EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEES ON THE PAYROLL. WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW
THE STATE AND ITS PARTNERS ARE
STEPPING UP.
STEPPING UP. STROKE THOSE FREE TESTING SITES
ARE NOW OPEN WHETHER YOU HAVE
SYMPTOMS OR NOT.
WE WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET
TESTED.
TESTED.
TESTED. I
TESTED. I AM RUSS LEWIS.
>>> WE HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION TO HELP YOUR FAMILY
DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
WE PROMISE TO HAVE STORIES OF
HOPE, AND HEALING, AS WELL.
STARTING TODAY, ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO BE TESTED FOR COVID-19
WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO AT THE
CITY'S TWO SITES.
MARY TURNER ANNOUNCED THAT
WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.
HE SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOW
SYMPTOMS IF YOU WANT TO GET A
TEST BECAUSE THE CITY IS
DOUBLING ITS TESTING TO 1000
PER DAY THIS WEEK.
MARY TURNER ANNOUNCED 115 NEW
POSITIVE CASES AND TWO NEW
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
DEATHS. ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED
HAVE HAD UNDERLYING CONDITIOS.
>> I GREW UP IN TWO BEDROOMS
WITH NINE KIDS.
IT'S HARD TO SOCIAL DISTANCE IN
THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.
THOSE ENVIRONMENTS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE FACIAL
COVERINGS.
COVERINGS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A
SURGICAL MASK, AN N95 MASK.
>> MARY TURNER ALSO ANNOUNCED A
PARTNERSHIP WITH ROCKET RUSSELL
WESTBROOK FOR A FOUNDATION THAT
BOUGHT COMPUTERS FOR HISD
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. YOU SAW HIM JOINING THEIR ZOOM.
>>> THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND
HARRIS COUNTY SHUT DOWN THEIR
PARKS TO AVOID A SURGE OVER
EASTER WEEKEND.
EASTER WEEKEND. THE PLAYGROUNDS REMAIN OFF-
LIMITS.
LIMITS.
LIMITS. IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU NEED
TO CONTINUE SOCIAL
EVEN
EVEN WHEN
EVEN WHEN YOU ARE OUTDOORS. >>> THE FIRST WAVE OF STIMULUS
MONEY SHOWED UP IN SOME BANK
ACCOUNTS TODAY.
ACCOUNTS TODAY. INDIVIDUALS COULD GET UP TO
$1200 OR MORE IF YOU HAVE KIDS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY
YET, DON'T PANIC.
IT COULD TAKE MONTHS FOR PEOPLE
TO GET THEIRS.
>>> IF YOU ARE A SOCIAL
SECURITY RECIPIENT OR YOU ARE
ON DISABILITY, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO DO ANYTHING TO GET THE
STIMULUS MONEY.
STIMULUS MONEY. I AM TIFFANY CRAIG.
YOU HEARD THAT, RIGHT?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILE ANYTHING
OR UPDATE ANYTHING TO GET THE
CHECK.
CHECK.
CHECK. THE IRS IS MERGING INFORMATION
FROM THE SSA 1099 FORM.
YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE CHECK
THE WAY YOU CURRENTLY GET
BENEFITS EITHER BY DIRECT
DEPOSIT OR PAPER
THERE
THERE IS
THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION. IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN UNDER THE
AGE OF 17.
IF YOU DO, GO TO
WWW.IRS.GOV/CORONAVIRUS.
WWW.IRS.GOV/CORONAVIRUS. YOU WILL FIND AN APPLICATION
FORM THAT YOU NEED TO FILL OUT.
SUBMITTING THE FORM CAN GET YOU
AN EXTRA $500 PER CHILD.
>>>
>>> GOOD
>>> GOOD THE NATION'S TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR LOSE
HIS JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUSHING BACK
AGAINST REPORTS OF A RIFT
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE
MENU JUST SO, DR. TONY FAUCI.
OVER THE WEEKEND, THE PRESIDENT
RETREATED SOMETHING WITH #FIRE
DR. FAUCI RIGHT AFTER DR. FAUCI
SAID THIS ON CNN.
>> OBVIOUSLY, IF WE HAD, RIGHT
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, SHUT
EVERYTHING DOWN, IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DIFFERENT, BUT THERE WAS A
LOT OF PUSHBACK ABOUT SHUTTING
THINGS DOWN.
THINGS DOWN. >> THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE ANOTHER TEAM OF
EXPERTS TO TACKLE THE PANDEMIC
RESPONSE IN ADDITION TO HIS
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE.
CONGRESS REMAINS AT AN IMPASSE
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE. CONGRESS REMAINS AT AN IMPASSEú
MORE SMALL BUSINESSES.
THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
COULD RUN OUT OF MONEY BY THE
END OF THIS WEEK.
>>> WE ARE WAITING FOR AN
UPDATE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
HIS CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE.
THERE'S A LARGE PICTURE FROM
THE BRIEFING ROOM.
WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE
AS SOON AS IT STARTS AND YOU
CAN STREAM THE WHOLE THING ON
WWW.KHOU.COM AND THE KHOU 11
NEWS MOBILE APP.
>>> GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
ANNOUNCED A $150 MILLION SMALL
BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM TO
REVITALIZE THE TEXAS ECONOMY.
RON TREVINO TALKED WITH A
BUSINESS LEADER TODAY, WHO IS
HOPING FOR HELP AND HE IS
HOPING TO GET IT SOON.
>>
>> Reporter: YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO SEE HOW THE TEXAS
ECONOMY IS BEING HIT HARD.
>> WE HAD TO SHUT EVERYTHING
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. >>
DOWN. >> THAT'S THE SUBJECT WITH LOTS
OF GREAT HAIRDRESSERS.
>> Reporter: RANDY ANDERSON IS
A CO-OWNER OF BLUE MAMBA SALON.
LIKE ALL HAIR SALONS, HE'S OUT
OF BUSINESS FOR NOW AND SAYS HE
HAS NO HELP.
JUST A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY.
>> IT'S A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING
TO TAKE A COUNTRY BACK, AND
HELP THEM.
HELP THEM. IT'S VEY DIFFICULT.
>> WE ARE MAKING SURE TO DO ALL
WE CAN TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYED.
>>
>> Reporter: BUT TEXAS BUSINESS OWNERS ARE GETTING ANOTHER $50
BILLION LOAN LIFELINE.
THE FUND AND OTHER COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS CAN
ACTUALLY HELP WITH MONEY.
>>
>> TEXAS,
>> TEXAS, ONCE AGAIN TAKES THE LEAD IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, AS BEING THE BEST
STATE IN THE COUNTRY.
>> THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE WILL
TALK LATER THIS WEEK ABOUT HIS
PLANS TO START ALLOWING CERTAIN
BUSINESSES TO REOPEN IN NORTH
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. HE
TEXAS. HE SAYS IT WILL BE A SLOW
PROCESS THAT KEEPS HEALTH AND
SAFETY IN MIND.
BACK TO YOU.
>>>
>>> FORT
>>> FORT BEND COUNTY, ONE OF THE HARDER HIT PLACES IN TEXAS,
CONSIDERING IT DOESN'T HAVE A
BIG CITY.
BIG CITY.
BIG CITY. TODAY, SEVEN NEW CONFIRMED
CASES OF COVID-19 AND HER
MOTHER DEATH.
MOTHER DEATH. THE GOOD NEWS IS, FIVE PEOPLE
HAVE RECOVERED SO FAR.
ANOTHER COVID-19 TESTING SITE
OPENED IN HARRIS COUNTY,
DOUBLING ITS AMOUNT OF TESTING
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. BUT TEXAS REMAINS NEAR THE
BOTTOM WHEN IT COMES TO THE
OVERALL NUMBER OF TESTS
CONDUCTED.
CONDUCTED. JASON MILES SHOWS US WHAT THAT
MEANS.
>>
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA, TEXAS RANKS 49th
OUT OF 50 STATES IN THE RATE OF
CORONAVIRUS TESTING PER CAPITA.
>> TEXAS HAS THE SECOND WORST
COVID-19 TESTING RATE.
WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
>> Reporter: CONGRESSWOMAN
SHEILA JACKSON LEE WHO HELPED
OPEN A NEW TESTING SITE, AND
OVER THE WEEKEND, HARRIS COUNTY
DRY THROUGH LOCATIONS WOULD
SOON DOUBLE CAPACITY THANKS TO
FEMA, BUT TESTING IS THE
PRIMARY WAY OF CONTAINING COVID-
19, AND TRACKING ITS
PROGRESSION.
PROGRESSION. IT'S A CONSENT FOR MEDICAL
EXPERTS LIKE DR. LAYLA COBURN,
DR. OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
>> THE REASON YOU WANT TO TEST
EVERYBODY IS BECAUSE THEN
YOU'RE DENOMINATOR IS REAL.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
SICK.
SICK.
SICK. WITH THE LACK OF TESTING, YOU
HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHO YOU
TEST.
TEST.
TEST. >>
TEST. >> IT'S SAFE TO SAY THERE'S
PROBABLY A LOT MORE PEOPLE
POSITIVE THAT ARE
>>
>> YES.
>> YES. >> Reporter: SHE TOLD ME IT'S
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO TEST AS
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE
SO MANY POSITIVE CASES ARE
ASYMPTOMATIC.
ASYMPTOMATIC. OF THOSE PROCESSED IN TEXAS,
ABOUT 10% HAVE COME BACK
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. >> Reporter: THAT'S A MUCH
LOWER RATE THAN OTHER STATES,
BUT GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SAYS
AS MANY AS 20,000 NEW TESTS ARE
BEING SHIPPED WEEKLY TO TEXAS,
AND THAT TESTING IS EXPANDING
ON A DAILY BASIS.
>>>
>>> I
>>> I AM
>>> I AM WORKING FROM HOME. HERE ARE YOUR TOP
AT
AT NUMBER
AT NUMBER ONE, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR
A HANDFUL OF CASES BY TELEPHONE
SOMETIME NEXT MONTH.
IT INCLUDES TWO CASES,
INCLUDING PRESIDENTTRUMP'S BID
TO SHIELD HIS FINANCIAL
DOCUMENTS FROM RELEASED.
LOWER FEDERAL COURTS ARE
ALREADY USING TELECONFERENCING
TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
NUMBER TWO, IF YOU HADN'T
RECOVERED FROM COVID-19,
CONSIDER DONATING PLASMA TO UT
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
HEALTH. DOCTORS ARE INVESTIGATING A
POSSIBLE TREATMENT OF INFUSING
PLASMA FROM VIRUS SURVIVORS
WHICH ARE FULL OF ANTIBODIES,
INTO CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS TO
HELP THEM RECOVER.
NUMBER THREE, APPLE AND GOOGLE
RE UNITING TO TRAP PEOPLE WHO
MAY HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH
COVID-19.
COVID-19.
COVID-19. DEVELOPERS IN CHINA AND
SINGAPORE HAVE ALREADY CREATED
APPS INTENDED TO CONTAIN THE
>>
>> WE
>> WE SAW
>> WE SAW IT WITH HAND SANITIZER AND TOILET PAPER.
SOON, HAIR PRODUCTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY.
NIELSEN DATA SHOWS SALES OF
HAIRCOLOR SEARCHED 23%, AND
CLIPPERS JUMPED 168% LAST WEEK.
>>
>> A
>> A BRAZILIAN STUDY OF CLARK QUINN HAS ENDED EARLY AFTER
SOME PEOPLE DEVELOPED IRREGULAR
HEARTBEATS AND DIED.
THE NEW YORK TIMES IS REPORTING
40 PATIENTS EACH RECEIVED 450
MILLIGRAMS AND 40 OTHERS
RECEIVED 446 MILLIGRAMS.
WITHIN THREE DAYS, THOSE TAKING
THE HIGHER DOSE HAD HEART
ARRHYTHMIAS, AND BY THE SIXTH-
DAY OF TREATMENT, 11 OF THE
PATIENTS HAD DIED.
CHLOROQUINE IS CLOSELY RELATED
TO HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, THE DRUG
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TALKED
ABOUT AS A POTENTIAL TREATMENT
FOR CORONAVIRUS.
FOR CORONAVIRUS. >>> GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS HAS
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
THE GOOD MORNING AMERICA HOST
HAS NO SYMPTOMS AND IS FEELING
GREAT.
GREAT.
GREAT. HIS WIFE WAS DIAGNOSED TWO
WEEKS AGO AND SAID SHE HAD
NEVER BEEN SICKER.
>>> EXPERTS SAY TESTS THAT
LOOKED FOR CORONAVIRUS
ANTIBODIES IN THE BLOOD ARE KEY
FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
THE TEST CAN PROVE HOW LONG YOU
HAD THE VIRUS, BUT HOW LONG
SOMEONE REMAINS IMMUNE IS
UNKNOWN.
UNKNOWN.
UNKNOWN. KNOWING WHO HAS RECOVERED FROM
THE VIRUS COULD HELP GET THE
COUNTRY UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.
>> THIS IS A CERTIFICATES OF
IMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN GO BACK
TO WORK WITHOUT WORRY.
YOU CAN BE EXPOSED TO SOMEONE
WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT CATCHING
IT.
IT.
IT. YOU
IT. YOU CAN CARE ABOUT SOMEONE WITH
THE VIRUS