su familia se enfermó en su familia y suplico que los siga protegiendo al igual que otras persona que los largo de los 100 días se han ac

pueden hacer en compaÑÍa de personas que cuentan con el servicio entre empleo saludo a marisela maldonadomos preguntarte ya que lo mÁs habitual es enviar nuestro currÍculum es esto lo mÁs efectivo o hay otro camino >>> felicidad la gente estÁ acostumbrada a enviar su currÍculum pero otras herramientas que pueden tener un mejor impacto >>> te refieres a mejorar nuestro currÍculum >>> a mejorarlo y tener las herramientas en saber en quÉ soy bueno y quÉ puedo mejorar y potenciar con la gente que puedo tener una entrevista potencial de trabajo >>> tener una entrevista por ejemplo me pueden dar una idea de la que no me dedico de manera profesional soy bueno >>> es correcto de hecho la gente utiliza la palabra no tejo tengo trabajo y estamos viendo un alcance mayor no tiene que ver un trabajo porque es lo tradicional lo que tenÍas pero la pandemia piden que seamos totalmente creativos y que busquemos una ocupaciÓn aquella ocupaciÓn donde te sientas muy bien y a gusto ademÁs con todo lo que estÁ pasando >>> claro puede ser incluso algo para ser mÁs feliz. pero marisela cÓmo ponerse en contacto c

yvonne maldonado about the vaccine deal but first we talked about re-opening schools and the new claime by president trump. at his briefing last night president trump said he'd feel comfortable sending his son and grandkids back to school because he said kids don't transmit the coronavirus very easily. he also said, quote, they don't catch it easily. that seems to conflict with some of the research that we've seen just this week. i want to get your thoughts on that. >> well, i don't think we really understand exactly what's going to happen with children. it does look like they are less likely to get sick and maybe to transmit than older children and certainly adults. but we do need to have them go back to school very carefully and especially the teachers take all the precautions not to get infected. >> and the other big headline this morning is the u.s. government spending nearly $2 billion on a potential vaccine ghhenesn rdy r taked early investment? are they jumping the gun too soon. >> i do think it's important to start tracking what vaccines are being developed, but we'll see if th

julio: buenas noches, segÚn la doctora y profesora ivonne maldonado, se cree que este virus mutuo engado hasta llegar a los estados unidos, donde cada vez abarca mÁs territorio. el covid-19 ha mutado. es normal que todos los virus tengan mutaciones. esta mutaciÓn podrÍa hacer que el contagio sea mÁs fácil. >> parece que esta mutaciÓn ayuda al virusa establecer una infecciÓn en cÉlulas humanas. julio: segÚn la doctora profesora de stanford, quien se especializa een pediatrÍa y epidemiologÍa, la diferencia del covid-19 con la mutaciÓn, es que el virus tiene proteÍnas en su exterior que se pegan y atacan las cÉlulas humanas, pero estas proteÍnas son dÉbiles y fÁcilmente se pueden deshacer sin infectar a la persona. mientras que la mutaciÓn tiene proteÍnas mÁs fuertes y mÁs pegajosas. >> por eso pensamos quea lo mejor es mÁs probable que si el virus entra a la nariz o la boca, se queda pegada. julio: en cuanto al peligro de esta mutaciÓn a los humanos, los expertos en el laboratorio nacional los Álamos creen que es igual al peligro del covid-19. por lo que la recomendaciÓn es igual. >> m

utilizar la máscara por razones médicas pero que desierto preguntamos a la profesora la doctora maldonadocen 3 catgorisa menores de 2 años personas con problemas respiratorios y discapacidades, también sordomudos y sus interpretes pero enmienda más . >> pero puede ser que si alguien da pánico , pero así como sobrevivir el panico pánico:de hecho especialista dicen que si alguein tiene padecimiento serio que le impide usar mascarillas no debe salir a la calle debe quedarse encasa testas tarjetas no son validas porque tiene condición médica debe ser reportado porque el mandato es claro . >> [hablando inglés] . >> y uno se pone mascarilla y a la orden el riesgo es se disminuye bastante es muy importante o más importante >> el gobierno sí tiene autoridad de obligarlo utilizar cubrebocas para proteger la integridad y la salud de los ciudadanos >> sandra bermúdez noticiero telemundo 48 >> [hablando inglés] . >> apoyó por más de 850 bomberos temporales para hacer frente los incendios forestales. es lo que dice el gobernador tarde con el jefe de bomberos y dan el plan de comprar helicópteros para

maldonado. thank you for joining us this morning. at his briefing last night, president trump said he'd feel comfortable sending his son and grandkids back to school because he said kids don't transmit the coronavirus very easily. he also said "they don't catch it easily." that seems to conflict with some of the research that we've seen just this week. i want to get your thoughts on that. >> well, i don't think we really understand exactly what's going to happen with children. it does look like they are less likely to get sick, and maybe to transmit, than older children, and certainly adults. but we do need to have them go back to school very carefully and make sure that they're socially distanced, that the older kids wear masks, and especially the teachers take all the precautions not to get infected. >> and the other big headline this morning is the u.s. government spending nearly $2 billion on a potential vaccine being produced by pfizer, even though the vaccine isn't ready yet. what's your t

maldonado so it is more important than ever to rely on data and science. >> continue to try engage withons and i find that when you could engage at a community level, it is a very effective and traying to gain trust and having a dialogue. >> reporter: to help battle the deadly virus. >> think of not only your personal responsibilities but your societal responsibles. because although you may not get sick, almost certainly you're going to infect somebody else who almost certainly affects somebody else and then you will get a vulnerable person sick who will go to the hospital who might die. >> reporter: in the south bay, chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> world news tonight with david muir is next. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. for all of us here, >>> tonight, the developing headline late today in the coronavirus. the major public school systems that will not open. online learning to start the year. also, the governor of texas now pleading, wear a mask. warning what could come next. and the nba player testing positive. >>> tonight, california ordering new lockdown

yvonne maldonado is a professor of pediatrics with a focus of infectious diseases at stanford. she says three of her colleagues are advising the federal government on vaccine development. >> and so what we are doing is really working on the laboratory side to understand the laboratory values, the way the cells will respond to the vaccine. >> reporter: clinical trials for a vaccine are on a fast track. experts are hoping a vaccine could become a reality sometime next year. cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> tonight, santa clara county released new guidelines for reopening public swimming pools. pools can reopen on monday. swimmers must reserve a time slot. pools will have a limited capacity. you got to stay at least six feet away from others, wear a mask when you're not swimming, and bring your own towels. >>> gyms aext monday, but are there too many restrictions? after reading through the fine print, many gym owners are wondering if they can meet all of the new rules without losing even more money and ultimately going out of business. rules for reopening include no indoor card

yvonne maldonado says pooled testing will save on time and on hard to get supplies. this is video stanford provided for its lab where instead of just testing one sample at a time, the fda has given approval to test eight samples at a time. if is a result is positive, technicians would go back and test each sample and identify which is positive. if the result is negative, they move on to the next eight. >> in is a faster wa i to get more tests in. as you heard, it's literally eight times as many tests in the same time it takes to do one. >> reporter: it does come with some risk. >> if somebody has a lower amount of virus on their swab, then there's a very small chance that person might test negative. >> back at the testing center, georgine is supportive of the proce elle, nbc bay area news. ent. >>> a brand-new covid-19 testing site abruptly shut down in the east bay. this was the line yesterday outside marina village in alameda. today the site had to close not because it ran out of tests but because of liability insurance issue. the testing site promises results in 1

yvonne maldonado says stanford scientists are working on therapies and a vaccine. >> we can't pretend this virus is gone. it's not gone. if we keep these behaviors up, if takes about 2 days to 14 days to start seeing new cases. >> reporter: still dr. fauci remains optimistic when it comes to slowing the spread. >> i am really confident we can if we step back. you don't necessarily need to shut down again, but pull back a bit and then proceed in a very prudent way. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> the white house made new attempts today to try to undercut dr. fauci. over the weekend, the white house accused the doctor of making erroneous statements about the virus. but medical experts say the statements in question were made early on in this pandemic when less was known about the virus. today dr. fauci visited the white house and was not met by the president. instead, he infectious disease specialist met with white house chief of staff mark meadows. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston says the doctor's tense relationship with the president could be due to the r

maldonado said those 50 and younger are less likely to be infected now. >>> the outbreak that killed at least 12 inmates at san quentin and held a vigil to honor the lives lost yesterday. this included buddhist, jewish and more testing sites. earlier this month, governor newsom pledged to release 8,000 prisoners by the end of august to keep the population down. some activists say that number barely scratches the surface. >>> churches across the state are mixed when it comes to sunday service. in san diego, one church stayed outdoors following governor newsom's order but closer to home, a sacramento county church defied the governor's orders. >> we feel like what we need to do is abide by what the word of god says and we have a first amendment right to worship. >> public health officials including placer counties say they're driving the increase in cases. >>> new this morning, a farewell to a pair of historic san francisco restaurants and the pandemic forced them to close. starting today, cliff house on point lobo's avenue stopped the takeout service and it had been around for nearly

maldonado says it's more important than ever to rely on data and science. >> try to engage with individual populations. when you can engage in a community level, it's a very effective and trying to gain trust and having a dialogue. >> reporter: a timely effort to battle this deadly virus. >> you think of not only your personal responsibilities, but your societal responsibilities. although you may not get sick, almost certainly you're going to infect somebody else. and then you will get a vulnerable person who will be sick who will go to the hospital who might die. >> reporter: in the south bay, chris nguyen, "abc7 news." >>> one of the big questions still unanswered, what will happen to school? a safe education is an important part of building a better bay area. so we're going to take a look at that topic in the next 30 minutes. also ahead -- >>> i'm laura anthony, where this long-time beloved catering business is forced to close after 72 years. >>> i'm spencer christian. after a weekend of sizzling summer heat, much more comfortable weather coming our way this week. ♪ if your dry eye symp

yvonne maldonado. let's start with new announcements from the world health organization.concedes the coronavirus can linger in the air in indoor spaces, and it has stated more directly the virus can be spread by people who don't have symptoms. some critics say these statements don't go far enough. what's the guidance you're hearing? >> most of us know those facts are true and we all know that the most important route is still respiratory transmission from droplets. those other mechanisms are important but respiratory droplets are most important. masking, hand hygiene and social distancing are really the answer here. >> dr. anthony fauci says states seeing resurgence should consider pausing their reopening and he says, quote, we're just what do u th to battle this surge? >> i think we need to be patient and follow the rules that each of our counties and states lay we need to continue to mask, wear the -- wear masks, use hand hygiene, socially distance, and follow rules because this is going to take us awhile and we need to be patient and keep at it until this transmission