White House Task Force Briefing Is Back; Texas Emergency Rooms Are Filling Up
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🗓️ 26 June 2020
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Summary
In Texas on Thursday, 6,000 new cases of the coronavirus were reported. An ER doctor in Houston says beds are filling up and they are running out of places to send patients.
Some states are closing down bars and restaurants, again, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. But NPR's Scott Horsley explains that customer traffic has already been dropping for days.
Even now, it can still be tough to get a coronavirus test especially, as NPR's Kirk Siegler reports, in tribal communities.
Plus, with many movie theatres closed, the films topping the box office are a bit ... retro.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, just a quick thing before we get started. |
| 0:02.6 | Very soon, the show is going to have a new name. |
| 0:05.8 | Consider this. |
| 0:07.3 | And we will be bringing you stories that are not just about the virus. |
| 0:11.1 | Because we know people are looking for news about other stuff, too. |
| 0:15.7 | That said, the show is not going anywhere. |
| 0:18.3 | We are still going to cover the pandemic. |
| 0:20.8 | It is here and we are here. |
| 0:23.0 | In the meantime, we would love to hear from you. |
| 0:24.9 | You can email us at coronavirusdailyatNPR.org. |
| 0:29.0 | OK, here's the show. |
| 0:31.2 | For the first time in almost two months, |
| 0:33.6 | members of the White House coronavirus task force went on TV. |
| 0:38.7 | Well, good afternoon and to our fellow Americans out west. |
| 0:42.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:43.2 | And told a very different story than the numbers. |
| 0:48.3 | One day after this country saw the highest number of new cases |
| 0:52.8 | since the pandemic began, here's how Vice President Mike Pence |
| 0:56.6 | described the situation. |
| 0:58.1 | As we stand here today, all 50 states and territories |
| 1:00.8 | across this country are opening up safely and responsibly. |
| 1:05.8 | Pence said things are not as bad as they were two months ago. |
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