which is part of the university of washington. now, we showed it to you last week, and it's been updated since then. their estimate has it in this range, with current restrictions in place, roughly 83,000 americans will die. the hospital system will still be overrun, and tens of thousands will not get the vital care you need. again, this is the rosy model compared to the white house estimates that dr. fauci and dr. birx are now saying, which puts the death toll perhaps as much as 2 times higher, even in that best-case scenario. bottom line, we better be prepared to hunker down, as a nation, for a while. which could have profound implications for our economy, our society, and our democracy. and as you can see, we are at least 14 days, give or take, from the peak of the crisis, according to those projections. when the death toll is expected to be at least 2,000 per day, but some states like virginia are still two months away from their projected peak, which is good news, because it means they've got a better shot to flatten the curv

we have now increased some of our testing capacity, particularly at the university of washington, in addition to commercial labs. the federal government has a that if we use federal government provided test kits, we cannot use the university of washington to evaluate them, which doesn't make a lot of sense to a lot of folks because we have this capacity, but there is this rule that won't allow us -- to use the university of washington. i've spoken to the vice president and other federal agencies to hopefully remove that rule so we can get additional capacity utilized at the university of washington. the issue of where these hospitals are going, they will go where they can do the most good for the most people. i cannot tell you exactly where that is at the moment. the army corps of engineers is looking at several locations. my suspicion is the first of deployments will probably be in the puget sound core because that is where the huge bulk of the cases are, and then expand as the wave spreads across the state of washington. if i was going to make a prediction. obviously, we want to be

-- -- cannot using spell university of washington to evaluate them. -- cannot using the university of washington to evaluate them. hopefully we can't remove that rule so we can get more testing capacity utilized. the issue of where these hospitals are going, they will go where they can do the most good. i cannot tell you exactly where that is at the moment. the army corps of engineers is looking at several locations. my suspicion is the first of climaxes will probably be in the future southport because that is where the huge bulk of the cases the waiverand as spreads out across the state of washington. if alice went to make it richard carrin we want to be good generals in this war. we had to increase its testing capability across the state. this is frustrating to people there we have to increase hospital capacity across washington. we are committed to that. we cannot hear you. gov. inslee: i can hear you. >> you can hear me? gov. inslee: i think you do, go ahead. >> we have a couple questions. knowing that boeing is a large part of the employment and jobs in the state, you're happy

of boston, which is almost unimaginable. universities in the united states are closing. particularly on the coasts. the university of washington seattle. stanford in the bay area. usc in southern california. hofstra in new york. columbia university in new york. princeton, uc berkeley. nobody knows how sustainable it will be for colleges and universities to move all online learning on an all, on an ongoing rolling basis, but that's starting now, at schools, at colleges and universities around the country. fullton county schools in georgia shut down today. that's in atlanta. that's a huge school district. the rector of a major episcopal church in georgetown attended by lots of influential and well connected people in washington, d.c., turns out the rector has nims tested positive after leading services recently, not only giving communion to parishioners but shaking hands with hundreds of them and he has now tested positive and it is causing a special kind of situation for elite circles in washington. new york city, excuse me, in new york, and new jersey, the top official who is in charge of what's called the port authority, whic

we also have brought on the university of washington. they have now capacity of probably over 1,000 a day, and we are bringing on commercial labs, and this is very important. here's where the federal government is helping and needs to help to develop commercial labs to be able to have a very rapid throughput so they can do tens of thousands of tests. we need that eventually as this epidemic increases. so, yes, but we are right on the edge right now of having enough testing capability and we're doing that as quickly as we can. i want to mention something that may be pertinent to people's personal lives as well. if you do happen to develop mild symptoms and as -- you had a doctor talking just before i came on, talking about the fortunate effect that probably 80% of the people who get this virus fortunately will only have mild symptoms that really won't require any medical intervention, and if you do go to your physician, most of the time if you have mild symptoms, they may not recommend a test because it really won't vary how you're treated

university of washington for one says at this point they have every intention of reopening once their quarter ends in a little over two weeks time. but only time will tell. omar jimenez, report fwing from seattle. >>> and one major concern is the limited testing. dr. sanjay gupta looks at why that happened. >> reporter: we will need millions and millions of tests. problem is more than a month after the first patient was diagnosed in the united states, we still don't have nearly enough tests. doorgd to o according to our review of cdc report, only around 1500 people have been tested total. it is a big difference from other countries like south korea where nearly 160,000 people have been tested. even in the drive-through. and in the uk, more than 20,000 people. it is basic surveillance. and in the united states, that lack of testing has led to a lack of planning. >> it is very important that there is an aggressive approach in the beginning that you look for all of those cases because as case numbers increase, systems become yefr weoverwhelm. so as much as can be done in the early stages

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i'm joined now from seattle by carl bergstrom, professor of biology at the university of washington. irst of all, seattle and washington, how are you and your colleagues adjusting to the situation there? it isn't too big of a challenge. so far personally, we are trying to adjust in ways that allow us to reduce the spread for the most part. right now it isn't like we have a crisis situation going on here in seattle where people are panicked or afraid to take to the streets are anything like that, but we're definitely thinking hard about what can do asa thinking hard about what can do as a community to mitigate the effects of this epidemic as it spreads, presumably now throughout our community and across the country. and using your expertise as a scientist, what are we learning that the progression of the virus, not just in america but across the world 7 just in america but across the world? i think that we found is, clearly this is a virus that has been able to escape oui’ that has been able to escape our containment efforts in china. it's an effort that is spreading fairly effectively

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the university of washington where i teach on friday announced that it was going -- switching to onlinender of march, remainder of our winter term, starting tomorrow. >> how's that been going with the students? >> well, i think they've, you know, even last week was -- when we were still teaching in-person, it was an odd week, i'll be honest. people, you know, at the -- at the -- on the one hand, young, healthy college students are not at risk for -- maybe at risk for contracting the virus, but not at risk unless they have underlying health conditions. so -- but they -- you know, it's -- so much is unclear. it's unclear about how extensions the cases are in this community are, quite frankly, across the country. it's unclear what, you know, what the next few weeks or few months are going to look like, and it's really forced us to not only re-evaluate what we're doing, but appreciate kind of the way normal life works. >> what about government responses from the city of seattle, king county, from the state government in olympia, how do people feel about the way that their more local governm

in a moment we'll be speaking to a professor of biology at the university of washington, but first let'sn to the markets: there've been huge falls around the world and in the past couple of hours the markets have opened again in asia. mariko 0i is in singapore — what's the latest? it is not looking good at all. it is not looking good at all. it is not looking good at all. it is yet another brutal day. asian markets are well and truly in the red. the japanese market is down by nearly 10% and that is the worst fall since the tsunami of 2011. but markets all over the region are all in the red that follows wall street ‘s shop fall where the dowjones wall street ‘s shop fall where the dow jones lost wall street ‘s shop fall where the dowjones lost more than 2000 points, the worst single day loss since the market crash of 1987. we have been comparing a lot to what happened during the global financial crisis but i was just talking to an a nalyst i was just talking to an analyst who said the back then we did not have a virus outbreak with any of these travel restrictions or travel bands. that is

of washington, washington state university. in fact, they've done some of the real cutting edge research in the last four days that gave us insights on how the virus is evolving. we feel good about the information we have and we'll make the best decision at the right moment. but individually washingtonians and americans can make decisions on their own to be at the front lines of the issue to prevent the spread of the disease. >> they are really the front line, we all are on this. washington governor, jay inslee, appreciate it. >> we're all leaders. >>> coming up, why we could begin to see a spike in coronavirus cases here in the united states. our special report continues in a moment. what's for dinner? (fake gagging noises) ♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. my derm jglycolic acid.on her little anti-aging secret- revitalift 10 percent glycolic acid serum. with our highest concentration of glycolic acid. resurfaces skin to visibly reduce dark spots and wrinkles. revitalift glycolic acid serum

also to researchers were working on vaccines and treatments, including in my home state of washington, university of washington and kaiser. second, being from king county, washington, i want to extend my sympathies to the families of loved ones who have passed from covid-19. and then third, i wanted to turn my attention to everyone else at this time of uncertainty and worry. we have known from the start that covid-19 would come to the united states and that it was a matter of when and not a matter of if. and that is why preparations have an ongoing. we know for sure that this disease will spread, especially at the beginning and urban and suburban areas, and it will get worse before it gets better. we all have a role to play and we need to do our part. there are things we can do to limit the spread and to protect our communities, and he should not be underestimated even though they are simple. they also should not be dismissed by people who consider themselves low risk because of their age or their health. this disease can be varices for certain populations of people, and it is incumbent upon ever

in the united states, a number of major universities have moved to online classes, including ohio state, university of southern california, brown, university of washington, stanford, columbia, and barnard college. in detroit, officials restored water service to thousands of households as fears spread of coronavirus reaching the city. thousands of detroit households were without water because of unpaid bills. florida republican congress member matt gaetz announced via twitter monday he will self-quarantine after learning he had contact with an attendee action conference, or cpac, who has been diagnosed with coronavirus. gaetz reportedly received the news while aboard air force one with president trump. just last week, gaetz appeared to mock the coronavirus outbreak, showing up in congress wearing a gas mask as the house passed emergency funding to combat the disease. on saturday, he announced a resident of his district had died from the disease. he is the latest republican lawmaker to self-quarantine after attending cpac last month. georgia congressmember doug collins is also in self-quarantine. collins joined trump on his visit to the centers for diseas

alex and the university of washington lab have been tracking the data there. > shannon: we are going to put up on the screen some of the data that you all have been tracking, the tests. positive, negative, or inconclusive. based on what you've seen so far, what can you extrapolate, if anything from this? >> we are seeing a pretty stable positivity rate here. around about 7.5%. there are certain days when there's more tests that come from inpatient so we can have a higher positivity rate among those individuals, but right now it's about 7.5%. which got about 25,000 tests in the last two and half weeks and have detected almost 2,000 and fractions. >> shannon: interestingly enough, dr. brooks with the stock force -- task force that she thought washington state is about a couple of weeks had about where new york and the places in the country because you all had such an early onset. is there anything you're seen trending, any lessons that you're picking up because you guys have kind of been ground zero for the u.s.? >> i think a few things. at one, i think every loc

vin gupta, assistant professor of health metric sciences at the university of washington school of medicinethe world bank. dr. gupta, i understand how people who don't understand economics find it complicated when i talk about stuff and i use terminology they're not familiar with. that's what ventilators are to the rest of us that don't understand ventilators. what's the issue? ventilators have been with us for a very long time. tell me what's so complicated about making lots more of these. >> thanks, ali, and thank you forgiving this topic specifically a platform. i can say as a critical care doc, this is the one part of our icu capabilities right now that's severely lacking, so thank you again forgiving this a platform. here is the problem with ventilators. they're expensive, anywhere from $4,000 to $40,000 it costs to make the types of ventilators that i use, my colleagues use on a nightly, daily basis in the icu to sustain our patients. what we know about covid and what we're really fearful about in places like new york city and seattle just down the street, is that a lot of patients wi

in seattle, the university of washington developed their own test. ing i think about 2,000 tests day now out of the university of washington which is good. they think they can get up to 5,000. it's going to take a lot of money to get to 5,000 and that test takes a day basically to get results back. there are quicker tests in the world, and quicker tests being developed. the white house has got to get a clear answer to this as soon as possible. >> i think it's remarkable. a lot of people out there are wondering what in the world? they're probably using a different word than that. but what in the world is taking so long? >> look, it's coming home in seattle. we have a health care emergency here. i don't want to get -- the past is the past. we've got to focus on the future without question the white house didn't take this as serious as they should from the start. they're now taking it seriously. we have to keep putting pressure on them to do that and get where we need to be. >> wlets hope we're going to start getting fests and getting what we need, medic

james phillips who is joining us from the university of washington hospitals. show who is about our age or has parents in the nursing home, should you leave and get them out of there? >> that is a great question. i know that the nursing homes are a big concern, and a big concern for us as physicians, too. this is where we have large concentrations of people of advanced age and serious illnesses and even younger people with serious illnesses. it is clear that the areas are vulnerable, and our government is putting out plans for that right now on how the address that. the visitation to the nursing homes is something that needs to be culled. and the idea of bringing people home from the nursing home is a little bit more difficult. sometimes the people go to recover from a knee operation or something along those lines, but it does not require full time care from nursing staff and the nurse technicians that are there, and that is a reasonable idea. talk to the doctor, and if they can go home, maybe it is not a bad idea, but as far as the other folks there that are v

how do you make the cost/benefit analysis if you're running the university of wisconsin or the university of washington or south by southwest in this condition? >> we are going into this pretty much blind we don't have enough data to make smart decisions, so when you don't know how many cases are out there, how many cases are in the area, what exactly are the risks to everyone, you kind of have to shut down the festival. you have to cancel these big events. you have to close your businesses, because you can't make the evidence-based call that you might be able to make if we had a handle on the data and we could be really strategic about our shutdowns and travel restrictions. we could say exactly what the risks are of any given event, but we just don't know right now. >> for people that are looking at this and saying, look, there's 15,000 cases in italy. it so maybe we get 5,000 cases here, 30,000 people a die every year from the flu. there's all kinds of risk wes run. why is the world so sort of obsessed with that? explain that? >> i think there are several reasons. first of all, our history with these

the bay area again xtending the stay at home order until may 1st a model released by the university of washington is projecting the state will hit its peak in cases by april 26 that study takes into account strongsocial distancing other protective measures. researchers say the state will need more than 10,000 hospital beds at maximum capacity. and as the bay area tries to flatten e curve a lot of local residents are considered very vulnerable. one doctor from highnd hospital in oakland talked to cnn about what's being done to prepare for new cases. >>i think especially study new york has been especially valuable that like elmhurst hospital in ueens, the hospital that i work at highland hospital in oakland. is a safety net hospital we do care could only for vulnerable people unstable housing or are frankly homeless and that. has helped us tremendously plan for when we work to play and discharge is when we tell people things like shelter in place to make sure that people have shelter to shelter in place in meaning that it's a lot easier to tell somebody like me to go hang out at home for 2 weeks an

and that's from university of washington, showed we'll see icu bed capacity filled up. city all but engineers continuing wished by middle of april. >> new york presbyterian hospital, they're splitting ventilators. how risky is that? are people getting enough oxygen when you split a ventilator? dr. gupta? >> they've done us a great service. >> could you repeat that answer? i think we may have your audio back. i don't know if you heard me. i think we have you back. i was asking about the risk of splitting a ventilator. how safe is that? >> that's not safe. the technology is not something that we in the practice of pulmonary and critical care medicine want to be pursuing. >> i think i don't have the audio, our apologies to him. let's go to the house floor and listen to the republican leader, kevin mccarthy. >> our top priority is to keep americans at work. so we aim the efforts to keep americans employed through two measures. for small businesses and nonprofits, the bill provides 100% federally guaranteed loans for eight weeks. if that loan is used to pay your employees or

the nation, but i can tell you my state has tried to hustle and i think as of today, the university of washington is now set up a drive by test site for at least the health care workers as part of their health care system. that's a very positive step. but we should not have any governors that are holding us back from doing more robust testing. we should have academic labs across the united states getting ready now, not only to test people for coronavirus who we suspect may be ill but also to get information from the flu studies that people can do because what we are finding in our state that people who thought they had the flu are testing positive for covid-19. >> these are people that had flu-like symptoms that didn't necessitate necessarily hospitalization, right? they just felt sick -- >> no -- >> yes. >> part of what we want to do is know where and how people have been impacted so we can do a better job of this mitigation right now. so seattle had a flu study and actually what they found is a student from one of our high schools had that flu test and then later because of this academic study,

the university of washington in seattle said classrooms will be shuttered for the next two weeks. >> s, there is incredibly close proximity. >> meanwhile, some schools, like st. john in home dale, new jersey, can offer students their lessons, textbooks, and assignments online and are prepared to go into virtual days if the school needs to close. is america ready to telework? >> i think that we're already seeing over the past 15 years, a lot of companies, companies that might surprise you, like ibm, which has a huge portion of its workforce working at home already. >> but for many, that means a shift in workplace culture. employees will need to be outfitted at home with the computers and other equipment they need and will have to be trained on how to use them. >> luckily, this stuff is very, very intuitive. there are a number of different software solutions out there to enable telework or virtual conferencing. very simple to set up. >> reporter: workplace analysts acknowledge there are many businesses like carmakers, factories, food services, banks with retail branches where employees

. >> reporter: the outbreak is now prompting a major change at the university of washington which has 50,000 students. nbc's steve patterson is there. >> reporter: starting monday, this campus will be empty. students are going to stop meeting here for classes, call classes. even exams will happen online after a staffer tested positive for coronavirus. nationwide six new states, indiana, pennsylvania, minnesota, kentucky, oklahoma and connecticut reported their first cases today. los angeles a second medical screener at lax has now tested positive while in chicago a 21-year-ol college student has the virus after visiting italy. >> just very mild symptoms like runny nose, headache, you know, cough, difficulty breathing but no high fever. >> reporter: in new york state, 22 new cases today and 4,000 protectively quarantined with new york city officials now pleading for more test kits telling the federal government limited capacity has impeded our ability to beat back this epidemic there is also growing worry among health care workers a california nurse released a statement saying, i am cu

and according to a model by the university of washington school of medicine close to 2300 people could die in one day alone possibly in mid april april 15th and this model suggests that the temp pandemic could stretch well past june this as the c.d.c. is reviewing its guidelines on whether the public should indeed wear masks to see if there's an additional value for individuals that may be infected and simply asymptomatic before the c.d.c. was saying no only people that are around infected individuals around the elderly or who are sick themselves should wear the mask well now they're reviewing that to maybe we all should be wearing a mask also governor cuomo andrew cuomo of new york where the highest number of coronavirus cases now considered the epicenter in the u.s. is as we've been talking about and reporting extensively about well he announced today that his brother chris cuomo a c.n.n. anchor has also tested positive for the corona virus and it's currently quarantined at his home and on the international front china announced more than 1500 new coronavirus cases that had not previ

university says forts a large group of ants e are also being canceled or adjusted. stanford is the second college campus to close because of this outbreak the university of washington losed its seattle campus on thursday low high school in san francisco remains closed today and all after-school events were caeled as well this comes after one of the. >>students there had parents who tested positive this school is continng a deep cleaning before anyone is allowed back. they note that no students have been diagnosed with coronavirus and 2 more san francisco schools also stayed closed today. i see a cristo rey academy girl's catholic high school shut down for the next 2 weeks ter a staff member tested positive. students will be allowed back on friday march 20th. also archbishop riordan high school is closed after a student's parents tested positive sf state has also canceled on campus offense but classes will be going on at least for now as scheduled heights time for our 4 zone forecast sticking with the theme here we are taking a live look outside erlooking the grand princess cruise ship that is docked currently at the port of oakland finally docked somewhere she meteo

the university of washington cancel in person classes until the quarter ends march 20. nd students will take their final exams virtually. stanford university followed suit, canceling its courses for the remainder of the winter quarter. shot clock did not reset, and it goes. in light of recent confirmed cases in maryland, spectators are banned from attending the division ending season at johns hopkins university. nba players may also play in front of empty stands. the nba reportedly sent a memo on friday to all 30 teams . >> i ain't playing. that's who i play for. >> that was michael george reporting, officials in texas announce the cancellation of the popular sxsw musical and tech festival in austin. announcement comes days after several high-profile companies, including netflix pulled out of the event. >>> uber announcing a big change today in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. the rideshare service says drivers or delivery people would be eligible for up to 14 days of paid time if they are infected with the coronavirus. the same goes for those who are placed in quar

the university of washington close its seattle campus thursday. well our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com. we have so much information for you there. the latest on the outbreaks right here in the bay area there's an interactive map that you can check out and also articles on ways to stay safe. you can find all of this on our website under the coronavirus tab and that's listed right under news right there on our website to go and check it out. well there's now a $50,000 reward being offered for any information that will help solve the murder of a berkeley man. it's been 9 years since tobias segal was shot in the back of his head right there in france front of his home there on blake street there have been no additional details nor rest no suspects so far a contractor for the home says that the family moved out recently. despite what happened 9 years ago. neighbors consider this area to be pretty safe. surprising to hear that. >>and i mean you know things happen, but that's not what i would have expected. >>the supe

against the spread of the virus columbia and hofstra universities here in new york city have canceled classes new york has reported more than 100 cases of the virus the university of washington is cancelling in-person classes and will have students take their courses remotely and rice university in houston announced a similar policy >> there is growing concern about the immense strain this illness could put on health care systems across the country we are joined now by nbc's kathy park kathy, good morning. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. some health departments say this has become an unprecedented and challenging situation. we spoke with one woman who told us it took her days just to get tested growing frustration in seattle at the nursing home now linked to 16 coronavirus deaths the facility where residents are at heightened risk saying they need more help kathy jackson believes she may have been exposed to the coronavirus at the life care center at kirkland the 71-year-old self-quarantined after noticing symptoms. but more than a week later she's still waiting for her results. >> i was not ready for being hung up on -- i was not ready for the run around that i've been

. >>> in seattle the university of washington medical center converted its garage to a drive through to test employees who might have been exposed to the coronavirus. today, washington state's governor will announce a ban on community gatherings of 250 people or more in the seattle area to try and stop the spread. the announcement is expected to target sporting events and entertainment gatherings and schools and workplaces are not expectsed to be included. >>> you may have more time to file your taxes this year. according to "wall street journal" considering extending the tax deadline past april 15th to mitigate the effects of coronavirus on households and businesses. no decision has been made yet and not clear when the new deadline might be. >>> we're sending out alerts about the "grand princess" passengers and all other developments on the coronavirus outbreak through the abc 7 news app. customize the app by area so that you get alerts for places you're interested in and live and work. >>> super tuesday round two delivers more delegates for joe biden and even he and bernie sanders c

that's according to new projections from researchers at the university of washington. hen the coronavirus is expected to have killed roughly 81,000 people in this country. more than 6,000 of those deaths will take place here in california. investigative report bigad shaban with the breakdown. >> reporter: the new projections show that in california, the worst of the virus may still be nearly a month away. the data also reveals critical shortages inside hospitals across the state as a result of the surging number of infections. there are about 1,900 icu hospital beds in the state. but when the virus peaks, we will likely need more than 2,000. in a worst-case scenario, more than 5,000 icu beds. and if the virus peaks next month as the data suggests, the death toll would hit 148 people a day in the state. the worst-case scenario puts the daily death toll at 371. by mid-july, the virus will have likely killed 6,100 people in california. but, again, in the worst-case scenioreach as high as investig bigad shaban. >> it is a lot to take in, a lot to wrap your head around. we'v

. >> reporter: and today, the university of washington canceled in-person classes until the quarter endsch 20. final exams will be taken virtually. >> a little stressful at the moment. >> reporter: at least 14 people have died in washington state. more than half are linked to this nursing home, where these pictures reveal the heartbreaking emotional toll. tonight dorothy campbell can only speak through a window to her husband of more than 60 years. he's confined to isolation. the vice president just announced that the ship will be brought to a noncommercial port in san francisco where everyone, again, will be tested. that's 3,500 people. we've also learned 1,100 crew members will be quarantined. margaret. >> brennan: jamie yuccas in san francisco. an airline industry group says the outbreak could cost airlines about $113 billion in lost revenue as americans wonder is it safe to fly? kris van cleave now with information travelers need to know. >> reporter: with the spread of the virus, people are wondering if it's safe to fly. doctor, would you get on a flight today? >> i would get on a f

professor carl bergstrom, professor of biology at the university of washington, told me why he thoughthad failed to prepare enough testing kits for the pandemic. i think there were a whole series of problems in terms of rolling out the tests and scaling up testing here in the united states. there were problems with the original cdc test kits set out, weren't functioning properly. and there's been a lot of red tape. so the fda granted an emergency use authorisation only to the cdc initially to produce these diagnostic tests. and as of 29 february, it then extended not a full authorisation, but sort of a statement that they encouraged other testing companies and outfits to try to develop — to feel free to develop their own tests. there seems to have been a feeling about the speech, from the president 2a hours ago, and then in administration's efforts in general, is geared toward stopping people with the virus from coming into the country and avoiding a financial question, rather than dealing with community spread, that is spread amongst americans infecting each other and beefing up hospi

that's according to new protections by a health research team by the university of washington. the study estimates that new infections in california and across the nation will drop to zero by mid july. it pinpoints when the state may face critical shortage of hospital resources. we will have a full report on the findings coming up tonight at 7:00 on the coronavirus special. >>> the race for a vaccine still 12-18 months away. but there's other drugs being tested right now that could help treat the critically ill. >> word of warning here, there's a lot of bogus claims out here. let's bring in janel wang, we hear of the drugs that could help, but most are not valid. what do you have? >> reporter: yeah, right now, we know a vaccine is still 12-18 months away. but the medicines are 3-4 months away. they will be used to treat the sickest patients. i talked to dr. john torres, nbc news medical correspondent about the drugs being tested right now. >> there's medicines out there that we are looking at right now, one of them is chloroquine, they have used it in combination with an ant bio

meanwhile, drive-through testing is an option for staff at the university of washington medical centerseattle. but it's only for those with symptoms or an upper respiratory infection. and here in new york, the head of a major transportation hub has tested positive for the virus. the executive director of the port authority of new jersey and new york is now quarantined at home. a new york city fire department emt has also tested positive and is quarantined with several co-workers. >>> we're learning more about this virus from u.s. health officials. they say 80 is the average age of patients who have died. half the people infected symptoms within five days and one key symptom to look out for is shortness of breath. the cdc is urging older americans to stock up on groceries and medications as the virus spreads. one big concern is whether hospitals across the country are prepared for this. we asked dr. jennifer ashton, our chief medical correspondent. >> well, according to infectious disease specialists 100.4 is the temperature with symptoms. you should speak to someone about getting teste

drjohn scott is a professor in the department of pharmacology at the university of washington in seattlethat has had some hope. it is a drug approved for treating arthritis and malaria. effectively, but this drug does is it mobilises the cells garbage disposal unit. this is a compound that has been known for a long time and it has been purposed for this particular role but it remains to be seen how effective it is. if this is not the game changer everyone hopes it is, what other options are available to us? i think the standard options used to treat patients is isolation is still the most important. but really, it is hard to be able to assess how effective this new compound would be, given the very little opportunity to test it which is really important for any drug thatis really important for any drug that is being repurposed for a different role. putting that to one side for a second, moving one side for a second, moving on to vaccines, where are we on that? vaccines are a very powerful way to combat any this ease, including covid—19. this is something that is being approached aggressi

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is still the epicenter of the pandemic here in the united states, and new data from the university of washingtons the state is still almost two weeks from its peak. mola lenghi is in new york city, and, mola, for doctors there, it feels like there's no end in sight. >> reporter: well, that's right, norah. we're at the javitz center here in new york city why the national guard has spent the better part of a week converting this convention center into hospitals. pew york governor andrew cuomo insists this place will save lives. we just received a letter from the chief of surgery at colombian presbyterian hospital, here in the city, and it says-- and i quote: terian hospital,side the wire, here in the city, and it says-- and we have to accept there is nowhere to hide." every day, new york's covid-19 cases rise, and so does the desperation for somewhere to put the sickest. at least 1,000 beds are also being prepared at the city's largest convention center, where we asked governor cuomo about the dire conditions. hospitals are obviously struggling in this state, doctors, nurses, jumping on social med

i was just tried to help deliver groceries to ao needed public, o the pathologist at the university of washington who was a leader in this field but also lostlo his life. real sacrifice and real crushing blows have been dealt in this disease but today we are responding with more help for our states. we are giving them more money for hospitals, more money for the front line with protective gear, more money for testing,, and more money to support them as they continue the effort to try to stop this disease. it's so important that we get state andov local governments ad tribes the resources o they need to be on the front lines in fightingan this disease here ani think our governor, governor insulate come for leading that charge every single day in trying to focus our response on this disease. because we were the site of the first covid-19 case. we have been active since january 21. and the sadness that we've all felt over the kirkland nursing home where we lost so many patients, we hope will be a a lesson for theay rest of the nation to pay attention to the seriousness of this virus. we are here tod

the university of washington also teaching classes online after a faculty member tested positive. pharmaceutical companies bracing too. more delays threaten supplies of critical medication. late tonight, the city of austin texas cancelling the wildly popular south by southwest festival, a $355 million blow to the local economy. more than 300,000 people attend the event every year. >> whit johnson on the ripple effect across the country tonightle just moments ago president trump went to the cdc in atlanta after his trip was abruptly cancelled for a time today. the president said the reason he did not go at first, fears a person at the cdc might be infected. later he went. tonight, questions about the response about where there are enough test kits in this country. here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: tonight the president trump visited the centers for disease control in atlanta and insisted the federal government has the coronavirus outbreak under control. the head of the cdc seemed to agree. >> at the present time, the risk to the american public remains low. >> reporter: the presid

hofstra university, fordham, princeton, and on the west coast, of course, university of washington which was one of the first large universities to make these moves. some of these schools are also cancelling events and activities and limiting gatherings of people to, say, 25 people or a hundred people. all of this to try to do what we're calling social distancing, which is keeping people away from one another. we know that college campuses are places where students and faculty work closely and live closely together. >> so it's one thing for a college student who can take care of themselves, can have virtual learning. they're missing some things by not being in person, of course. but it's another thing for little kids and their parents and caretakers if public schools across the country shut down en masse. what do we know? >> reporter: absolutely. it's a real concern and more of a disruption when it comes to a seven or eight-year-old. we know schools in various states are making this move as well. for instance, fulton county, georgia, that's a pretty big school district. they are shutting

various models really paint an even grimmer picture over the next few months one model by the university of washington suggests that close to 2300 people could die in one day alone. april 15th and that the number of deaths from the virus in the u.s. will rise rapidly during april even with all the restrictions on movements the stand home orders and the study suggests that the pace of deaths will slow but ultimately reach a total of $84000.00 chronic virus that's by the beginning of august so we'll probably be hearing a lot more of that coming up in this news conference we'll be following closely they bring to you april 15th the apex of the coronavirus long good stuff john harvey as usual thanks mom thank you for bringing us up the good part this is the news reports and shows you're watching our special coverage of on here on r t america will be right. your government our government and all the other major governments of the world know what's going to them when it's going to. but they haven't told you and they haven't told me they haven't announced. imagine something as big as the earth. is going to ca

washington journal" is dr. john andrews. andrus who is an adjunct professor of global health at george washington university. your take on the president's announcement yesterday after the grim forecast, president is extending the social distancing limits until the end of april. what do you make of that move? >> i think that's excellent. i think the evidence has to be in the drivers seat and i have to commend him for taking that action. host: let me show you the johns hopkins statistics that are out there. total confirmed cases around the world approaching 750,000. total deaths approaching 35,000. we have been reviewing the u.s. numbers this morning. the numberssee in and recent trends and other news from recent days. put this in perspective for us. when i personally try to put this in perspective i think about my 35 years working in global health and there are two events that i think i use personally as touchstones in dealing with this current crisis. one is india. i worked in the 1990's in india and saw firsthand in 1994 how the plague crisis brought the country to its knees. it was mismanaged. there was mis

paint really an even grimmer picture i hate to say over the next few months one model by the university of washington suggest that close to 2300 people could die in one day alone on april 15th and that the number of deaths from the virus in the u.s. will rise rapidly during april from about 4000 to anywhere 260000 even with all the restrictions on movement and stay at home orders nationwide now more states adopting those orders while the study suggests that the pace of deaths will eventually slow that's the good news though reaching a total of $84000.00 by the beginning of august now this is just one model so we'll see if that plays out but doctors anthony deborah burks who are on the white house coronavirus task force team are going to be talking about these models during a press conference believe later today possibly this evening we'll keep you posted on that all this as the c.d.c. is revealing its guidelines on whether the public should wear a mask to see if there's additional value you know before this the c.d.c. had been basically urging people look only those who are sick or those around peopl

then across the country, we have university of washington which has suspended classes as well as usc,niversity of southern california, all of this to try to do social distancing, because we know college campuses are where people are working and studying and living very close together. i should mention also that at least one public school district on long island, the shoreham school district is closed today because a member of their high school security team said their spouse maichb y have been expos the virus. a lot of schools trying to take steps to mitigate the spread of this virus. >> changing by the day. also new this morning, new york's governor just announced that the head of the port authority in newark and new jersey tested positive for the virus. what are you hearing about that? >> reporter: that's true, that's one of the 140 confirmed cases in this city. the director of the city did test positive for the coronavirus. he is under quarantine and his senior team will be tested and placed under quarantine. this is according to new york governor andrew cuomo. so more cases and mo

the university of washington also teaching classes online after a faculty member tested positive. and pharmaceutical companies are bracing for shortages too. 80% of drugs consumed in the u.s. come from india and china, so more delays threaten supplies of critical medication. late tonight, the city of austin texas canceling the wildly popular south by southwest festival, a $355 million blow to the local economy. more than 400,000 people attend the event every year. david, that lab in new york that developed its own test received fda approval less than a week ago. they confirmed most of the cases here in new york state, but officials are warning people as they test more, the numbers will dramatically go up. david? >> whit johnson on the ripple effect across the country tonight. >>> just moments ago president trump went to the cdc in atlanta after his trip was abruptly canceled for a time today. the president said the reason he did not go at first, fears that someone at the cdc might be infected. later he went amid questions about the response, about whether there are enough test kit

i had a -- years ago, at the university of washington who taught washoe, american sign language, and washoe taught her son a special name and they would invent words leak water bird and water fruit if they saw something and didn't know the name. well, he had one of his research students walking a juvenile chimpanzee through the grounds, both of them getting some exercise, and the juvenile chimpanzee decided decided to by and went up the tree and the college student was thinking, i've got to get back to class. so pulled the leash -- it was around the chimpanzee's next and the chimpanzee just pulled the college student right up into the tree. eels are part taser. they carry electrical charges that are strong enough to sun a human being in a split sect. our military as tried to replicate spider silks that it is ten times tougher than kevlar, and forget spider-man because the gecko has these electron infuses suction cups on his feet and can go up the side of a wall and absolutely be upside-down above you without any problem. and as for dogs, i have learn so much about dogs. i already kne