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But the clock is ticking. the semester starts in just two weeks. nbcs allison barber has made her way to the university of kentucky for us with more on the mammoth testing operation there. about 75% of those students live off campus, as we understand it. walk us through what the university of kentucky is doing to test all of these students, the safety measures theyre putting in place for the school year. >> reporter: hey, craig. yeah, so the university of kentucky says the majority of their clas...

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The campus. first thing theyll do, theyll come down here, get checked in, then they make their way toward this back end, where they get their covid nasal swab. we spoke to the president of the university this weekend, and he said it was not riskless, having students come back, but theyre doing everything they can to make sure they mitigate the risk and reduce it as much as possible. listen here. >> this virus can hitchhike across the world in hours. it could hitchhike across a campus in minutes....

We need the state to meet us, we need the federal government to meet us. >> let me get your thoughts sir on the death rate there, there is new reporting that it is soaring, the daily beast writing that morgues are overflowing as deaths explode with the death count potentially a massive undercount. are you seeing any evidence that the death count is being underreported in the city of jackson? >> well, first, let me respond to that by expressing my, you know, my regret and my condolences to those ...

Practice those mitigation efforts. listen to her warnings about the seriousness of the situation in the united states. >> we are in a new phase, and thats why i really want to make it clear to the american people, its why we started putting out governor reports to direct to the people in every state. we could see each thing had to be tailored. this epidemic is different and its more widespread and its both rural and urban. >> reporter: now, dr. birx did say she is seeing something that is, quote...

We could see that each state had to be taylored. this epidemic right now is different and its more widespread and its both rural and urban. >> reporter: now dr. birx did say she is seeing something that is, quote, a bit reassuring, and that is the notion that it appears that cases in the west and the south may be beginning to plateau or even decline, saying that it seems that those mitigation efforts that have been put in place in some of those states are working, but she is also making clear th...

Previous month. the hot spots mostly flaring up in the south and west. mississippi now the highest percentage of positive covid-19 cases in the country with a staggering 21% positivity rate. south carolina follows with 18% as isaias strengthens, threatening its shores. in florida, the storms winding forced some testing sites to close for a bit, creating a drop in confirmed cases. those sites now back open. >> we are encouraged by some of the trends were seeing. we continue to see a downward tren...

Directly to the governors and health officials in each state because we could see each thing had to be tailored. this epidemic is different and its more widespread and its both rural and urban. >> reporter: now, dr. birx did say that she is seeing something that is, quote, a bit reassuring and that is the notion that it appears cases in the west and the south may be beginning to plateau or even decline, saying it seems those mitigation efforts that have been put in place in some of those states ...

And to the governors in every single state because we could see that each thing had to be tailored. this epidemic right now is different, and its more widespread and its both rural and urban. >> reporter: now, dr. birx did say that she is seeing something that is, quote, a bit reassuring, and that is the notion that it appears cases in the west and the south may be beginning to plateau or even decline, saying it seems those mitigation efforts that have been put in place in some of those states a...