Why postal ballots may pose a challenge for this years president ial election. Live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to you our viewers here in the United States and around the world, im kim brunhuber. The World Health Organization says more cases of covid19 were documented around the world in the past 24 hours than ever before. Nearly 300,000 people were affected. While the disease has struck more than 17. 6 Million People worldwide since the pandemic began, while the crisis is especially bad here in the United States. According to Johns Hopkins university, the u. S. Has suppressed 400 million cases and 153,000 deaths and its not getting better. The virus is expected to kill another 20,000 americans in the next weeks. Georgia joined at least 30 others in pausing or rolling back the reopening. Florida has had a terrible week in dealing with the coronavirus. The state has now hit four Straight Days of record deaths with 157 fatalities on friday. And its the direct result of the sharp spike in cases several weanings ago, but the u. S. President downplayed the crisis when he traveled to the state on friday. Listen to this. Well, i hate it anywhere. But if you look at other countries, other countries are doing terribly. I will say this, proportionately, relatively, when you look at your nursing home situation, its a tribute to your governor and government, the job theyve done. I think were doing really well in florida. The spiraling numbers are already threatening to end the young baseball season. The Major League Commissioner reportedly warns he should shut it down if cases could keep rising among players and coffees. The latest from across the country, here is cnns erica hill. I think there was such a diversity of response in this country from different states that we really did not have a unified bringing everything down. Reporter there was not one National Plan to get the virus under control. And despite guidelines from the white house there wasnt a unified plan to reopen, either. We should have been able to anticipate that these surges of infections would occur. And i think so much of our response has been reacting to whats happened, rather than anticipating whats ahead. Reporter those decisions now playing out in realtime. While things are looking better over the past week, even in the recent hot pots of arizona, california and florida, texas seeing a slight decline in new cases, infections are growing in the midwest. And deaths which lagged by at least two to four weeks are rising. The cdc now predicting fatalities could top 173,000 in the next three weeks. Taking personal responsibility is the best way to keep this in check. And win the war against this invisible enemy. Reporter hospitalizations are hitting record highs in several states. Earlier this month, the administration moved to buy pass the cdc, telling hospitals to send their data directly to hhs. Dr. Redfield, when did you first learn . When were you first told . When were you first notified . Again, as i mentioned, i wasnt involved in the decision. I dont the exact date. Am i to understand i dont remember the exact date. Am i to understand that you were not told at all . Well, i was told once the secretarys office made the decision that was the decision. And we worked together. Reporter in the early epicenter, just 1 of tests are now coming back positive, new york citys, the nations Largest School district releasing new details about the plan for hybrid learning and how it will deal as an outbreak. If in the case of a classroom, the kids, students and teacher are going to quarantine for 14 days no matter what. Reporter schools in indiana already welcoming kids back. We need to start. Reporter infections could be controlled at colleges this fall if students are tested every two days. Many universities have already decided to move learning online, instead. Erica hill, cnn, new york. Casting a european eye on these issues, is a regional director for europe at the World Health Organization. Doctor, thank you very much for joining me. Whether were in the u. S. , europe, to the uk, as regions reopen the numbers start spiking again. Do you think its due primarily to human nature, as things reopened people relax their guard . Or is it just the nature of this virus, is it just not possible to go back to any semblance of normalcy without incurring these spikes . Right. The w. H. O. Opinion indeed, we also see resurgence in many countries and the question often asked, is this the first wave, is this the second wave . Thats secondary. The key issue is due to change in human behavior. As we what we see in europe, particularly the age cohort between 20 and 39 years people are infected the incidence is increasing, not necessarily the mortality rate. So, we have to take advantage of this huge potential of young people to get them on board and to, infect, not only themselves but also the youve placed a lot of emphasis on reaching the young cohort. But they seem immune to many of these messages, how do you actually go about doing that . Right, i think the last thing we do is to finger point or to blame or the same for the vaccination in many countries. We have to get them on board and mobilize people who reach out to them, whether its youth leaders, youth ambassadors, and take advantage what they try to do globally of behavorial and cultural insight, reach has worked in the past, speaking, for example ex of vaccination. Unfortunately, politics abdomen the pandemic go hand in hand. Earlier this month, the u. S. Notifying the w. H. O. That it intends to leave. How has the trump administrations adversarial role relationship with the w. H. O. Affected the fight against the coronavirus . Well, what i can tell is that the United States of america has been for many, many years a very Strong Partner of the World Health Organization. I sincerely hope it will continue. I have been working in some of the most challenging places on earth and what i saw is that with the help of the American People, so many vulnerable people, whether people with multiconditions or refugees have been safe and i would like to thank the American People for that. But without that support, what now . Well, we hope that we will continue the partnership because its not only about financing, its about collaboration with the United Central and many, many other partners. So, at this stage, we focus on saving lives. Were in the midst of pandemic, res wee see resurgence, so all hands on deck to save lives and prevent more damage to the people. And more and more evidence suggested that it will be a long battle. As you know, the director general of the w. H. O. Just recently said the effects of the coronavirus will felt for decades. What exactly did he mean, and do you agree with that . Right. Its true. Coming back to the point of resurgence, the virus is still there. As we see a big increase in cases in a number of countries its not because the virus has appeared its because of the effect of lockdowns and lockdown life. Naturally, when you lift it, it will increase again. So, we have to learn to live through the virus for quite a while as our w. H. O. Director general is saying. Mental health is also a concern. And Communicable Diseases and Breast Cancer screening. We have to try to accelerate, a focus on the covid, but as much as needed, and it is needed, on all of the other pandemics, for example, the hiv aids which is another big very big pandemic which we shouldnt forget about. If we do have to live with it for a long time, as we say, one of the key issues is schools. Many of the cities and schools in the u. S. Are in the throes of the heat and whats your guidance as to the questions as to what conditions make it safe to reopen schools and how to best do it successfully . Right. The science is activity. So its evolving. I know sometimes, people would like to see that one size fits all. I very well aware of the recent reports in the last 48 hours in different parts of the world, that children, also of all ages, us susceptible to the coronavirus. Theyre part of a transmission cycle. So, in that sense, id like to refer to positive examples. That in several European Countries schools have been reopened gradually and safely. Why . Because the attention went to pushing back the community transmission. Because schools are not a standalone entity int the society. Conditions have to be put in place and we have to be aware of adverse effects of leaving younger and Sick Children out of school. Especially those with special needs. Sigh was chair of in italy of safely reopening schools again. In the United States, we have so many good experts and also all around the World Learning from each other. Hopefully, people will actually listen to the experts. Were out of time. Thank you for joining us, dr. Hans kluge of the World Health Organization. Appreciate it. Well, bat ha shg, bahamas a florida are facing storms on two fronts even as a hurricane bears down on them. Right now, category 1 storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. Its expected to dump a foot of rain on the bahamas. The journalist is waiting out the storm. Im familiar with the area, with the bahamas. Many people still rebuilding from devastating Hurricane Dorian last year. Whats the latest . Right, kim, as you mentioned, bahamians are slightly fearful of isaias, were still recovering from the savage hurricane that ravaged the island last december. It did some damage. Residents right now on the providence and other islands are fearful of the heavy amounts of rain the system decided to bring, you know in some areas of the capital. It floods on an average day of rain. Imagine the rain on the minds of residents who live in swampland areas and communities prone to flooding. And not only flooding, but theres also a huge spike in coronavirus there. How are people dealing with that . Because, of course, people are wanting to take shelter and that would be just a huge petri dish. Reporter right, kim, you know, folks are dealing with the shelter and covid19 the best way they could. Health officials are just a advising everybody to to be practicing the best. And shelters will have to unfortunately have to accept those who are home in isolation. Thosecovid monitored. And as we know, shelters are not designed to accommodate individuals impacted by covid19. Yeah, so hard to fight so many battles at the same time. Wish you best out there in the bahamas. Matthew moxey in the bahamas. Now, were going to turn to cnn meteorologist tyler melvin. Tyler how bad is it going to be . At the moment, we have the hurricane sitting over the bahamas. And its moving to the northwest and its going to get rougher in portions of the bahamas. Theyre seeing strong thunderstorms is right now. Its backing 85mileperhour winds up to 105. Its looking a little discombobulated on satellite imagery, because the dry air is going to overcome the system. And still maintain that category 1 intensity. You see the rainfall over the bahamas. In fact, its actually sending outer bands into portions of south florida right now. This one band that went through broward and Palm Beach County was packing winds up to 45 miles an hour. Mind you, isaias is all the way down here in the South Central bahamas. You see the areas in red, thats the hurricane warning. And the areas in blue, thats a Tropical Storm warning. So youre going to feel those conditions over the next 24 hours. In fact, the conditions in the western bahamas and also eastern florida. The conditions are just going to get worse over the next 24 hours. You see the track here. The National Hurricane center at the moment keeps the eye right offshore. But, listen, the Hurricane Force winds extends 35 miles from the center of isaias. So, even on this track, youre still going to feel hurricaneforce conditions in Palm Beach County and going into portions of the treasurer coast. And all the way up into portions of north florida, too. Any deviation, a little to the west, the winds are 35 miles from the center. The Hurricane Force winds. It if it deviates 10 miles to the west, now, youre dealing with a completely different scenario. By the time we get to monday on to tuesday. Were looking at a Tropical Storm pushing up the carolina coast. New york, boston, youre dealing with a Tropical Storm once we get to midweek next week, too. Weve had discrepancies in a couple main models starting to come into agreement with a strong hurricane offshore. The only difference is the timing. The european is just a little slower than the gfs. And this is the position at 8 00 p. M. , kim, with that position at 8 00 in the morning, on sunday, thats when we have high tide. So that can lead to some later coastal flooding and some storm surge. Obviously, a developing story. Well stay on top of that throughout the day. Thank you so much cnn meteorologist tyler melvin. And pa and parts of the uk down. And some of the worst coronavirus in the world in mexico because officials are failing to deal with the crisis. Be back. Or where you happen to be. One dose of ubrelvy can quickly stop a migraine in its tracks within two hours. Unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill that directly blocks cgrp protein believed to be a cause of migraine. Do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. 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Our plan to reopen the society and the economy is conditional that it relies on continued progress against the virus and we would not hesitate to put the brakes on if required. With those numbers keeping up, our assessment is that we should now squeeze that brake pedal, squeeze that brake pedal, in order to keep the virus under control. This happening has the coronavirus cases rise in the uk again. Now cases jump to 4900 a day compared to 2,000 in june. For more from this is milena vessel lyinvestigate veselinovi. Schools are set to open there, whats the government saying . Reporter yeah, well, kim, for the first time, both Prime MinisterBoris Johnson and britains chief officer said there are are going to have to be tradeoffs. For example in september, the chief medical officer hinting there that it could be that other areas might need to be restricted in some way or form which he didnt define yet in order for people to be back in School Ventures back in september. And it is a difficult situation. Uks top Scientific Advisory body now says that theyre not confident that all important rnumber is below 1 in england. And it could be growing again nationally. And we shouldnt be thinking of this as the second wave, but, rather, agency a consequence of beam people going out and mixing together and those social distancing rules being reduced. Exactly. Well, englands chief medical officer summed up very well. He said the idea that we can open everything up and keep the virus under control is clearly wrong. How are britons reacting to the threat of further shutdowns. Reporter well, its really disruptive there. Its really hard to roll back from something that you have already all allowed. Weve seen that this week when tighter restrictions were imposed on millions of people in Northern England because of the spike, worrying spike, of Coronavirus Infections there. Theyre now no longer allowed to visit other households in their homes and their gardens. And that has affected the community there. And the announcement came hours before they were celebrating eads. And how could they not gather in homes for celebrations but they can still go to pubs, they can still go to bars, they can still go to restaurants. They dont understand it and they have called on the government to clarify their criteria. But whats for sure is the uk government is going to have to try to perform a very difficult balancing act in order to, you know, protect public health. But also try to go ahead with keeping the economy going. The uk is facing one of the worst restrictions of its history and there are going going to be difficult days ahead. Absolutely. Milena, thank you so much. Live from london. Well, mexico just passed the uks coronavirus death toll. Mexico now has the third highest death toll in the world with more than 46,000 lives lost. And there are several reasons why the virus is killing more people there. Matt rivers explains. Reporter Maria Cruz Hernandez was struggling to breathe back in may when her son first called the ambulance. We watched the 72yearold diabetic being wheeled out and brought to the hospital. A week later she would become one of the more than 46,000 mexicans have have died from covid19. Its a stagge