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Thank you for starting off a new week
and a new month it's the first weekday
of it with CNN 10.
I'm Carl Azuz we're bringing you up to
speed on what's happening in the nation
of
india the world's second most populated
country has seen a record-setting surge
in its number of coronavirus cases
it reported more than 400 000 new
positive tests on saturday alone
that's also when india recorded several
thousand deaths linked to covid19
many of the cases there are new variants
or versions of the disease
these crop up when viruses naturally
mutate and scientists don't know yet how
effective
existing vaccines are in protecting
people against these variants
a prominent us medical official says
india should consider a nationwide
shutdownto try to slow the spread of covet 19 at
least two
indian states have done that meaning the
only places that are open there are ones
that are considered essential
like grocery stores pharmacies and
emergency services
an ongoing lockdown in the capital of
new delhi has been extended until at
leastmay 10th that's also where there's been
a shortage of oxygen supplies
which can help dangerously sick people
breathe trains carrying tons of liquid
oxygen from singapore have recently
arrived in new delhi
other nations are sending help as well
medical aid from france and germany
tens of thousands of sputnik 5 vaccines
from russia
the united states has sent medical
supplies the first shipment arriving
last friday
and starting tomorrow a u.s travel ban
goes into effect
people from india will not be allowed
into the u.s unless they're american
citizens or lawful permanent residents
new coveted cases in the united states
have been on the decline
medical officials say in the past two
weeks they're down by almost
28 with doctors recording roughly 50 to
60 000 positive tests per day
at one point during america's peak in
january there were more than 300 000
new daily infections a former official
with the u.s food and drug
administration says these declines
are likely to continue for two reasons
one is that about
28 percent of the population has been
fully vaccinated
the other is that people who've already
had coronavirus have
developed natural immunities to it many
businesses have already reopened
now larger venues are allowing crowds
againon saturday almost 52 000 people watched
in person when a horse named medina
spirit won the kentucky derby
that's about a third the number that's
usually allowed at the churchill downs
race trackbut the mayor of louisville says it's
nice to feel things coming back
after being closed for more than a year
california's disneyland theme park has
also reopened
but only people who live in california
are allowed inside
their numbers are limited and they have
to wear masks get their temperatures
taken and avoid using cash
10 second trivia salt marsh culex and
asian tiger are all types of what
ferns wasps mosses or mosquitoes
these are all mosquitoes in addition to
the 80s egyptian mosquito which spreads
a number of diseases
for the first time ever genetically
modified mosquitoes are being released
in the u.s
the project's taking place in the
florida keys it was approved by the u.s
environmental protection agency last may
and the state of florida issued an
experimental use permit last
june it allows the release of up to 750
million
genetically altered mosquitoes this year
and next
the targeted mosquito can spread yellow
fever dengue and the zika virus
there have been at least two small
outbreaks of dengue in the keys over the
last 12 years
the project will release genetically
altered male mosquitoes
with the idea that they'll mate with the
females and pass along a deadly gene
that killsfemale mosquito larvae only female
mosquitoes bite
so the intent is to wipe out biting
mosquito populations in the keys
the company that produces the gmo
mosquito says a different
type of it has been used in brazil the
cayman islands and panama
and that it's been widely successful but
critics including the florida keys
environmental coalition
say the projects being forced on them
that they're being treated as guinea
pigs
they're concerned that the newer gmo
mosquitoes being released
haven't been tested as long and they
question what could happen to people or
animals health if genetically modified
females survive
and then bite critics are considering
legal action but the trial has begun
future ties is a non-profit after school
and summer program
that gives a safe space to children in
chicago illinois
it was started by a chicago police
officer who'd had enough of the violence
and shootings that threatened the city's
kidsand she had to pivot when coronavirus
hit
amid the violence on chicago's south
side police officer jennifer maddox
gives young people
a safe haven to learn grow and succeed
so we'll get homework let me see since
2011 her non-profit has provided
after-school mentoring and tutoring for
more than 100 children
living in the parkway gardens apartments
she was honored as a top 10 cnn hero in
2017 for her efforts
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now during the pandemic jennifer and her
team transformed their center into a hub
for students doing remote learning
receive the support and technology they
need
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many of the families here was hit very
hard
with covet and it really just turned
their lives
upside down a lot of people lost their
jobs
and now they're gradually starting to go
back to work
good morning is tiffany many of the
parents can't really
afford to stay at home to supervise
their kids while they're on remote
learning good morning
and so families had to pick and choose
if they were going to be able to still
continue to work
or did they have to stay home and make
sure that their children still was able
to get an education
good morning the kids normally arrive
one by one we take their temperature
water temperature if they don't have a
mask we provide a mask for them
they'll get a squirt of hand sanitizer
in their hand
and then they'll go to their assigned
desk we got a questionnaire
we were able to step in like being a
surrogate parent
um why
we were there on site for them so the
kids didn't really have to travel far
they knew our staff our team they were
comfortable with their kids coming here
so it was kind of like a win-win you
know for everybody
we are working with high schooler kids
and students who parents have opted for
them
to do remote learning that one's yours
okay many of the students didn't have
laptops
and they didn't know how to navigate
through the remote learning system
we were able to provide the laptops that
they needed
all right come on in on a daily basis we
have around 15 to 20 kids
that come in that we can support safely
because of covet we provide them with a
safe space
we go around making sure the kids are
online on track on task
and able to complete their assignments
and progress
okay very good good job they really need
thatin-person one-on-one instruction
hands-on
because you have kids that learn in
different ways
we'll take them outside to the
playground and we'll let them just
run around and just jump and just get
some of that
energy you know moving around with them
because they've been sitting
down for so long the kids in the
community have been struggling with
socialization they
are social beings they want to
be with their friends they are good they
look to us for
support and guidance and sometimes they
just may need a listening ear
so we're all of that we make sure that
theyknow that we are here for them these are
difficult times
and if there is anything that we can do
to help them navigate through some of
the challenges and struggles that they
are experiencing
we want them to reach out to us
we want to make sure that they're
getting the support that they need
so that they continue to grow and move
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a lot of folks in florida have their
swimming pools screened in to keep
animals out but not this bear it
recently busted through a woman's screen
so it could take a dip
the owner says she regularly sees the
animal in her neighborhood but that this
is the first
damage the bear has really caused and
that it's a little too close
for comfort yeah you really can't just
grin and bear it even if it is brown
with envy over your pool
it's a polarizing guest a grisly
discovery
and you don't want to be slothful about
taking kodi action to burnish it
I'm Carl Azuz. Thanks to the american
international school in riyadh saudi
arabia it's great to have you watching
on youtube
CNN 10 returns tomorrow
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