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END THE WEEKEND. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING @
UP.
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UP. >> T+@HANK YOU, KYLE.
>>> COVID-19 HAS SHATTERED A
DAILY RECORD,+@ INFECTING MORE
AMERICANS EVERYDAY THAN IT HAD
AT THE TIME THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
ON FRIDAY THE COUNTRY SET A
RECORD FOR NEW CORONAVIRUS
CASES.
CASES.
CASES. WE
CASES. WE ARE TALKING 193,000 WITHIN
24 HOURS.
24 HOURS.
24 HOURS. IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD, A+@
+@
IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD, A+@ +@THOUSAND AMERI+@CANS HAVE DI
FROM COVID-19.
FROM COVID-19. THE CDC IS WARNING THAT DAILY
NUMBER OF VIRUS-RELATED DEATHS
COULD DOUBLE BY DECEMBER 5.
MEANWHILE HOSPITALS AND HEAL+@
CARE WORKERS ARE HITTIN+@G
BREAKING POINTS ONCE AGAIN.
>> OUR HEALTH CARE HERO+@S HAVE
FOUGHT VAL+@IANTLY DAY AFTER DA
BUT WE HAVE NO RESERVES.
>> SO, AT THIS POINT MULTIPLE
STATES ARE IMPOSING NEW
RESTRICTIONS TO SLOW THE VIRUS'
SPREAD.
SPREAD.
SPREAD. NEW MEXICO HAS ORDERED ALL NON-
ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES TO SHUT
DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND CALIFORNIA URGING ANYONE
COMING A INTO QUARANTINE WHEN
TRAVELING.
TRAVELING. RESTAURANTS AND BARS IN OREGON
ARE UND+@ER A 10:00 P.M.
CURFEW AND SCHOOLS COULD CLOSE
AS SOON AS MONDAY.
MORE THAN 1 MILLION TEXANS HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE COVID-
19 ASSISTANCE MARCH.
THAT IS NEARLY THE POPULATION
OF COLLIN COUNTY.
WE ARE THE FIRST STATE TO IS
YOUR PASS 1 MILLION CASES.
IF TEXAS WAS A COUNTRY INSTEAD
OF A STATE, IT WOULD RANK IN
THE TOP TEN NATIONS WITH THE
MOST OVERALL CORONAVIRUS CASES
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. LOOK AT THE TREND IN DALLAS
COUNTY HERE.
COUNTY HERE. ITS AVERAGE A THOUSAND CASES A
DAY OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS+@
YESTERDAY THE CASES DIPPED A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. THE COUNTY REPORTED 767 CASES,
BUT THE TREND LINE IS STILL
GOING +@UP.
GOING +@UP. GROWING CONCERN IN TARRANT
COUNTY, AS WELL.
SINCE MARCH OF2011 +@WE SAW A+@
DROP IN CASES SIN+@CE NOVEMBER.
NOW WE HAVE A NEW COVID-19
THERAPY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE
HERE IN TEXAS STARTING NEXT
+@WEEK, SO THERE IS HOPE.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE RARELY
SILVER BULLETS IN MEDICINE.
HUNDREDS TEST POSITIVE DAILY
AND THOUSANDS HAVE ALREADY DIE
FROM THE COVID-19.
ST+@ARTING NEXT WEEK GOVERNOR
GREG ABBOTT
GREG ABBOTT SAYS THE STATE WILL RECEIVE
LARGE SHIPMENTS OF TWO ANTIBODY
TOTAL ECLIPSE.
TOTAL ECLIPSE. THE SECOND IS REGENERON, THE
SAME THERAPY GIVEN TO POMP.
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL BURGEON
REPRESEN+@TS DISTRICT 26 AND IS
ALSO A MEDICAL DOCTOR.
>> IN TEN MONTHS +@TIME WE HAVE
GONE FROM KNOWING ABOUT THE
VIRUS TO HAVING NOT ONE BUT TWO
THERAPEUTICS. +@
THERAPEUTICS. +@ +@
THERAPEUTICS. +@ >> THE D+@OSES WERE GIVEN TO
TEXAS BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AT
NO COST.
NO COST.
NO COST. >> THE FIRST STAGE OF THIS WILL
BE FOR FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS AND THOSE MOST LIKELY
TO BE CHALLENGED TO LOSING
THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
>> THI+@S 42-YEAR-OLD WAS ONE O
THOSE WORKERS.
THOSE WORKERS. HE DIED FROM A LONG FIGHT FROM
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. +@ >> +@HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET OVE
IT BUT HE DIDN'T.
NOTHING COULD HAVE BE MORE
UPSETTING
UPSETTING
UPSETTING >> +@Reporter: SOME STATES HAVE
ALREADY REUPED ORDERS, WHICH
BEG S THE QUESTION, ARE MORE
SHUTDOWNS IN OUR FUTURE.
CONGRESSMAN BURGESS SAYS
SH+@UTDOWN S ARE NOT THE ANSWE
>> WE KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT
THE ILLNESS NOW.
IT IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION IN
THE FALL THAN SPRING.
>> WHERE THERAPIES ON THE WAY
AND A POSSIBLE VACCINE ON THE
HORIZON, IT DOES NOT EXCUSE US
FROM OUR PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES AGAINST THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. MASKING, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
WASHING THOSE HANDS
+@
WASHING THOSE HANDS >> WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS A
FREE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE
BY APRIL AND ANOTHER WILL BE
MADE TO HIGH RISK