Challenging Week, COVID-19 in Animals & Quibi Launches - Monday, April 6th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 6 April 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, April 6th, 2020!
Why America's top doctors are saying this could be the most challenging week of this pandemic, and what they say can make a big difference.
Also, the first animal in the U.S. tested positive for COVID-19, so we're sharing what officials say now about our pets.
Plus, President Trump's revenge, a new (and unique) way to stream original movies, and a new episode of Tiger King is possible...
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes.
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Sources:
Current Case Count/Death Toll; Johns Hopkins, WaPo
U.S. Warns of Deadly Two Weeks Ahead: AP, ABC News, Politico
CDC Recommends Faces Covered in Public: CDC, NPR, CNBC
How-To Make a Face Covering: YouTube
Hot Spots Preparation: USA Today, Al Jazeera
Ventilator Shortage: Vox, Forbes
Tiger at U.S. Zoo Gets COVID-19: Wildlife Conservation Society, Axios, ABC News
Italy Lowest Number of Deaths in Weeks: The Guardian, ABC News
Boris Johnson Hospitalized with COVID-19: AP, Al Jazeera, The Guardian
Queen Elizabeth Gives Rare Public Address: BBC, Axios
Trump Fires Inspector General: AP, NYT, Washington Post, Politico
Letter from Captain Crozier: SF Chronicle
2020 Basketball Hall of Fame: CBS Sports, ESPN, USA Today
Quibi Launches: Quibi, The Verge, Cnet
Target Limiting Number of People in its Stores: Target, USA Today
Home Depot Fever Checks: Home Depot, CNBC, Fox Business
Amazon Fever Checks: Amazon TechCrunch, Reuters, Engadget, CNBC, Reuters
Pandemic is Making Earth Shake Less: CNN, CBS News
New Tiger King Episode: NBC News, Fox News, Variety
New Release Dates for Black Widow, Mulan: The Verge, Press Release
Monday Monday: How to Use your Stimulus Funds: Yahoo Money
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, April 6th. |
| 0:01.8 | What to know today about why America's top doctors |
| 0:04.1 | are saying this could be a challenging week ahead |
| 0:06.4 | and how the nation is preparing for it. |
| 0:08.2 | And the first animal in the US tested positive |
| 0:10.4 | for COVID-19. |
| 0:11.8 | What officials say now about pets? Plus President Trump's |
| 0:14.9 | revenge, a new and different way to stream original shows and movies, and Tiger |
| 0:19.1 | King Part 2, is it happening? |
| 0:21.1 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:25.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:28.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:31.0 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:35.0 | Brace for a tough week ahead. |
| 0:40.0 | That's the message right now from the U Surgeon General. Dr Jerome Adams said this is |
| 0:44.4 | going to be the hardest and saddest week of the coronavirus pandemic. That message was echoed |
| 0:49.2 | over the weekend by other top public health officials like Dr doctors Anthony Fauchy and Deborah |
| 0:53.0 | Burks they expect coronavirus deaths to spike in six to nine days. At last check |
| 0:58.1 | the US has reported more than 9,600 deaths and it could soon top 10,000. A CDC spokesperson told the Washington Post that |
| 1:05.4 | number is likely lower than the actual death toll due to limited testing. |
| 1:09.5 | As for what's next, Dr. Burks believes places seeing the worst of this epidemic now will have the most |
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