. >> reporter: peter anderson is the vice president of global supply chain. >> over 80% of our suppliers at some point closed down. and we're still struggling with many of the suppliers. >> reporter: down but not out. they chose to close for three weeks to implement new protocols, reducing productivity but prioritizing safety as the state battled with more than 25,000 covid-19 cases, and 1400 fatalities. >> i was nervous because i didn't know what kind of changes was going to happen. but i feel they've come into work, all the different changes, like the plexiglass in the bathrooms so when you wash your hands you keep your social distance. >> it's something that everybody has been affected one. a fear for everyone. >> reporter: the high stakes are palpable in bloomington where a farm suit cam manufactur pharmaceutical manufacturer has a plan. she holds a key in fleeing the country from the clutches of covid-19. >> we are manufacturing covid-19 vaccination. >> reporter: many are preparing for clinical trials and find being themselves in an enviable position in high demand. >> ten years ago

peter hotez, thank you so much. we appreciate that. check this out, a special event on cnn. new cnn global town hall with anderson cooper and dr. sanjay gupta. they're going to be joined by mlb commissioner rob manfred and former health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and activist greta thunberg. >>> republican senator richard burr announced he'll step aside as the head of the senate intelligence committee as fbi investigates stock trades he made before it shut down business and travel in the u.s. and the stock market tanked. senior justice department official said federal officials seized a cell phone belonging to burr. senior congressional correspondent manu raju on capitol hill. big developments today, manu. what are you learning? >> reporter: a turn of events affecting a powerful

anderson cooper. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories, tonight, on "60 minutes." ( ticking ) >> this portion of "60 minutes" is sponsored by progressive insurance. save when you bundle awtd, home, or motorcycle insurance. visit progressive.com. >> pelley: peter daszak is a scientist whose work is helping in the search for a covid-19 cure. so, why did the president just dasndin it's the kind of politics which might seem ill-advised in a health crisis. president trump is blaming china's government for the pandemic. the outbreak was first detected in the city of wuhan. the administration has said, at times, the virus is man-made or that, if it's natural, it must have leaked out of a chinese government lab. both the white house and the chinese communist party have been less than honest. and so, in china and in the u.s., the work of scientists like peter daszak is being undercut by pandemic politics. peter daszak is a british-born american ph.d. who's spent a career discovering dangerous viruses in wildlife, especially bats. in 2003, in malaysia, he warned "60 minutes" a pandemic was coming. >> peter daszak: what worries me the most is that we are going to miss the next emerging disease, that we're suddenly going to find a sars virus that moves f