CLOUDS
CLOUDS BREAK. TEMPERATURES GET UP TO 86.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHEN
RAIN RETURNS COMING UP.
>>> THANK YOU.
LET'S GET YOU UP TO SPEED ON
THE
THE
THE CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. IT WILL BE A BIG WEEK WITH
TAXES AND
TAXES AND
TAXES AND OTHER STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TRYING TO REOPEN.
POLLING SHOWS MOST AMERICANS
ARE CONCERNED THAT
STATES WILL REOPEN TOO QUICKLY.
IN TEXAS, HEALTH
OFFICIALS THINK WE ARE AT OR
PASSED THE PEAK BUT A
VIRUS HAS TAKEN THE TOLL.
19,000 PEOPLE HAVE
CONFIRMED CASES AND MANY OTHER
UNTESTED CASES
UNTESTED CASES LIKELY.
LIKELY.
LIKELY. HARRIS COUNTY LEADS THE STATE
WITH CLOSE TO
4600.
4600.
4600. AND
4600. AND THE STATE DEATH TOLL IS 477
.
.
. >>>
. >>> TODAY TEXAS WILL GRADUALLY
REOPEN FOLLOWING
REOPEN FOLLOWING GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT'S
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. WE HAVE MORE
ON WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT LATER ON
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. >>> THE FIRST PART OF GOVERNOR
GREG ABBOTT'S PLAN
ROLLS OUT TODAY.
DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES,
APRIL 27th, THE GOVERNOR SAID
HE WILL ANNOUNCE
ADDITIONAL SECTORS OF THE TEXAS
ECONOMY THAT MAY
REOPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS.
STARTING THIS MORNING,
TEXAS STATE PARKS WILL REOPEN.
VISITORS WILL HAVE
TO COVER FACES, PRACTICE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND LIMIT
GROUPS TOO OR FEWER PEOPLE.
WEDNESDAY, SOME
WEDNESDAY, SOME NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL PROCEDURES
WILL BE ALLOWED TO
RESUME.
RESUME.
RESUME. FRIDAY, RETAIL STORES CAN OFFER
TO GO STYLE
SERVICES FOR CUSTOMERS.
SOME MORE AND THAT
REOPENING TOO SOON COULD HAVE
CONSEQUENCES.
CONSEQUENCES. >> IF WE TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE
BRAKE, WE CAN
EASILY START MOVING BACK IN THE
OTHER DIRECTION.
OTHER DIRECTION. >> LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THE
HOUSTON AREA SHOULD
ONLY START TO REOPEN WHEN THE
FULL SCOPE OF THE
VIRUS CAN BE MEASURED.
WE FELL FURTHER BEHIND ON
TEXTING TESTING THIS WEEKEND.
>>> THE STAYED HOME ORDER
REMAINS IN EFFECT IN
HARRIS COUNTY.
HARRIS COUNTY. A SIMILAR ORDER WAS REVOKED
FROM A
FROM A
FROM A RESIDENCE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY. >>> ACCORDING TO NEW DATA,
HOUSTON IS NOT READY TO
REOPEN.
REOPEN.
REOPEN. THE LATEST MODELS SHOW TEXAS
PEEKING
PEEKING
PEEKING YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THE INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH
METRICS AND
METRICS AND EVALUATION SHOWS A BIG DROP IN
PROJECTED DEATHS.
PROJECTED DEATHS. DOCTORS AT THE BAYLOR COLLEGE
OF MEDICINE CREDIT THE
DROP TO SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AS GOVERNOR ABBOTT
PREPARES TO REOPEN ESTATE,
DOCTORS SAY IT IS
IMPORTANT TO SLOW DOWN.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WALKING AROUND THE
CITY OF HOUSTON WHO HAVE NO
SYMPTOMS AND ARE
TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO HAS
IT AND WHO DOESN'T.
FOR THAT REASON, YOU NEED TO
MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR
A WHILE LONGER.
>> DOCTORS SAY THAT THE
TESTING CAPABILITIES ARE
FAR FROM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE
TO REOPEN.
TO REOPEN. WE ARE
WE ARE
WE ARE TOLD THERE ARE MORE LOCALIZED
MODELS FOR MAJOR
CITIES INCLUDING ONE FOR
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON. >>> THE CALL FOR MORE
CORONAVIRUS TESTING.
CORONAVIRUS TESTING. PROTESTERS DEMAND TO REOPEN THE
COUNTRY AND A NEW
SMALL RELIEF PACKAGE FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID SO
FAR, AMERICA HAS
TESTED MORE THAN 4 MILLION
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> AMERICA MAKES STEADY
PROGRESS IN THE WAR
AGAINST THE VIRUS.
>> THE PRESIDENT PUSHING TO
KEEP RAISING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE TESTED.
HE SAYS HE WILL USE THE
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TO FORCE
COMPANIES TO PRODUCE
MORE TESTS.
MORE TESTS. >> TODAY, THE STATE OF NEW
YORK WILL START
SURVEYING 3000 PEOPLE FOR
ANTIBODIES TO CORONAVIRUS.
THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO SEE WHO
MIGHT BE IMMUNE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. >>> THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS
DEFY STAY-AT-HOME
DEFY STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS IN PROTEST.
IN SALT LAKE CITY, FROM SEATTLE
TO DENVER, THEY BLOCKED THE
STREETS DEMANDING
STREETS DEMANDING GOVERNMENTS REOPEN NOW.
THIS COMES AFTER THE
PRESIDENT'S TWEETS LAST WEEK
CALLING TO LIBERATE
MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA AND
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA. >>> MORE MONEY ON THE WAY FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES AND
HOSPITALS.
HOSPITALS. TODAY, A NEW $450 BILLION
STIMULUS PLAN
STIMULUS PLAN COULD GO BEFORE THE SENATE,
CONGRESS AND THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THEY ARE HOPING THE DEAL WILL
PASS BY THIS
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. >>> ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.
A MAN OPENS HIS EYES
AFTER THREE WEEKS IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH COVID-19.
THE 27-YEAR-OLD VETEAN
RESPONDED WELL TO DOCTOR'S
INSTRUCTIONS AND THANKED THE
COMMUNITY FOR THEIR
PRAYERS.
PRAYERS.
PRAYERS. >>> THERE ARE NEW CONCERNS OF
COVID-19 POPPING UP
AGAIN IN THE FUTURE AND IT
LEAVES MANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT IMMUNITY AND LONGEVITY
DURING THE SEASONS.
WE
WE
WE CONNECT THE DOTS.
>> AS WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE
EFFECTS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, MANY
SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY
VIRUSES ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
SECOND WAVE OF
COVID-19.
COVID-19.
COVID-19. SO WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?
THERE ARE
THERE ARE
THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT COULD
DETERMINE WHAT A SECOND
OR THIRD WAVE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS WILL LOOK LIKE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IS
IMMUNITY.
IMMUNITY.
IMMUNITY. BECAUSE
BECAUSE
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A NEW VIRUS, WE
DON'T KNOW HOW IMMUNITY
WLL WORK.
WLL WORK.
WLL WORK. SOME PEOPLE WHO CONTRACT MUMPS
ARMY AND
ARMY AND
ARMY AND FOR LIFE AND FOR SOME TYPES OF
THE COLD, IT ONLY
LASTS FOR A YEAR.
THE AREAS ALREADY HIT HARD
LIKELY
LIKELY
LIKELY WILL BE SPARED.
SO CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES AND
NEW
NEW
NEW YORK
NEW YORK WOULD NOT SEE LARGE
OUTBREAKS.
OUTBREAKS. BUT THE MIDDLE
AMERICA COULD BE THE NEW
HOTSPOT.
HOTSPOT.
HOTSPOT. THE OTHER FACTOR
IS WHETHER THE CORONAVIRUS IS
SEASONAL LIKE THE FLU.
IF IT BEHAVES LIKE INFLUENZA,
IT COULD SLOW DOWN
DURING THE SUMMER AND REEMERGE
IN THE FALL.
THAT IS
THAT IS
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SPANISH
FLEW