Coronavirus Cases Nearing 20 Million Worldwide

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Coronavirus cases nearing 20 million worldwide. 25 percent of all coronavirus cases are in the United States where the death toll now tops 163,000. Experts are saying that there is "no way" the Moderna vaccine will be ready by election day as Trump suggests. The FDA chief says that the agency will "not cut corners" to approve a Covid-19 vaccine. Trump also defends his executive orders as the White House struggles to explain them. A source says that the White House looked at executive action on mail-in voting as Trump attacks the process. Trump is denying that the White House asked about adding him to Mount Rushmore. More schools are reopening this week as data shows almost 100,000 United States children tested positive in the last two weeks of July. At least 484 students, 21 staff are in quarantine in one Georgia school district. Georgia school that was seen in a viral photo of a crowded hall temporarily closes after nine test positive. The Georgia governor defends reopening schools as educators voice fears. Reports say the Big 10 may cancel its college football season. Texas coronavirus positivity rate hits record high at 20 percent. Awaiting a Trump Q-and-A at White House briefing. To 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 Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world
0:13.2	Wolflitzer is off today. I'm Jim Acosta in the situation room and
0:16.4	we're following breaking news. We're standing by to see if President Trump
0:19.6	takes questions at a White House briefing that's about to begin.
0:22.7	It comes as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide
0:25.8	is nearing 20 million, one quarter of them in the US,
0:29.7	where the death toll now tops 163,000 people.
0:32.9	Despite that, more schools across the US
0:35.4	are reopening this week amid troubling new data.
0:37.7	The American Academy of Pediatrics
0:39.4	says that almost 100,000 children tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of July.
0:46.0	Let's get more on the latest on all of this with CNN National Correspondent Athena Jones.
0:51.0	Athena, there is some breaking news out of Georgia right now, isn't that right?
0:57.0	Hi Jim, that's right.
0:58.0	This is what happens when you try to open schools in a community where you haven't brought the
1:01.5	coronavirus infection rate way down.
1:04.1	We're looking at Cherokee County schools in Georgia.
1:06.9	At least 484 students and 21 staff members have been quarantine because that district is reporting some 25
1:14.9	positive cases among students and staff and it's not just there we're seeing
1:19.3	this at other schools that have also opened in the state. If we just act like the virus isn't there and we kind of go for it and try to tough it out,
1:29.0	it won't work.
1:30.0	Public health experts warn this would happen and now it has.
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