>>>
>>> THE
>>> THE 411 ON KHOU 11 NEWS. >> THE NRG CENTER PARKING LOT
WILL BECOME AN EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SHELTER TO HELP PREPARE
FOR A WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
DISCOUNTED CHILDCARE FOR
ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO STILL
NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS DURING
THIS DIFFICULT TIME, WHERE TO
SIGN UP.
SIGN UP.
SIGN UP. >>> COULD CORONAVIRUS IN TEXAS
PEAK SOONER THAN EXPECTED?
A BRAND-NEW MODEL SHOWS, WE ALL
NEED TO DO BEFORE THAT WAVE
HITS.
HITS.
HITS. >>>
HITS. >>> HI, EVERYBODY.
I'M RUSS LEWIS.
ONE OF THE FEW KHOU 11
EMPLOYEES NOT WORKING FROM
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. I'M
HOME. I'M NOT WEARING A MASK BECAUSE
I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND ME, BUT THE OTHERS
AROUND WHO ARE HERE TODAY
WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ARE
WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS AND WE
ARE ALL PRACTICING SAFE SOCIAL
DISTANCING HERE AT KHOU.
ADAM BENNETT JOINING US RIGHT
NOW AFTER LISTENING TO THAT
UPDATE FROM HOUSTON'S MAYOR,
THE MAYOR DID REPORT 402 NEW
CONFIRMED CASES IN THE CITY.
BUT THAT NUMBER REALLY DOESN'T
TELL THE WHOLE STORY.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
HE SAYS, ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF
THOSE CASES ACTUALLY DATE BACK
TO MID-MARCH BECAUSE THEY WERE
WAITING ON RESULTS FROM ONE
PARTICULAR LAB THAT HAD BEEN
EXPERIENCING A BACKLOG.
THE MAYOR SAID THE GOOD NEWS
TODAY, NO NEW DEATHS IN THOSE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. STILL THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S
TOTAL FROM COVID-19'S 10
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
DEATHS. HE, AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES SAID THAT IS 10 TOO
MANY.
MANY.
MANY. HE
MANY. HE REALLY CALLS THIS MONTH A
CRITICAL ONE NOT ONLY FOR OUR
CITY, BUT FOR OUR ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. HE SAID, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FLATTEN
THE CURVE.
THE CURVE. HE SAID, 68 CITY OF HOUSTON
EMPLOYEES INCLUDING POLICE
OFFICERS AND FIRE HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
HOUSTON'S FIRE CHIEF SAID THEY
ARE REQUIRING FIREFIGHTERS TO
WEAR MASKS AT THEIR FIRE
STATIONS AND THE CITY'S HEALTH
AUTHORITY RECOMMENDS IT TO
PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE OUT IN
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. >> THE MASK THAT YOU WEAR DOES
NOT MEAN IT'S OKAY TOGETHER IN
LARGE GROUPS.
LARGE GROUPS. BECAUSE THE MASK THAT YOU WEAR
DOES NOT PROTECT YOU.
IT PROTECTS THE PERSON NEXT TO
YOU IN CASE YOU ARE ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO IS INFECTED,
AND UNKNOWINGLY SPREADING THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. SO
VIRUS. SO TO THAT POINT, THE ISSUE OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING REMAINS JUST
AS IMPORTANT AS IT ALWAYS HAS.
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR IS
URGING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CONTINUED
TAKING DOWN VOLLEYBALL NETS AT
CITY PARKS.
CITY PARKS. THEY HAD CLOSED PLAYGROUNDS AND
TAKEN DOWN THE BASKETBALL RIMS.
THAT'S TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT
TOGETHER AT THOSE SPOTS.
THEY'RE SENDING OUT MONITORS AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. ANOTHER THING, THEY LAUNCHED A
RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE
TO FIND CHILDCARE AND FINANCIAL
HELP FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND
WE PUT A LINK WITH THAT STORY
AT KHOU.COM.
AT KHOU.COM. THE MAYOR DID TELL US AS WELL
THE HOSPITALS INCLUDING ICU
BEDS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
HANDLE COVID-19 PATIENTS.
HARRIS COUNTY IS BUILDING AN
OUTDOOR MEDICAL FACILITY ON THE
GROUNDS OF NRG TO BE USED AS A
LAST RESORT IF NECESSARY.
>> HOPEFULLY THAT OVERFLOW IS
NOT NEEDED OUT THERE AT NRG.
ADAM BENNETT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. >>>
MUCH. >>> BREAKING NEWS AT 4:00 PRIME
MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON IS NOW
IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT A
LONDON HOSPITAL.
LONDON HOSPITAL. JOHNSON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
COVID-19 10 DAYS AGO.
HE WAS ADMITTED YESTERDAY, TO
RECEIVE BREATHING TREATMENT.
WE ARE TOLD HIS CONDITION
WORSENED THIS AFTERNOON.
>>> NEW DATA SUGGESTING TEXAS'
COVID-19 PEAK MAY COME SOONER
THAN FIRST THOUGHT.
WHEN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT
SAYS YOU SHOULD NOT REALLY
COUNT ON THAT.
JASON MILES SHOWS US HOW THE
NUMBERS ARE CHANGING DAILY.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK EXPERTS
SAID THE PEAK WOULD HAPPEN
LIKELY IN EARLY MAY.
NEW DATA SUGGESTS IT COULD BE
APRIL 19 OR 20.
DR. PETER HOTEZ OF THE BAYLOR
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE LOOKED UP
THE LATEST COVID-19 TRACKING
DATA AS WE SPOKE VIA VIDEO
CHAT.
CHAT.
CHAT. >>
CHAT. >> SO IT WAS OUR EARLY MAY, NOW
THEY HAVE LOOKED, MOVED IT
TOWARD THE END OF APRIL.
SO LATER THAN THE NATIONAL
PEAK, BUT EARLIER THAN IT WAS.
>> Reporter: HE'S TALKING ABOUT
PROJECTIONS COMPILED BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS.
WHICH SHOWS THE NATIONAL PEAK
OCCURRING ON APRIL 15.
IF YOU SELECT TEXAS ON THE
DATABASE, YOU CAN SEE IT SHOWS
THE PEAK HAPPENING FOUR DAYS
LATER ON THE 19th.
NOT ON MAY 5th AS HOTEZ
SUGGESTED LAST WEEK.
>> WHAT THEY'RE NOW DOING IS
THEY'RE TRYING TO UPDATE THE
MODEL AS NEW INFORMATION COMES
IN.
IN.
IN. AND
IN. AND THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
PROBLEMS WITH THE MODELS, AND
THAT THEY ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS
THE ASSUMPTIONS.
THE ASSUMPTIONS. >> Reporter: THEY ARE ALSO
BASED ON AVAILABLE STATISTICS
BASED ON PATIENTS WHO HAVE
EITHER BEEN ADMITTED FOR
TREATMENT OR POSITIVELY TESTED
FOR THE DISEASE.
AND IT DOESN'T BREAK DOWN
DIFFERENT AREAS IN HUGE STATES
LIKE TEXAS.
LIKE TEXAS. >> TO THINK THAT THE EPIDEMIC
IS GOING TO LOOK IDENTICAL IN
EL PASO AS HOUSTON, PROBABLY
NOT THE CASE.
DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DIFFERENT, OUR
LOCATION.
LOCATION.
LOCATION. >> Reporter: WHETHER IT'S LATE
APRIL OR EARLY MAY, HOTEZ SAYS
IT DOESN'T NEGATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF AGGRESSIVE SOCIAL
DISTANCING IN ORDER TO REDUCE
DEMAND ON OUR HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. REASSESSMENT REMAINS HIS
PROGNOSIS.
PROGNOSIS. >> WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHERE WE
ARE ON APRIL 30.
IDEALLY WE'LL BE COMING ON THE
WAY DOWNWARD IF APRIL 20
PROJECTION IS TRUE.
BUT IT COULD CHANGE AGAIN,
DEPENDING ON NEW INFORMATION.
>> Reporter: I CHECKED WITH
HARRIS COUNTY OFFICIALS.
THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO
PINPOINT AN EXACT DATE FOR A
POTENTIAL PEAK HERE, BUT
CONTINUE TO STRESS THE
IMPORTANCE OF THOSE PREVENTIVE
MEASURES.
MEASURES.
MEASURES. BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE
STANDING BY FOR THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY COVID-19 BRIEFING FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT IS A LIVE PICTURE.
WE WILL GET YOU OUT TO THE
BRADY BRIEFING ROOM JUST AS
SOON AS THE PRESIDENT STEPPED
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>>
OUT. >>> GOVERNOR OF TEXAS GAVE US
AN UPDATE, WORKING FROM HOME
TODAY, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION
FOR US.
FOR US.
FOR US. HOW ARE YOU DOING, REKHA
MUDDARAJ?
MUDDARAJ?
MUDDARAJ? >> Reporter: DOING WELL.
THE GOVERNOR DOUBLING DOWN ON
THOSE INSTRUCTIONS TO SOCIALLY
DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM OTHERS
AND WASH YOUR HANDS.
HE GAVE US SOME KEY NUMBERS
TODAY AND SHARED THOSE THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. LET'S GET TO IT.
MORE THAN 85,000 TEXANS HAVE
BEEN TESTED FOR COVID-19.
MORE THAN 7300 HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. THAT'S LESS THAN 10%.
SO FAR 140 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN
TEXAS BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. THE GOVERNOR ALSO BROUGHT UP A
CASE THAT'S CLOSE TO HOME.
LAST FRIDAY WE LEARNED 83
RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES AT THE
RESORT AT TEXAS CITY NURSING
HOME HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID-19.
COVID-19.
COVID-19. GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAYS PATIENTS
ARE BEING GIVEN THE
ANTIMALARIAL DRUG
ANTIMALARIAL DRUG HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WHICH WAS
TOUTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AS A
POSSIBLE TREATMENT FOR COVID-
19.
19.
19. >>
19. >> AS
19. >> AS OF TODAY, ABOUT 30
PATIENTS ARE BEING TESTED WITH
THE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT
WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT
FOR THOSE PATIENTS.
THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART IN
THEIR SECOND DAY OF THIS
TESTING REGIMEN.
TESTING REGIMEN. THAT WILL LAST SEVERAL MORE
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. WE
DAYS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATING YOU
AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES ABOUT
HOW THIS DRUG IS AIDING OR NOT
THESE PATIENTS.
THESE PATIENTS. >> Reporter: SO AS WE KEEP AN
EYE ON THAT, MEDICAL EXPERTS
HAVE SAID SO FAR THERE IS ONLY
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE AS TO
WHETHER HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE CAN
BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY BEING USED
AT A DOCTOR'S DISCRETION IN
DIRE SITUATIONS.
DIRE SITUATIONS. WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION THE
GALVESTON COUNTY HEALTH
DISTRICT SAYS 146 PEOPLE
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT NURSING
HOME HAVE BEEN TESTED SO OF
COURSE WE ARE WAITING FOR MORE
RESULTS.
RESULTS.
RESULTS. >>> VIDEOCONFERENCING IS
BECOMING THE NEW NORMAL WHICH
IS WHY ZOOM IS EXPLODING.
I'M TIFFANY CRAIG.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GROWING
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. ZOOM
TOO. ZOOM BOMBING.
ZOOM BOMBING. HACKERS HIJACK ZOOM CALLS LIKE
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS STATE BROKERS MEETING.
200 PEOPLE WATCHED SOMEONE DRAW
MALE GENITALIA AND LISTEN TO
RACIST COMMENTS.
RACIST COMMENTS. >> AND THEN THE SLURS, USING
THE N WORD IN FRONT OF ALL OF
MY ATTENDEES.
MY ATTENDEES. >> Reporter: SCHOOLS ARE
GETTING BOMBED TOO.
THIS MOM SAYS HER DAUGHTER'S
úONLINE CLASS WAS INTERRUPTED B
FOUL LANGUAGE AND SOMEONE
STRIPPING NAKED.
STRIPPING NAKED. >> SHE WAS VERY EMBARRASSED,
AND SHE JUST SAID, I CAN'T TALK
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: ZOOM BOMBING HAS
THE ATTENTION OF LEGISLATORS.
A SENATE DEMOCRAT FROM OHIO IS
ASKING THE FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ZOOM
OVER PRIVACY AND SECURITY
FLAWS.
FLAWS.
FLAWS. LAST WEEK ZOOM'S CEO ADMITTED
HIS COMPANY WASN'T PREPARED FOR
THE INFLUX AND ALL THE FIRST-
TIME USERS NOT KNOWING TO
PASSWORD PROTECT THEIR CALLS.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHY I SAY, WE
DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB.
WHEN WE OFFER THE FREE SERVICE,
WE SHOULD HAVE A TRAINING
SESSION.
SESSION.
SESSION. WE SHOULD ENABLE A PASSWORD,
LOOKING BACK WE SHOULD HAVE
DONE THAT.