11,000+ confirmed cases in the U.S., 164 deaths; Trump says FDA will fast track anti-viral treatments

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🗓️ 19 March 2020

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11,000+ confirmed cases in the U.S., 164 deaths; Trump says FDA will fast track anti-viral treatments; Trump won't use defense production act yet because he says getting supplies is up to states; Trump: Anti-malaria drug will be available soon to treat coronavirus, but no guarantees it will work; Pence: Tens of thousands of Americans being tested daily ; Trump: Governors should get supplies for their own states, federal government is "not a shipping clerk"; NY Gov. orders 75% of workforce to work from home; Gov. Cuomo announces 90-day mortgage relief; CDC study: up to 30% of coronavirus cases are hospitalized; CDC: staff can use bandanas as "last resort" in facemask shortage; Hospitals brace for an influx of coronavirus patients; Netflix's pandemic offers lessons for coronavirus outbreak; Italy overtakes China as country with most coronavirus deaths; China sends ventilators and masks to Italy, France, Spain; possibly trying to curry favor; Critics blame China for hiding critical info in deadly virus; State dept raises travel advisory to highest level, says don't travel abroad; Domestic air travel sees "virtual shutdown" as WH mulls grounding flights; CDC study: Adults ages 20-44 make up 20% of patients in the hospital with coronavirus; U.S. surgeon general urges Americans, especially young people, to donate blood;U.S state department tells Americans not to travel abroad;CDC: Healthcare workers can reuse masks in a "crisis and use bandanas or scarves as a "Last Resort";CDC: Healthcare workers with mild symptoms can keep treating virus patients with a mask;Task Force: More than 50% of cases are in CA, NY, and Washington State; Hospitals fear running out of beds, ventilators, and masks; Pinellas County, FL now closing all public beaches;Local authorities shut down Florida beaches after no statewide mandate; GOP Florida Se. Rick Scott: "Get off the beach" ; Automakers, food chains, tech giants respond to needs of coronavirus outbreak; Concern coronavirus binge-watching could break the internet; Attempts to bring back holiday cheer with Christmas lights ;Johns Hopkins: 230,000+coronavirus cases worldwide; UK government plays down prospect of full lockdown; Israel to track cell phones for coronavirus contact tracing; Israel requires citizens to stay home for seven daysTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:04.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:06.0	I hope you out there are safe and healthy.
0:08.0	We begin, of course, with the Health League today and the coronavirus pandemic,
0:11.0	the number of confirmed cases in the US taking a big
0:14.1	jump today as more tests become available now more than 11,000 people in the US
0:20.0	are confirmed infected that's compared to around a thousand one week ago.
0:24.0	Though that number of course is expected to grow. The death toll is also rising. It's now up to
0:29.0	164 in the US. At this point yesterday that number was 120 now up 44 deaths. Now the news
0:36.4	from the medical front lines is of course quite bleak right now. What we're
0:39.9	hearing from the White House today, however, is muddled.
0:42.9	This afternoon, President Trump announced that he is pushing the Food and Drug Administration
0:46.7	to fast-track treatments for coronavirus patients.
0:49.8	President Trump, in the span of minutes, said that the two drugs were quote
0:54.0	essentially approved and that he hopes those and other drugs under evaluation
0:58.2	could be a big breakthrough but what the president said was either confusing or just plain wrong because the FDA commissioner
1:06.0	minutes later said that while these two drugs are approved for other uses, they're not yet
1:12.3	approved for coronavirus.
1:13.7	The FDA will start clinical trials to see if they are effective for this pandemic.
1:18.4	And he acknowledged, of course, there are side effects and risks with these two drugs. More confusion as well regarding the move the president announced yesterday
1:26.0	to invoke the Defense Production Act, the order to make the military work to increase
1:30.8	available critical medical supplies for civilians out there.
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