Coronavirus: Emergencia Mundial addressed concerns, symptoms and the best actions to take when feeling sick and what to do if exposed. It relayed information that English-speaking Americans may hear constantly, but Spanish audiences may be missing out on if they don’t have bilingual family members.
“We want to tell you something -- we are going to come out of this crisis,” Diaz-Balart assured audiences in Spanish from Telemundo Center in Miami, Florida. “Latinos will come out ahead. All of us are together and we will be there with you.” Reporting from San Francisco, field correspondent Francisco Fajardo shared that despite obligatory quarantines, thousands are still flocking to grocery stores, waiting up to two hours for food and essential supplies. Field correspondent Javier Vega reported live from a nearly deserted Times Square.
Miami mayor Francis Suarez, who recently tested positive for COVID-19 and is now quarantined in his home, gave an interview with the Noticias Telemundo team, stating that his symptoms were very mild and that he is recovering smoothly. He had only tested at the request of the Department of Health after the press minister of Brazil, with whom he had recently met, tested positive as well. The mayor shared that he immediately began a quarantine away from his family to prevent them from being infected. Suarez, only 40 years old, said he has not felt any severe symptoms and that he hopes to soon test negative in two areas that would allow him to end his time in quarantine and reunite with his loved ones. That process, he explained, is a very thorough one and will take upwards of four days to another week.
The majority of the one-hour broadcast consisted of a Q&A panel with questions taken from Noticias Telemundo’s social media accounts. The panel consisted of several medical professionals, including Dr. Lilian Abbo, chief of infection control at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and