Debriefing the COVID-19 Briefing: April 5 - a podcast by CBS News Radio

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In the briefing Saturday, President Trump warned there will be “a lot of death probably” over this week and next – a timeframe that will be “horrendous.” 

Dr. Deborah Birx said she expects peak daily death tolls in New York, Detroit and Louisiana in about 6-7 days. She said the next two weeks are “extraordinarily important, adding this is not the moment to go to the grocery or the pharmacy. 

The president continued pushing hydrochloroquine, a a drug approved to prevent malaria, as treatment for covid-19. The FDA is still doing clinical tests and there is no scientifically valid data that proves it’s efficacy. 

Major has the latest on the medical and financial tolls ahead of what is shaping up to be a grim week in America. 

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