Wrote the book about it, live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen. This is ccnn newsroom. Thank you so much for joining us. Fridays Coronavirus Briefing at the white house was notable for what did not happen. U. S. President trump refrained from dispensing dangerous medical advice. You recall on thursday he suggesting killing the virus by injecting disinfectants and he has been brushed back by Harsh Criticism ever since. Meantime the pandemic is now exceeding 2. 8 million confirmed cases and almost 200,000 deaths. That is the latest count from Johns Hopkins university. The World Health Organization with sipt fr support with many leaders announced an effort to develop and distribute a vaccine as quickly as possible. Realistically though, that could still be many months away. Johns 407 continues now reports the United States has surpassed 900,000 cases, far more than any other place in the world. At least 51,000 people have died in the u. S. So far. Yet some states like right here in georgia are itching to get their economies up and running again. But against the advice of disease experts. Cnns kim laue with the latest. Reporter as the death toll crosses 50,000 lives lost, some businesses reopened to a new world. When they come in, we will do temperature checks, they will be required to have a mask and gloves on. Reporter in georgia, now allowed to operate are hair salons, gyms and bowling alleys. Were not trying to hurt anybody, we just want to get a business going. We have 25 employees that support families out of this Bowling Center and were trying to get them back to work. Reporter defying Public Health warnings, sgrg ageorgia oklahoma allowed some businesses to open but many stayed closed. In texas, curbside retail is op open. I put it in the trunk or the front seat. Reporter and from the south, midwest and alaska, a real time experiment of the virus versus state policies. In south carolina, Department Stores are open with some restrictio restrictions. Alaska, restaurants allowed to order at a quarter of capacity. Into the weekend and next week, more states open up. Tennessee will be allowing restaurants to open at half capacity on monday saying it is time. Our approach to rebooting the economy, it must be steady and methodical and in a way that doesnt jeopardize all of the strides that weve made so far. Reporter but other local leaders say that is exactly what governors are doing by opening now. This is a reckless decision on behalf of the governor. We know the risks are great and we expect to see another spike. Reporter new yorks governor warn the country must learn from our very recent history as testing continues to be inadequate. What is the lesson . An outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere. Reporter that is why michigans governor facing small but vocal right wing protests to reopen is extending the stayathome order for her state until may 15th. We know if we do it too fast, a second wave is likely. And would be even more devastating than the moment that were in. Reporter in los angeles california, a grim announcement that highlights the toll of this virus. Another dark threshold that we crossed is that covid19 is now the leading cause of death in los angeles county. Reporter so what did reality look like as states reopened . Cnn was across the state of georgia as businesses came back to life today. But that reopening was actually quite sporadic. A lot of businesses simply did not open, they have couldnt either find the bleach, the supplies, or it was too expensive to try to meet the state guidelines. If businesses did open, we saw lines as people were getting their temperature taken before they went in, but people were indeed getting their hair cut and bowling. As we mentioned, doctors, scientists, Government Agencies and manufacturers are denouncing President Trumps suggest that disinfectants could be injected as a possible coronavirus treatment. And as jimross repoosta reports is not the first ditime. Reporter President Trump is finding is it hard to explain away his suggestion that americans could inject themselves with disinfect tants. I was asking a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. That was done in a form of a sarcastic question. Reporter but the president is not telling the truth. Take a look at the video and the reaction on the face of dr. Birx when mr. Trump made the suggestion. He is not being sarcastic. And i said supposing you brought the light inside the body, either through the skin or in some other way. And i think you said that you will test that too. Sounds interesting. And then i see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do Something Like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning. You see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that. You have to use medical doctors, but sounds interesting. Reporter and the president was still trying to justify his comments. I do think that disinfectant on the hands could have a very good effect. Reporter the president was reminded that he was looking at dr. Birx as he made the remarks. I was looking at the doctor, i was looking at some of the reporters. Reporter even one of mr. Trumps own advisers told cnn i wanted to hide, it was a tough moment to watch. Dr. Birx wasnt buying it. Not as a treatment, but ive not seen heat or i think that is a great thing to look at. Reporter head of the food and Drug Administration trying to be diplomatic. No, i certainly wouldnt recommend internal ingestion of disinfectant. Reporter a maker of lysol said under no circumstance should our products be in the human body. And noting we have received several calls about the use of disinfectant. But there is another speed bump on the drugs that the president often touted at a cure. The fda said that hydroxychloroquine has not been shown to treat covid19. They are being studied in clinical trials. Look, im not a doctor. The study has to be done. If it helps, it is great. If it doesnt help, dont do it. Reporter the president s doctors have been differing with mr. Trump all week. On testing im not overly confident right now at all, but were not in a situation where we say were exact 4ri whely where we be. Reporter and on a second wave of the virus may not even have corona coming back. There will be coronavirus in the fall. Reporter and on whether the doctors are being misquoted. He was misquoted, totally misquoted. Im accurately quoted in the Washington Post as difficult. But the headline this comes as the debate intensifies on when and how the states should open. For more about that, im joined by dr. Peter dryback at the university of october forward. Good morning to you. Good morning. Lets take what President Trump said and all of that brouhaha and leave it there and move on with the science, okay . Sounds good. So here in the state of georgia, the governor has cleared the way for some businesses to reopen. They did so friday. But here we go again, and it always comes back to testing. Without wide sbrspread testing, risky is opening up now . Unfortunately, extremely risky. And before we get to testing, look at where we are with the epidemic in georgia. In some parts of the state, were still he sseeing increasin positive cases. The federal government said you need 14 days of sustained cases and were not seeing that in georgia. So really to talk about opening back up seems a bit careless. And thin when you get to testing, we know widespread testing along with the ability to trace contacts and isolate infected people is really important. And the state is not there at all. Right. And which makes me think of japan right now, which is having a second wave. It had its first wave, it tapered off, schools reopened and then it got hit again. And that shows the caution that needs to be taken here. Does history give us a glimpse into whether third or third waves can be worse . If you look back at past pandemics, and are mostly influenza pandemics, we see second or third waves that can be worse than the first ones. In japan and singapore as well. And it is really humbling because it shows how fragile the efforts are. So we go back to business as usual, we would expect to see a second spike in infections that could be bad or worse. Were still very early in this pandemic. In most cases only a few percent of the population has been exposed or infected. So if we ease off the gas pedal with the measures, well be in a very dangerous place. Because really were just at the beginning stages of this pandemic, arent we . As you said, georgia hasnt even peaked yet. You can understand why people want to get on with it, start their lives, you know, rekindle their businesses. But it just shows what could happen if you move too quickly. Thats right. And ultimately it beat this virus it is very likely that well need to try to hold firm and find a way to get through this until there is a vaccine ready and we know that wont be anytime soon. Weve been hearing that this will be a marathon, not a sprint. And we need to understand that were in the first couple miles of that marathon. Everyone of course is concerned about the financial crisis and the economic toll this is having on families, but the only way to end the economic crisis is going to be to get the virus under control. And one of the three key things is Antibody Testing, it is under way. However some are shown to be flawed so people think that they are immune when they are not. How challenging is Antibody Testing . It will be an important tool for us as it is rolled out further, but we have seen a lot of challenges with quality accuracy. Particularly with the socalled point of care antibody tests, these are the ones that somebody could do in their home for a rapid result. Most of those weve seen significant problems with accuracy. And then you run the risk of someone having a positive test when in fact it is negative. They ared to are told that they immune when they are not. It is less of an issue with laboratory tests. Weve seen some results from the survey in new york for example where you do a random sample of the population and you test for antibody to give us a picture of what percentage of the population may have immunity. But the point of care testing looks like it is still a ways off. We appreciate your expertise as always. Thanks for giving us your time. Thank you. As the uks coronavirus death count reaches a grim number, the government gets creative in ways to outfit doctors. Well go to london again in a moment with the latest on that angle. And plus around the world many schools have been closed for weeks. We talk about the effects covid19 has had on students. Da even being the back half of a unicorn. Fortunately, the front half washed his shirt with gain. Ahhhhhhh. The irresistible scent of gain. They use stamps. Com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. Prince charles and wife camilla joining countless others in the uk in applauding Health Care Workers. This was the heir to the throne first public appearance since he recovered from the coronavirus. And the uk is approaching a grim number, close to 20,000 deaths. Officials are pushing to get supplies to hospital and Health Workers and starting next week, britain will begin using drones to make those deliveries. Meantime the British Government is assuring citizens its new website for essential workers to book coronavirus tests will be available again today. The site went live early friday, but it shut down just hours later when an poinppointments g fully book bed. Nina dos santos is joining us live from the kuchuk. Reporter and the uq is facing similar questions that it has faced the last three or four weeks. Without more substantial answers. One time after another, there appears to have been an embarrassment on the testing front here. You were pointing out the website that went lie yesterday. But to the embarrassment of the government, it had to shut down after it became completely overwhelmed with people, people trying to book their slots. 16,000 slots got booked within the first few hours and then the site had to close. Why is it embarrassing . Despite the fact that the uk remains steady in being able to test only 20,000 people at the moment, all of those largely key workers, police officers, people who work in the National Health system, teachers and so on, people on the front line here. And more likely to be exposed to the virus. And people who could be concerned about passing it on to vowel r. Vulnerable members of the community, about 10 Million People would qualify, but it has been difficult rolling them out, getting them tested, getting them to drivethru centers to be tested. At the moment the government despite the fact that as i was saying they have been doing 20,000 test consistently every day, they have promised that they would ramp it up to 100,000 tests by the end of the month. That still hasnt happened and were only days away from that target and the government hasnt backed down from that target. So well have to see how the website fairs later today. And there appears to be disparities between the availability of some of these tests, whether the home tests that you were discussing with the guest before the break, or whether or not they are more Significant Laboratory tests where people have to go through sites to try to have a nasal or throw swab taken by a nurse. Nina dos santos, thank you for that update. The pandemic has had a unique effect on students, particularly kids. Around the world, nine in ten students are stuck at home because of school closures. Something cnns isa soares is trying to get a ham ndle on wit her own sons. Reporter parenting in a whole new light. The coronavirus pandemic has transformed or lives more quickly than anyone thought possible and that includes me. As i like so many others balance the demands of doing my job as a journalist and schooling my 4 and 2yearold sons. A shocking 91 of the students around the world are out of the classroom because of school closures. So when will it end . And how will schools reopen . Here in the uk were still not sure when schools reopen, when our children will eventually go back to schools and nurseries. But it is a very different story in other parts of europe. When they come home from school, they are hungry and reporter mike lives in denmark and their daughters, 3 and 7, are now back in school. Across europe, some schools are open. Some opening soon. Some closed indefinitely. They divided the playground into five areas. And then they divided the kids into groups. Wil while in the classroom, they are sitting apart, they dont have as many desks and chairs as they usually have. So they are they are spaced two meters apart. They focus on hygiene and hand sanitizing or washing their hands, they do that lot. Reporter the young parents were surprised that primary schools reopened so quickly. They know children are less vulnerable and are happy that they can be with play mates their own age. So they feel like there is something different, but they cant reflect so much about what and why. Reporter and the pandemic is exposing fault lines. In new york last month, students formed long lines to pick up laptops for remote learning. A survey found 17 of students in the u. S. Couldnt finish homework because of an unreliable internet connection. And that number higher for low income families. The virus bringing to the surface all the inequalities. This will have a detrimental effect. It is clear that there are families that dont have the devices, dont have the bandwidth, it z clear that there are districts that couldnt provide the professional development. Reporter when and how to get students back to school will be about weighing risks. Here in the uk, authorities have made clear they are not reopening until it is clear that the crisis has eased. Jeff barton whose union represents School Principles and administrators agrees this is not something that you can rush into. You wont be able to have all of your staff there because some of the staff will be vulnerable to the virus anyway. They might be diabetic, some are living with people who are vulnerable. Reporter and so it is all a work in progress. In denmark, parents drop their kids off outside, inside the masks come off. In the netherlands, they split the weeks so only half the students are in on any given day. So how do we open schools . Well, it is a learning process. Isa soares, cnn, london. So parents of young kids at home, listen up here because we have something for you. Why not a cnn and sesame street are hosting a town hall for kids and parents. Big bird will john dr. Sanjay gupta and erica hill to talk about how this is all affecting our kids. It will air saturday morning at 9 00 in new york, 2 00 p. M. In london and 9 00 in the evening in hong kong. We hope youll watch. Several u. S. States are now trying to get back to business. Can it be done safely . We look at how it is being country in georgia coming up. Also the World Health Organization launches an effort to coordinate vaccine development, but not every country is signing on to their plan. Well look into that. . With the sleep number 360 smart bed, it can, with your sleep number setting. But can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Sleep number. This is not a bed. Its proven quality sleep, from 999. Its a great escape. So many Great Stories from amazing people. It makes me want to be better. It changes your perspective. It makes you a different person. See what listening to audible can do for you. And. L music fades in . Hey hi welcome back to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen. We want to bring you the latest developments in the coronavirus. The u. S. Death toll has soared above 51,000. The grim milestone comes as the white house tries to walk back President Trumps suggestion that people could inject themselves