in the news today that global number of
coronavirus cases has now soared past
350,000 people and medical experts say
contrary to what was first believed
young people are susceptible to
coronavirus amber Kalyan o has more on
that and Deborah this is a disturbing
new development in the fight against the
Cova 19 virus it's not the elderly and
those with underlying conditions most at
risk there's growing evidence that young
people are more in danger than anyone
ever imagined right now there's a 12
year-old girl on a ventilator and a
seven-month-old baby struggling to
survive in the hospital his name is
Emmett and his 27 year old mom Courtney
Doster is speaking out my mom also
tested positive for coven nineteen over
a week ago his first symptoms were a dry
cough and a runny nose he had had for
well over a week before he even started
a fever his fever started on Monday
afternoon and it quickly escalated to
over 104 I asked dr. oz what it all
means we're seeing more and more young
people getting seriously ill young
people absolutely can get sick and since
the virus has come to roost in America
without that number three country in the
world with this virus we're seeing up
close how much it can affect young
people even babies there is new hope
today $750,000 of the drug chloroquine
and other promising drugs are being sent
to New York for clinical trials one
patient undergoing the new drug
treatment is Greg Mundus and he's
responding well to a related drug
hydroxychloroquine in a hospital in
Missouri as seen in this exclusive video
his wife Sandra is also stricken with
coronavirus but she has responded so
well she has been released from the
hospital I spoke with their son Greg jr.
it's a miracle for my family my dad for
sure was on a course towards the grave
and I don't think it would have been
prevented
I do think that that this drug is likely
a drug that is very promising and saving
lives there are fears hospitals may soon
be overwhelmed with patients
Victoria Cano is in Los Angeles which is
under lockdown a navy hospital ship
based in San Diego is on its way here to
the port of LA
Angeles to aid in the coronavirus crisis
it's called mercy and has 800 doctors
and nurses and a thousand precious beds
it won't be used to treat coronavirus
victims but it will free up beds in
other hospitals former presidential
candidate Amy Klobuchar announced that
her husband John has tested positive
after coughing up blood I loved him and
not being able to be by his side is one
of the hardest things about this disease
she said I'm 68 year old Harvey
Weinstein who has just begun his 23 year
prison sentence for rape has also tested
positive as in isolation in a New York
prison