Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. Im michael holmes. Coming up on cnn newsroom, a grim milestone in the fight against coronavirus. There are now 500,000 deaths worldwide, a quarter of them right here in the u. S. As the u. S. Struggles to control the pandemic, the European Union weighs a ban on americans. Plus, another blow to facebooks bottom line. Two more major advertisers boycott the social media giant over its hate speech policy. 10 billion, that million, t number of coronavirus cases around the world. John hopkins reporting a another horrible number, the number coronavirus has killed, 500,000. The virus is on the rise in 2 3 of the country. You have to look hard to see the two states where cases are actually dropping. Theyre in green there on the map. Try to find them. Its especially surging in the south and the west. Some of those states saw their most cases ever over the weekend. And now some are rolling back the measures they put in place t
Milestone in the fight against coronavirus. There are now 500,000 deaths worldwide. A quarter of them right here in the United States. And as america opens up, some cities in china are locking down. We will take you live to beijing. And love in the time of the coronavirus. How couples are finding new ways to get married during the pandemic. Good to have you with us. A somber new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic as deaths around the globe now topped 500,000. According to John Hopkins University. Cases also continuing to climb with more than 10 million reported worldwide. And it is the u. S. Which still leads other countries in both the number of deaths and confirmed cases of covid19. Right now only two states are actually seeing a decline in cases compared to last week. Over the weekend, several states saw dramatic spikes, including florida and arizona, and with the jump in cases come growing calls for increased mask usage and greater social distancing. The countrys Health Secretar
kits to families. with a massive testing backlog, will the results come on time. in chicago, this video of a drop box for students and staff is raising concerns. the biden administration has vowed to help insisting widespread testing and keeping schools open is the right way to go. our students belong in the classroom and we can do it safely. reporter: in miami dade county one in four people are testing positive for the virus and there s no testing mandate for the schools. state law mans the mandate for students. mandating masks could help slow and stop the spread. but the governor made it impossible for school boards to do that. reporter: it comes as the cdc has faced pushback for new guidelines that asymptomatic people with covid can leave quarantine after five days without testing. testing could be a part of that, and i think we re going to be hearing more about that in
testing backlog the results will not come in time. in chicago, video of a testing drop box for students and staff overflowing. now sparking concerns. and while the biden administration has vowed to help, increasing the supply of at home tests, it won t come in time for many even colleges and universities delaying their return with at least 70 schools going remote as a semester starts i still believe very firmly and very passionately not only as an educator but a parent that our students belong in the classroom and we can do it safely we have better tools than we had in the past to get it done. we know what works reporter: and mental health experts agree. this pandemic has taken a toll on children and they belong in the classroom with safety measures in place. there is the psychological and social pieces of providing comfort, routine, structure, mental health treatment, peer-to-peer support and all of this is getting lost as a