The Pandemic Isn't Over: Nearly 10 Million Coronavirus Cases Worldwide
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🗓️ 24 June 2020
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Summary
There's been a lot of news about coronavirus spikes in states like Texas and Florida. But not in Georgia. Why? Georgia Public Broadcasting reporter Grant Blankenship has more.
And we talk to a public health official in Washington State scrambling to identify hotspots in her community.
America can't fully get back to work without childcare, and many children are suffering without social opportunities. But how to reopen schools, camps and daycares safely? NPR's Anya Kamenetz talks to childcare centers that have stayed open on how they've been trying to keep kids and staff safe.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, just a quick thing before we get started. Pretty soon, this show is going to have a new name. |
| 0:05.6 | Calling it consider this. We will be bringing you stories that are not just about the virus, |
| 0:11.1 | because we know people want news about other stuff too. That said, just want to be clear, |
| 0:16.0 | this show is not going anywhere. We are still going to cover the pandemic. It is here and we are here. |
| 0:22.2 | In the meantime, we would love to hear from you. Email us at coronavirusdailyatnpr.org. |
| 0:27.6 | All right, here's the show. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. |
| 0:32.5 | The head of the World Health Organization, the WHO. Dr. Tedros Adinam-Gabriasis. |
| 0:38.8 | In the first month of this outbreak, less than 10,000 cases were reported to WHO. |
| 0:45.0 | Did not have good news today. In the last month, almost 4 million cases have been reported. |
| 0:51.2 | We expect to reach a total of 10 million cases within the next week. |
| 0:57.2 | Just because places are reopening, he said, this pandemic is not over. |
| 1:02.1 | Questions about how to hold gatherings of large numbers of people safely have become increasingly |
| 1:08.4 | important. This is especially true of one of the world's largest mass gatherings, the annual |
| 1:17.2 | Hedge Plygri-Maj. Every year, millions of Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca. It's one of Islam's |
| 1:23.6 | most important religious requirements. This year, the government of Saudi Arabia says it will |
| 1:28.8 | limit the number of pilgrims allowed in to Mecca and bar anyone from outside the kingdom. |
| 1:35.0 | WHO supports this decision. We understand that it was not an easy decision to make and we also |
| 1:42.5 | understand it is a major disappointment for many Muslims. This is another example of the hard |
| 1:50.4 | choices that all countries must make to put health first. Coming up, what we can learn from |
| 1:56.8 | child care centers that stayed open during the pandemic. This is coronavirus daily from NPR. |
| 2:02.7 | I'm Kelly McEvers. It's Wednesday, June 24. |
| 2:06.8 | The United States hit its third highest number of new cases of coronavirus ever, |
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