- New reports that anOxford University vaccine
is showing promise.
Monkeys given the trial drug
and exposed to the virushave not caught COVID-19.
Scientists have scheduledtests for as many as
6,000 people to receive thevaccine by the end of May.
This, as countries begin the slow process
of hitting the reset button.
America is slowly opening for business,
customers returning to some restaurants
in Georgia and Tennessee,
Texas will follow suit this Friday
and manufacturing andconstruction will resume
next week in Ohio.
President Trump is urginggovernors to also get going
on opening schools.
- Not a long way to goin the school system
right now for this season, for this year,
but I think you'll see alot of schools open up,
even if it's for a veryshort period of time.
- [Dale] Dr. Scott Atlasat the Hoover Institution
told CBN's Faith Nationthat, "Because we know more
"about the virus now, morestates can open back up."
- What we know is that therisk of dying is extremely low,
far lower than what was originally thought
and it's very targeted to certain groups.
- [Dale] Some Americans are still willing
to take risks to fly.
This flight from New York toCharlotte was nearly filled,
and without much social distancing.
The longer the shutdowncontinues, the greater the concern
of food shortages coming,with 13 of the nation's
meat plants closed and many farmers
unable to get their products to market.
- We have people downstate who need food.
We have farmers upstate whocan't sell their product.
We have to put those two things together.
- [Dale] In New York,hundreds of volunteers
are raising money to buy food from farmers
and ship it to others.
- We're able to buy food fromfarmers and simultaneously
feed the people in the SouthBronx that need that food.
- [Dale] Doctors now believepeople with antibodies
may be key to treatingthe most critically ill
and are donating plasmaafter they recover.
Just two and a half weeks ago,Jimmie Hayden was in a coma
and given a dose of experimental plasma.
Back home with his wife and four kids,
Hayden met the man online,credited with saving his life.
- And David, I just can't,
I can't even put all the wordstogether to say thank you.
- You know, all I wanna sayis I was happy to do it.
And I'm glad you're well.
- Just know that you are our hero.
- [Dale] As our all the medicalworkers on the front line
who are working understressful conditions.
The Medical Director ofthe emergency department
at a New York hospital, Dr. Lorna Breen
who contracted the virus,herself, and survived,
took her own life, Sunday.
And bad news from China's top scientist
who believe Coronavirusis not going to go away,
but will likely come back each year.
Dale Hurd, CBN News.
