– Okay, well you simply allow Elmo understand when they'' re ready, all right. And after that Elmo will begin. Beginning when? Start now, oh, oh, oh. (Elmo giggles) Great early morning everybody. Kid, Elmo'' s joining you virtually from Elmo'' s residence on Sesame Street. Young boy, Elmo ' s so delighted to see all of you. Oh, and guess what? Elmo'' s good friends are gon na be joining us too.( chimes chiming) Oh, there'' s among Elmo ' s good friends now. Hey there. -Hi, Elmo. Hi, everyone. (Big Bird laughs )- Hey, hi Big Bird. Thanks for joining us for this city center.
– Oh, I am so thrilled, Elmo. A town hall. – Yeah, a city center! A city center! – Yay!- City center!- , Elmo?- Yes.- What ' s a community hall?- Uh, oh Big Bird.( Elmo giggles )A city center is
a. (clock ticking) Actually, Elmo doesn ' t. recognize what a city center is. (horn beeping)- Oh, uh. Oh, hi, consider those letters. C-N-N. Perhaps a community hall is concerning the alphabet? – Oh well, we much better figure out, Huge Bird. Elmo doesn'' t wan na ruin the community hall.- Yeah, yeah, possibly we must call some more friends to help us. – Excellent idea. Oh. – Hey Elmo, hi there Big Bird. – Hi Elmo, hi Big Bird.
– Oh, hi there! – Oh, hi Dr. Sanjay, hi Miss Erica. Elmo as well as Big Bird are truly.
excited for the city center. However, this is a little unpleasant, we wear'' t actually understand. what a community hall is. -No, no. Is it about letters in the alphabet?- Well, you understand, a town hall is actually a chance for people to discover, to ask some questions, as well as to. talk concerning vital subjects.
– And also today our city center.
is the ABCs of COVID-19. -Oh, well I recognized that it had to do with letters in the alphabet. – Well, really Huge Bird, we'' re gon na be speaking and discovering COVID-19 with the lens of youngsters,.
and also via their households. We'' re gon na hear inquiries. from around the United States. We'' re even gon na learn through. our buddies on Sesame Street. And afterwards our panel of.
experts will try and address. (chimes chiming) – Did you claim expert, Dr. Sanjay? Well, it is I, your charming and cute climate specialist, Grover. Currently, if you evaluate.
here, it will be cool. And cold here additionally, or.
perhaps hot, among both. – Grover, Grover this isn'' t a. city center about the weather condition. – It is not? – No Grover. This community hall is around.
how family members and youngsters can weather the Coronavirus. – Oh, I see what you did there. Someone is quite the professional anchor. Climate, oh. Not an issue though. Luckily I am an expert on many topics. I will certainly be back soon to adeptly.
address all your questions.Bye bye.
– Many thanks Grover. Well today on the program, we'' re. gon na be speaking with people– – Oh um, excuse Elmo. Sorry everybody, sorry.
Dr. Sanjay, Miss Erica. Can Elmo in fact go have morning meal while you introduce the show, please? – Naturally you can, Elmo. – Okay, thank you. Yeah, Elmo aids his daddy collection.
up the table before we eat. Coming Daddy. Elmo will be back soon, see you later on. – Appreciate your morning meal Elmo. – So while Elmo eats his.
breakfast we need to get begun. This is the ABCs of COVID-19, a CNN as well as Sesame Road special. (positive music) – Hi every person. I'' m Erica Hill, along with my pals, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and also Large Bird. And today we'' re going to talk about COVID-19 and its effect on children and also family members. – Well, Erica, Dr. Sanjay, I have a question. – Well that'' s great, Large Bird, since that ' s specifically why we'' re right here.
Why we ' re having this family. city center concerning COVID-19. -That, that, that,. that', that ' s my question.
That ' s it.- What, what is?- Well, you stated COVID-19,. what is COVID-19? Is it just a bunch of letters and also numbers?- That ' s such a terrific inquiry, Large bird.Those letters and numbers. referral something that ' s making people ill. You understand, you may have additionally. heard it called the Coronavirus. – Oh, yeah. Is the Coronavirus why.
we have to remain at house? – Yep, that'' s right, Huge bird. COVID-19 has actually come to be a pandemic. Which means it'' s spread. to multitudes of individuals throughout the world, yet.
there are scientists, and doctors, and also nurses around the globe, that are working truly hard to assist individuals and shield us as well.
– And there are also.
things that all of us, adults, kids, beasts, and huge birds, things we can all do to shield ourselves, to secure others, as well as to help each various other. As well as that'' s why we ' re. having this city center, to respond to concerns. As well as also, Big Bird,'to comfort everybody. -Oh, due to the fact that we ' re all in this together.
– That ' s right, Big Bird, we are. This next inquiry is. one that we ' ve received from kids all throughout the country. And it ' s an inquiry I ' m sure Big Bird and all his buddies on Sesame road need to know the answer to as well.- When will this be over?- We wan na see our good friends.- Why do we need to remain away from individuals however not our family? – When will all of us go back to college? – When can I most likely to the park once again?- I'recognize this is frustrating.'I ' m sorry.
Allow ' s speak about it. with among our buddies who knows a great deal regarding
this too. Dr. Leana Wen. She is the previous Baltimore. city health commissioner, an emergency situation area physician,. and a new mama as well. Congratulations on your infant, Dr. Wen. I obtain this inquiry regularly, Leana, I'' m sure you do as well.And what I normally inform people is that we put on'' t recognize when it ' s mosting likely to be over. Dream we did, however that ' s the straightforward answer. Yet it is going to more than. It'' s not going to last for life. And among the things I.
assume it'' s truly vital for everyone, kids and adults,. is to document this time around, remember this time in some way.
I inform my own kids, I. have three ladies myself.
I inform them to list. something great everyday, exercise a little thankfulness. It appears to make the days.
go by a little much faster. How about you, Leana? – Yeah, so it'' s good to be with you, Sanjay and Erica, as well as all of.
our buddies from Sesame Street. I have two youngsters, I have a.
baby, Sanjay as you mentioned, who'' s simply
three weeks old.I additionally have a 2 and a fifty percent years of age, who is itching to have fun with his buddies, and go back to preschool. As well as what I tell him, and what.
I will certainly tell for every person, is that this is an infection that spreads out from one individual to another. And so when we keep our.
range from other individuals, we are assisting each other to remain risk-free. We are preventing ourselves.
from obtaining the infection, yet in stopping ourselves.
from obtaining the virus, we'' re likewise aiding to keep. every person around us healthy and balanced as well. To make sure that'' s just how we can. all be in this with each other as well as fight this infection together as well.
– And after that ideally we can survive it quicker, right? We have a lot of fantastic concerns.
this morning, Dr. Wen. We obtained this same question from 2 pals in really different areas. 7 years of age Lucy from.
Alexandria, Virginia, and also nine-year-old Julian in Ukraine. Take a pay attention. – Will it be alright to go swimming in swimming pools this summer? – Can COVID-19 spread out through water? Can I obtain it from a pool.
or a sea if I swim in it? – What a terrific question. Dr. Wen, can we? – So, no you can not. So this new infection, this brand-new Coronavirus that causes COVID-19, it'' s. not spread out through water. So you'' re not going to get. it from swimming in the pool, or from swimming in the ocean. The trouble though is if there.
are other individuals around you at the swimming pool, or other individuals.
really near to you in the ocean, you can get the brand-new.
Coronavirus from them. As well as so for now it'' s best to not most likely to a public pool, where.
there are a great deal of individuals that could possibly spread the virus.But if you have a
pool in your yard, or something like that,. that you can play there with your family members in your residence, you can most definitely securely make use of that swimming pool. – Hey, everyone, appearance,.
appearance, it'' s Abby Cadabby. Hey Abby.- Oh, my close friend has another question. Proceed. – What does the Coronavirus resemble? – Oh, great inquiry, James. I'' m grateful you asked that. What does the coronavirus resemble? Well, I robbed my kids' ' plaything. wardrobe to try as well as reveal you this. So right here'' s what
the. coronavirus might appear like, a sort of ball, but that ' s the virus.
As well as currently words corona. really'implies crown.
So there ' s the crown. that goes on top of it. There James is a little bit of what the coronavirus resembles. You can'' t'see it. It ' s invisible, it ' s so tiny, actually. But if you look under a microscopic lense it might look something like this.And these are the little. healthy proteins in addition to the crown. Hope that assists, James. – And also currently we understand where it obtains its name. – That'' s right.- Our next concern.
comes to us from doubles, 6 year old doubles, Bryce and Brody, from Sands Point, New York City. – Just how does soap kill the Coronavirus? – Why won'' t soap kill the Coronavirus in your body if you ingest it? – This is wonderful. We understand how vital it.
is to clean your hands well with soap and water,.
but obviously Dr. Wen, we shouldn'' t drink it or ingest it.- That ' s precisely right, Erica. And also I really hope that the doubles.
and everybody who is enjoying will certainly help us to spread that message. Do not consume soap, or.
cleaning agent, or bleach, or anything that you and your parents make use of to clean your residence. Don'' t do that. I'' m an emergency room physician, and also in the ER, I ' ve seen youngsters come in who get very sick from consuming alcohol these things.
These are extremely unsafe points to drink.So please do not consume them, or consume soap, or anything like that. You must use soap though on your hands, and also wash your hands very.
well with soap as well as water. As well as that'' s since the Coronavirus, as Dr. Gupta was saying,. is this extremely small virus.
Um-hm. -Makes excellent feeling. – And also by cleaning it, yes. – Thank you. Thank you, Leana, makes ideal sense. And also I think Big Bird'' s back, and also I think we have an additional question. – My buddy, Rosita, that.
lives on Sesame Street, has a question.Go in advance, Rosita.
– Hola everyone. Well, I ' m at house with my. mother, papi, as well as my abuela, my granny, as well as I'' ve. been feeling annoyed since I see households and buddies playing as well as going outside. However my papi says we have to remain within and also take special like maintain everybody in my family healthy and balanced. Why do some people get to.
go outside and also I can'' t? It ' s not reasonable. -I'hear that a whole lot. It ' s unfair.
This is hard. This is a difficult time.
today for everyone. One point to keep in mind. is that there are people who'are going around outside due to the fact that they ' re aiding. keep the country running. They ' re aiding all of us. They'' re transporting food,.
they'' re transferring plans, they'' re dealing with. individuals in hospitals, all that sort of stuff. However the factor you remain inside.
is since you wear'' t intend to get the virus, also if you put on'' t recognize it, as well as inadvertently bring.
it back to your residence, as well as to your abuela, and also.
possibly get somebody sick.So Rosita, when we say. that we ' re doing this to keep ourselves healthy, we'' re actually all in it together. Much Like Dr. Wen pointed out. Keep on your own healthy. As well as if you stay at home, you'' ll keep various other people healthy and balanced also. So, I recognize it'' s tough though. Dr. Wen, I'' m sure you ' ve had these conversations too with people. – That'' s right. And this is, it is truly hard, however we are doing this for each other. So the best point that you can do, three points, wash your hands truly well, and also a lot more than you typically do.The 2nd point is to, if you'' re mosting likely to be.
sneezing, or coughing, sneeze and also cough into your.
sleeve to make sure that you don'' t spread out the germs to other individuals. And after that the third as well as.
essential thing, as Sanjay was stating,.
is keep your distance as well as keep yourself safe. Which means you'' re maintaining. those that you enjoy, your relative, your.
close friends, as well as everybody around you, healthy and balanced and secure as well. – It is that difficult part, right? As well as I know we'' re
all. seeing it in our very own houses with our very own children, and our very own households, and neighbors as well.But as you
all aimed.
out, it'' s so crucial, due to the fact that the healthier.
we maintain ourselves now, the faster we can be rejoined. Due to the fact that, as Sanjay claimed, this will certainly all come to an end, as we understand. Our next inquiry pertains to us from Soha in Fremont, The golden state. – Exactly how do you think Coronavirus begun? I know it begun in China, yet exactly how do you assume it.
begun to get people unwell? – Such a fantastic inquiry. Dr. Leana, exactly how did it.
start to obtain individuals ill? – Well, this is a new virus.This is an infection that ' s been around only'for concerning 4 or 5 months. Therefore we'' re still discovering. out a whole lot regarding it. Now, what we understand about. this brand-new Coronavirus is that it ' s component of a household. of infections called Coronavirus. And also there are other infections in this family members that we know
quite possibly,. that create the cold. That possibly everybody have obtained at some factor in our lives. But researchers and doctors, the finest researchers and.
medical professionals around the globe, are learning a whole lot.
extra concerning this virus. And also what we understand is.
that it creates signs very comparable to the cold and the influenza. However we'' re still discovering more about exactly how everything started to begin with. – And I thought I might.
simply take that opportunity to show you once again, that.
if this is the infection, Dr. Wen and Erica were.
just discussing this. But this is the corona, which implies crown.That ' s
where it gets its name. That'' s not what it actually looks.
like, yet it'' s respectable. And maintain in mind again, even.
though you can'' t see this, due to the fact that'it'' s so small, it ' s out there. And that ' s why you wash your hands, you do all those points. that we ' re speaking about. Yet this is something that'' ll. offer you a little of idea when you'' re trying to. picture what this is, the corona and also the infection there.Let ' s check in with Grover. Grover, how ya doing, you'' re back? What are you up to up there? -Hi there. My friend Sam from Chappaqua, New York City, has a concern that is out of this world. Sam would love to know if the Coronavirus can exist in deep space. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! (everyone laughing) – I did not expect that inquiry, Leana, I wear'' t know about you.
Yet the children ask the. best concerns often.
You know, the concerns. that adults possibly wan na ask, but possibly are a little self-conscious to ask.Here ' s the great information. I think, the virus really.
can'' t exist in celestial spaces. As well as there ' s a factor for that. The virus needs to have a house, the Coronavirus needs to have a residence.
So it generally lives in. animals, or'stays in humans. And also we can ' t reside in. outer space unless we have special makers and things like that. So simply by itself, I believe.
I'' m right on this Dr. Wen, yet I put on'' t assume the. infection can live up there. – I indicate, I presume if there'' s an astronaut that has the infection as well as can.
bring it to outer room, possibly it can exist in outer space. Yet you'' re right, Sanjay. As well as you ' re likewise right that I'' ve never ever, I didn'' t think of this question up until Sam and Grover asked it.
– Youngsters do ask the finest.
concerns, and Grover helps also. We have time for one.
much more examine today, this set is from one more.
set of doubles, Milo and also Levi. They sent it in from Brooklyn, New York. – Why is the infection taking.
a lengthy time to disappear? – Why is the virus taking a.
long, long period of time to disappear? – Why is the infection taking a.
long, lengthy time to vanish? One more important question.
that grownups have also, Sanjay. – Right. No, no doubt. I indicate, the thing concerning this infection is that it came from animals to human beings, as well as it may now be here for some time. What'' s gon na occur is. we ' re gon na improve, as human beings, at handling it. However the virus itself might stay for some time. There'' s viruses that have.
come, long, very long time back, as well as are still with us. Yet we create brand-new medicines, vaccines, as well as we find out exactly how to take care of the infection. However, what do you assume, Dr. Leana? – Yeah, I suggest the most effective scientists.
and also physicians worldwide are working with getting an injection to stop us from obtaining the virus, as well as to treat this virus too.But we need to
bear in mind, there.
are things that we can do to maintain the infection away.
and to eliminate it together. And also I think that'' s really vital due to the fact that we can all do something today, which'' s to prevent. the spread of the infection from a single person to another, so that we'' re keeping everybody safe. – That'' s right.
That ' s just how it starts. to gradually fizzle down. Dr. Leana, stay right there. We'' re gon na
need even more help. from you in just a moment.- Okay, we have a great deal.
a lot more inquiries to reach. – You recognize, a great deal of you.
have actually seen your parents probably putting on masks recently. So I'' m gon na aid you comprehend why. And also, Elmo as well as I are gon na show you exactly how to make your very own mask at residence. – Well, I wish you brought.
sufficient fabric to cover this beak.
– We'' ll make sure there are plenty of added bandanas, Big Bird. However prior to we do all.
that, Oscar the Grouch wishes to tell everybody about.
the perks of social distancing. – Oscar the Grouch below.
to inform you to stay at home! I don'' t wan na see your smiling face. I put on'' t wan na scent your beautiful perfume. I don'' t wan na be anywhere near ya. Hey, this social distancing point is type of a grouch'' s dream.( Oscar giggles) Anyway, for every person'' s benefit. simply stay at home, will ya? Oh yep. And while you'' re at it, have a rotten day. (Oscar giggles) (positive music).
