IT IS HARD TO FIND A CONSISTENCY SO WE CAN WORK FROM A COMMON SET
OF FACTS.
OF FACTS. >> JIM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY, AND
THE UK ALL RECORDED THEIR LOWEST
DAILY DEATH TOLLS IN A WEEK, IN
A SIGN THE CURVE OF CORONAVIRUS
CASES IS FLATTENING IN EUROPE.
>> FINALLY.
>> FINALLY. BOY, THAT’S GOOD NEWS.
>> GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE
CONTINENT ARE CAUTIOUSLY LIFTING
LOCKDOWNS WITH SHOPS AND
WORKPLACES OPENING FOR BUSINESS.
JOINING US FROM ROME, NBC NEWS
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MATT
BRADLEY.
BRADLEY. IN PAY JINGBEIJING, CORRESPONDEN
MACKEY FRAYER.
MACKEY FRAYER. MATT, AROUND THE WORLD, WE’RE
SEEING SPOTS OF UNREST GROWING
AMID THE LOCKDOWNS.
WHAT TRENDS ARE YOU NOTICING?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
MIKA, WE CAN SAY THERE ARE
ECHOES OF THE SAME PROTESTS
WE’RE SEEING IN THE STATES, BUT
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THEY’RE
ACTUALLY MORE VIOLENT.
WE SAW PROTESTS IN PARIS, THE
OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS JUST
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THESE AREN’T NECESSARILY TIED
DIRECTLY TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND
ITS EFFECTS, BUT IT IS PART OF
THAT.
THAT. THERE’S POVERTY INCREASING.
WE SEE FROM THE UNITED NATIONS
AS MANY AS 500,000 PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD COULD SLIDE
INTO POVERTY AS A RESULT OF THE
LOCKDOWNS.
LOCKDOWNS. WE’RE SEEING RIOTS IN LEBANON,
IN IRAQ’S BAGHDAD’S SODDER CITY.
WE SAW THEM IN KENYA, AS MANY
PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID-19 AS
HAVE BEEN KILLED BY POLICE WHO
ARE ENFORCING THE LOCKDOWN
RELATED TO COVID-19.
WHEN WE DO AROUND AND TALK ABOUT
HOW THE ECONOMIC EFFECT AND HOW
THE GOVERNORS ARE GOING TO BE --
IN THE UNITED STATES ARE BUCKING
THIS -- THE PRESIDENT’S ORDERS
AND TRYING TO LIFT THE LOCKDOWN
WHEN THEY SHOULDN’T, WE DO HAVE
TO REMEMBER, THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE
INDIA, WHERE POLICE WERE
CLASHING WITH MIGRANT WORKERS
UNABLE TO RETURN HOME, THERE ARE
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVELIHOODS ARE GOING TO
BE AFFECTED IN A WAY THEY
WOULDN’T IN AMERICA.
WHO WILL SLIP FROM BEING JUST
POOR TO BEING ABSOLUTELY
DESTITUTE.
DESTITUTE. FOR THEM, THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. FOR PEOPLE HERE IN ITALY, THERE
IS A MAJOR IMBALANCE.
IN THE NORTH OF ITALY, WE’VE
SEEN A LOT MORE CASES OF THE
ACTUAL VIRUS.
ACTUAL VIRUS. THAT’S A MUCH WEALTHIER PLACE.
IN THE SOUTH, THERE ISN’T AS
MANY -- THERE AREN’T AS MANY
CASE
CASE CASES.
CASES. FOR PEOPLE THERE, THEY’RE
FEELING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT
MUCH, MUCH WORSE PAUSEBECAUSE IT
SO POOR.
SO POOR. THERE IS THIS FEELING IN SOME
PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT THIS IS
A RICH PERSON’S DISEASE.
THAT’S PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE.
THAT’S PART OF THE PERCEPTION
AND ONE OF THE REASONS YOU’RE
SEEING UNREST.
SEEING UNREST. PAROXYSMS OF VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE WORLD.
>> LET’S GO TO JANIS, WHERE SHE
IS.
IS. THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT
THERE ARE RESURGENCES.
THE VIRUS POPPING BACK UP.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM WHAT
THEY’RE SEEING THERE?
>> Reporter: AS YOU LOOK A
COUPLE MONTHS OUT, DOWN THE
TIMELINE OF THIS DISEASE, THERE
ARE SOME RED FLAGS THAT ARE
POPPING UP.
POPPING UP. CASES CONTINUE TO DOG COUNTRIES
ACROSS ASIA.
ACROSS ASIA. TAKE SINGAPORE, FOR EXAMPLE.
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS,
THEY HAD THE NUMBERS UNDER
CONTROL.
CONTROL. THEY PUT IN A SYSTEM OF TESTING.
THEY HAD A SYSTEM WHERE THEY
COULD TRACK INFECTIONS IN ORDER
TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF
CONTROLLING IT.
CONTROLLING IT. UNTIL THEY WEREN’T CONTROLLING
IT.
IT. THERE ARE NOW THOUSANDS OF CASES
BEING REPORTED IN SINGAPORE.
OVER 1,400 YESTERDAY ALONE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE BEING LINKED
TO THESE LARGE COMMUNITIES OF
MIGRANT WORKERS THAT JUST DIDN’T
COME ON TO THE GOVERNMENT’S
RADAR BEFORE.
RADAR BEFORE. THAT’S WHY IN PLACES LIKE HONG
KONG, EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE
REPORTING NO NEW CASES, THEY’RE
EXPANDING THEIR SOCIAL
DISTANCING RULES.
DISTANCING RULES. IN SOUTH KOREA, THEY’RE DOWN TO
SINGLE DIGITS FOR NEW CASES
EVERY DAY, BUT THEY’RE STILL
KEEPING RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE SO
THEY CAN AVOID A NEW OUTBREAK.
HERE IN CHINA, EVEN THOUGH PARTS
OF THE ECONOMY ARE COMING BACK
ON TRACK, THERE ARE STILL A LOT
OF RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.
IN BEIJING, ANYBODY COMING TO
THE CITY, WHETHER IT’S FROM
OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY OR
SOMEWHERE ELSE IN CHINA, YOU
HAVE TO DO 14 DAYS OF
QUARANTINE.
QUARANTINE. THEY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE,
WHERE EVEN TO GET INTO THE
GROCERY STORE, TO GO TO
STARBUCKS, YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR
HEALTH CODE TO PROVE YOU ARE
VIRUS FREE.
VIRUS FREE. THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO STAY IN PLACE FOR A WHILE.
THEY DON’T WANT TO HAVE THIS
FEARED SECOND WAVE.
I TALKED TO ONE EXPERT WHO SAID
THAT THIS IS WHAT WE CAN EXPECT,
THIS CYCLE OF SUPPRESSION AND
LIFT, POSSIBLY FOR THE NEXT 18
MONTHS, UNTIL THERE IS A
VACCINE.
VACCINE. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE U.S. IS
THAT EVEN WHEN AND IF THE CURVE
DOES FLATTEN, THERE WILL NOT BE
THIS IMMEDIATE REBOUND OR
REVIVAL OF THE WAY THINGS WERE,
AT LEAST NOT ANY TIME SOON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
JANIS MACKEY FRAYER IN BEIJING
AND MATT BRADLEY IN ROME, THANK
YOU BOTH.
YOU BOTH. >>> COMING UP, NEW RESEARCH
SHOWS THE OUTBREAK IN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY IS LIKELY FAR
MORE WIDESPREAD THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT.
THOUGHT. IT’S CONNECTED TO THOSE ANTIBODY
TESTS WE’VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT.
OUR CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT