mentioned we'll, you will receive a report that our task force received formally this week from bill bryantthe science and technology director at the department of homeland security. he will outline as the president said encouraging news about the impact that heat and sunlight have on the coronavirus which will increase the confidence that we feel about the coming summer. on the subject of testing, at the present moment we have reports of 4.93 million tests having been performed across america. and encouraging news, as states have been engaging commercial labs at a higher level across the country. yesterday our commercial lab system did more than 100,000 tests in a single day. so we're beginning to activate all of the capacity. and tomorrow at the president's direction our task force will convene a conference call with all of the nation's governors to talk about their progress they are making on testing and we're going to hear from governors about the practices that, and methods that they are employing to significantly increase testing following our briefing about capacity and laboratories

my name is bill bryant, and i lead the science and technology directorate at the u.s. department of homeland security. over the last several months, we've intensified the department's r&d efforts to identify and deliver information that informs our response to covid-19. snt is working to identify, develop, deploy and deploy the tools and information to support our response to this crisis. as part of our efforts, we're leveraging the unique capabilities of the national biodefense analysis and countermeasure center to study the biology of the covid-19 virus. this center is a high biocontainment laboratory located in frederick, maryland. it was established in the early 2000s in response to the mir anthrax attacks and where we downer marks for biological threats to the homeland. we work closely with the hhs and our department of defense colleagues and many others. yesterday i shared the emerging results of our work that we're doing now with the coronavirus task force, and today i would like to share certain trends that we believe are important. if i may have the first slid

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. ♪ jesse: america made a significant scientific discovery this week, bill bryant is a technology directorurity he'sn been since starting the virus, he broke the news of the task force briefing. he. >> striking observation in the surface and the african temperature and humidity as well and in the summer, we know it's going to be an environment and transmission could be disgraced and it is up opportunity to get ahead. jesse: he is very blunt. going in the sun doesn't cure the virus. enter our first billing. washington post reporter, phil. he senate this way. this guy does the president it dangerous to share signs with americans.wi >> after he and community, it'si dangerous for you to make people think it would be safe by going outside in the future, considering so many people are dying in florida and this virus has had an outbreak in singapore. >> the new headline is true, go outside, it's dangerous. same old group. you ready? i hope people enjoy the sun. if it has an impact, that's great. >> they want to get information and guidance and want to know what to do. it's a rumor. >> your fakene

how the coronavirus might fare as the weather warms up department of homeland security official bill bryant today revealing. >>that his agency has been testing how covid-19 reacts in different conditions. they've discovered that the virus does not survive as long when it's in sunlight. also when it's in warmer temperatures and in humid conditions. >>and most striking observation today as the powerful effect life appears to have been touring the virus both surfaces and in the air. we've seen a similar effect with both temperature and humidity as well we're increasing the temperature and humidity or both is generally less favorable to the virus. >>on to say that bleach kills covid-19 in 5 minutes and isopropyl alcohol kills it in 30 seconds. as fresh from struggle to stay afloat one san francisco neighborhood is pitching in to help out their local businesses recover costs as initiative here tonight, the north beach neighbors association completed its first round of deliveries through a new program called north beach deliver skyforce taylor bisacky explains. >>whats me a place bustling with re

and i want to thank the head of dhs science and technology bill bryant for what he is going to be doingt he is going to be saying and the reports that he is about to give. i think it's going to be something that nobody's ever heard. it will be brand-new information and very important information. my administration continues to leverage the defense production act to dramatically increase the manufacture and delivery of critical medical supplies. we finalized three contracts to produce 39 million more n95 masks in 90 day, and as you know, we're also using a sterilization process. some great equipment that will sterilize the masks up to 20 times per mask. so that's like ordering 20 times more masks, and it's working very well. we just want the hospitals and the institutions where it is to use it. a lot of people don't use it. they're so used to getting a new mask, they don't want to use it. they want to go and immediately get a new one. we're asking them to use the sterilization process. every bit as good, up to 20 times. think of that. in addition to ramping up our domestic assembly lines

i've not seen -- >> it came after bill bryant, who leads homeland security's science and technology divisionaid his researchers found the virus does not survive in warmer and more humid conditions. >> the virus dies the quickest in the presence of direct sunlight. >> the virus has thrived in areas with humid climates like new orleans and south florida. and overseas in singapore and brazil. he added heat would not kill the virus and people should continue to follow social distancing guidelines. >> it would be irresponsible to say we feel the summer will kill the virus and a free-for-all and people ignore guides, that is not the case. >> president trump also pondering the possibility of injecting someone with a disinfectant. >> i see the disinfectant knocks it out in a minute, one minute. is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning. you're going to have to use medical doctors but it sounds interesting to me. >> this morning medical experts are nearly unanimous saying trying unproven treatments can prove to be very dangerous, especially ingesting or inj

to thank the head of dhs science and technology, phil bryant, for what he is going to be doing and saying and to report he is about to give. -- billyant. it is something nobody has heard , brand-new information and important information. my administration continues to leverage the defense production act to dramatically increase the manufacturing and delivery of critical medical supplies. we finalized three contracts to produce 39 million n95 masks in 90 days and we are using a sterilization process. some great equipment that will sterilize the masks, up to 20 times per mask. that is like ordering 20 times more masks. it is working very well. we just want the hospitals and the institutions where it is to use it. a lot of people do not use it. they are so used to getting a new mask, they do not want to use it. they want to go and meet ellie get a new one -- and immediately get a new one. the sterilization process every bit as good. in addition to ramping up art genetic assembly lines we have airlifted 750 million pieces of ppe into the united states through our project air bridge. this has been an incredible thing. it is really a mi