disease control is you know one of the authors of the recent guidance on how to reopen the centers for disease control provides a lot of information we have about surveillance states trust the centers for disease control i think that relationship is strong those pieces can stay together we have a good place to begin to move forward marcus pressure there the chief medical officer of the association of state and territorial health officials thank you so much sir for your time on al-jazeera today thank you for having me on meanwhile the world health organization has warned that in some parts of the wild outbreaks are only just beginning the w.h.o. chief said there are worrying trends in countries which have more vulnerable most of the epitome exceed western europe appears to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend in africa central and south america and eastern europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemic's and that we are afflicted early in the pundit gotta know starting to see a resurgence in cases make no mistake we have a lo

according to an investigation by the washington post it says that kids produced by the centers for disease control and prevention gave incorrect results the faulty kits then had to be recalled hampering early efforts to contain the spread of the virus in the u.s. . well i'm joined now by david will man from the washington post the author of that report david just how serious was the impact of these faulty kits on early efforts to contain the virus. well it was quite permission is. imperative to get test kits out around the united states to try and surveil in advance of the expected arrival of the coronavirus to the united states so everyone was waiting for the centers for disease control and prevention to get its test kit out and there were as we all know or significant delays what has not been answered until now is what was the cause of the original of the leg and the cause was contamination that's in the c.d.c.'s manufacturing assembly of those kits that did speak to the cause and that speaks to my next question who is to blame for this delay. well of course this work was done within the c.d.c.

it i report by the washington post which says contamination of america's leading disease control centers delight testing for the novel coronavirus we'll go live to washington shortly also on the show. the u.n. warns that africa could see hundreds of thousands of coronavirus related it's there are fears that the continent could see millions of in fictions in the coming months also on the program. that will make the civil defense volunteers and you can cheer up residents on the lookout inspiring the spot of some index. if i'm anthony how to welcome contamination at a low bar a tree in the united states was responsible for the delayed rollout of coronavirus test kits that's according to an investigation by the washington post it says that the kids produced by the centers for disease control and prevention gave incorrect results of faulty kits than had to be recalled hampering early efforts to can contain the spread of the virus in. it states. well i'm joined now by david will man from the washington post the author of that report david just how serious was the impact of these faulty kits on early efforts to co

expected arrival of the coronavirus to the united states so everyone was waiting for the centers for disease control and prevention to get its test kit out and there were as we all know significant delays what has not been answered until now is what was the cause of the original the lame and the cause was contamination that's in the c.d.c.'s manufacturing assembly of those kits that did speak to the cause and that speaks to my next question who is to blame for this delay. well of course this work was done within the c.d.c. but as part of our report in the washington post that out. you know there are several problems here that i think demand more answers and that is 1st of all exactly how did these contaminated kits. escape the quality of the efforts at the c.d.c. laboratory we now know based on what we brought to light today that the c.d.c. violated its own protocol of manufacturing practices in assembling those kits so a breakdown in quality control there. can come of it with us that the c.d.c. used a more complicated design for these kits then france is the world health organization sponsored desi

this week we received help from the california department of public health, centers for disease control and prevention and other key federal partners. they are working closely with us on the current cases, contact investigations and recommendations for improved preparedness and response going forward. with regard to testing. as of today laguna honda has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 10 are among staff and two are among residents. of staff, seven have been in patient care positions and three are no not to date 89 patient he been tested. 218 staff members have tested through the health department or through their own provider. as we speak, the centers for disease control and prevention their experts are on site conducting thorough tracing and contact investigation, taking action now and providing us with an evidence-based data-driven road map for aggressive action in the future. they are identifying and testing staff and residents that they are concerned may have been exposed to the coronavirus. with regard to behavioral health needs this is a challenging time for staff and residents

this week we received help from the california department of public health, centers for disease control and prevention and other key federal partners. they are working closely with us on the current cases, contact investigations and recommendations for improved preparedness and response going forward. with regard to testing. as of today laguna honda has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 10 are among staff and two are among residents. of staff, seven have been in patient care positions and three are no not to date 89 patient he been tested. 218 staff members have tested through the health department or through their own provider. as we speak, the centers for disease control and prevention their experts are on site conducting thorough tracing and contact investigation, taking action now and providing us with an evidence-based data-driven road map for aggressive action in the future. they are identifying and testing staff and residents that they are concerned may have been exposed to the coronavirus. with regard to behavioral health needs this is a challenging time for staff and residents

the director of the centers for disease control and prevention was called on by the president to clarify comments that a second wave of the virus could be worse. this screen that we just went through, february, we had the benefit of having the flu season benefit of having the flu season ending, so we could use all of ourflu season ending, so we could use all of our flu surveillance systems to say whoops, this is coronavirus, we need to focus. next fall and winter we are going to have two viruses circulating. we're going to need to distinguish between which is blue and which is coronavirus. so the comments i made was that it would be more difficult, not that it would be impossible, doesn't mean it is going to be more, as some people said, worse, itjust means more difficult because we will have to distinguish between the two. what i wanted to do and do again here is appeal to the american public to recognise they can really help in things like mitigation, which they really helped, i need them to help now to best prepare is by getting the flu vaccine and getting flu out of the picture. let'

fall or in the winter, that could be so deadly, as robert redfield, the director of the centers for disease control and prevention, is now telling "the washington post." have you started, by the way, governor, preparing for a second wave? or are your efforts basically consumed right now on the current wave, which is so deadly? >> look, we're really focused right now on testing, making sure that we can get back to work safely as possible. antibody testing as well as just the basic pcr testing. that's what we've got to do. we're thinking about the next wave going forward, doing everything we can to make sure that doesn't happen. >> so alarming, so disturbing, this warning from the director of the centers for disease control and prevention. you've also said, governor, you're glad your state doesn't border or neighbor georgia. governor kemp there has announced he's going to reopen certain businesses on friday, a lot more on monday. do you worry about the impact potentially that those decisions could end up having on connecticut, let's say? >> his priorities are the opposite of mine when it comes to ope

centers for disease control is urging people to wear face masks to reduce the chance of infection that's a reversal of previous official advice the u.s. government promising to pay for tests and treatment for tens of millions of americans who don't have medical coverage more than 250000 americans have been infected with the head of the international monetary fund has described the pandemic as humanity's darkest hour christina georgieva says it's pushed the world into recession and she's calling on advanced economies to help developing ones let's go to martha herrera she's in madrid for us so martha let's start with the the number of cases where the number of deaths has gone down for new infections is going up is the situation getting better or not. what i mean nearly 125000 people infected from corona virus in spain with more than 7000 new positives in the past 24 hours that death toll is reaching about nearly 11000 people with $800.00 new deaths in the last 24 hours that this is the best figure since last week so these vision feet years indicate that there's a change in the trend as the

lucy is paying a visit to the taiwan centers for disease control. every day the center informs the public of new cases of infection. they're told the patients age and gender as well as information on their whereabouts. all health care professionals share new data as quickly as possible as part of the strategy to keep the virus at bay. i was a pretty strong network of the laboratory test because when you can use in the laboratory examination to come for in the cases now we can test 3000 people every day so that's pretty large enough. before how one so we can point to the case earlier. those who test positive are immediately quarantined and their relatives informed in addition those infected or even suspected of carrying the virus are electronically tracked the practice is widely accepted in eastern asia. this is a visitor to french nationals placed under quarantine by the taiwanese authorities the previous week one of the roommates tested positive for the corona virus since then no one is allowed to leave the apartment under any circumstances all the

lucy is paying a visit to the taiwan centers for disease control. every day the center informs the public of new cases of infection. they're told the patients age and gender as well as information on their whereabouts. all health care professionals share new data as quickly as possible as part of the strategy to keep the virus at bay. i was a pretty strong network of the laboratory test because when you can use in very examination to come for in the cases now we can pester. people every day so that's pretty large enough. so we can fight of the cases are here. those who test positive are immediately quarantined and their relatives informed in addition those infected or even suspected of carrying the virus are electronically tracked the practice is widely accepted in eastern asia. to see pays a visit to 2 french nationals placed under quarantine by the taiwanese authorities the previous week one of the roommates tested positive for the corona virus since then no one is allowed to leave the apartment under any circumstances although food has to be deli

knocking on doors asking to come into residential communities and they are claiming to be center for disease control workers or san francisco department of public health workers. i want to inform the public workers from the san francisco department of public health or workers from the centers for disease control will not knock on your door and ask to come inside your house or residence. don't let people in. if you get that it is not legitimate. be aware and be informed and call 911 if that happens to you. we have our city disaster service workers placing door hangers on businesses and doors. be aware of that. informational pamphlets to keep the public informed to help with the cause of staying at home and staying six feet apart in the social distancing requirement we have been asked to do. they will not ask to come inside your residence. please make note of that. if you have somebody reporting to be a worker from any of those entities or any city worker do not let them into your home. if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. don't fall for things that sound too good to be true. investigate

. >> the clinic sends a nasal swab they have taken from the man to the centers for disease control andrevention in atlanta. within 20 were hours, the test come -- within 24 hours, the test comes back positive. the first covid patient is confirmed in the united states. he is transported to providence regional medical center just outside of seattle for medical staff are ready. >> it took us about two hours for us to get our staff, personnel, supplies in place to be able to give the ems the green light to come in. we were ready for. >> they were ready. less than three weeks earlier, providence regional medical center had conducted an elaborate simulation. pandemic training. chinese experts report a new coronavirus. >> we were aware of what was going on in wuhan but it was part of our structure to prepare. >> we had to go to plan. >> we had a game plan in place already. >> we had everyone involved, including the local ems. the people that bring the patient from point a to point b. we had a variety of scenarios. host: the writer and producer of ist series, miles o'brien joining us now to ta

this week we received help from the california department of public health, centers for disease control and prevention and other key federal partners. they are working closely with us on the current cases, contact investigations and recommendations for improved preparedness and response going forward. with regard to testing. as of today laguna honda has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 10 are among staff and two are among residents. of staff, seven have been in patient care positions and three are no not to date 89 patient he been tested. 218 staff members have tested through the health department or through their own provider. as we speak, the centers for disease control and prevention their experts are on site conducting thorough tracing and contact investigation, taking action now and providing us with an evidence-based data-driven road map for aggressive action in the future. they are identifying and testing staff and residents that they are concerned may have been exposed to the coronavirus. with regard to behavioral health needs this is a challenging time for staff and residents

the center for disease control and prevention confirms autopsy samples from two people who died in the santa clara homes. they were positive for the virus. the same was true for third patient who died on march 6. the county initially reported a death on march 9 as the first. testing was limited than. executive jeff smith tells us that february appears to be the first identified in the country and suspects they will find more in the future. initially the first reported u.s. step was a patient near seattle on february 28. >>> the center for disease control and prevention issued a serious warning. likely to be a second wave of coronavirus this wintitt worse >> the concern is that in the fault both coronavirus and flu might hit at the same time. will there be enough hospital beds or ventilators or enough ppe. >>> hospitals play a huge factor. governor gavin newsom will give an update on where we stand in a few hours. watches conference later today and every day right here on kpix.com. >>> having symptoms is no longer a hard and fast requirement for getting a covid- 19 test. state health of

centers for disease control and prevention are on site at at laguna honda are working closely with us advising how we should do contact tracing investigations and giving us recommendations for further improved preparedness going forward. we are all working together on the preparedness and response plan for the long-term care facilities in san francisco. i also want to give you an update as of today laguna honda has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 10 are among staff and two are residents. of the staff, seven are in patient care positions and three have not. as we speak the california department of public health and centers for disease control are on site helping us with contact tracing and investigations. to date 94 patients have been tested throughout the hospital. to date 278 staff members have been tested.

people and policy makers to stay with the science listen to what the head of germany's center for disease control and prevention the robert koch institute said today this is for us this virus is in our country it will be in our country for months that's why we have to live for months in this so-called new normality where we have to make sure that the virus has this all chance as possible as spreading further. and that will continue to be the case as things stand at the moment. until we either have a vaccine that will give us the immunity we need when we are vaccinated and have a good vaccine a well we have better medicines that will allow us to treat the infected better faster. and my 1st guest tonight is one of the u.s. is leading epidemiologist dr jennifer horney is professor in founding director of the epidemiology program at the university of delaware she has trained rapid response teams for outbreaks including the 2009 swine flu pandemic dr warning it's good to have you on the day this is your 1st time here we're happy to have you here i'd like to get your take on the ebola draw rem to sever

catch it again there were some disquieting reports earlier this week from south korea's centers for disease control that 91 patients there who had copd the 19 and survived it tested positive again later for the disease the w.h.o. has also stated that it's unclear whether recover patients are immune that's critical because immunity is at the heart of strategies for combating the virus the problem is that the body reacts to different pathogens in different ways sometimes with a sustained immune response that lasts a lifetime sometimes with one that lasts practically no time at all so the answer to the question of whether or after how long you can be really infected is we don't know yet however a couple of different studies have looked at how long the typical immune response lasts with related coronaviruses ones that cause colds and they show immune response they are remains fairly robust after a year and studies of how long sars and burrs patients continue to produce defensive antibodies against those who wrote the viruses seem to back that estimate up so what experts are hoping is that infection sho

>> guest: at the center for ther disease control in atlanta. c-span: what is the? >> guest: the national center where they look at things like the disease detectives. c-span: how big is it? >> guest: there's lots of big buildings. c-span: from funds that? >> guest: it's not enough. c-span: she got a call on this n this whole thing back in 97. as soon as she heard there was a bird flu killing kid, she was scared. she got a call when she was on her vacation in wyoming and she was tossing and turning. c-span: >> guest: should you ask for vaccines to be made, another 1976 thing to happen? >> guest: is it our front-line defense? >> guest: they are the ones that look at all the things you worry about. c-span: go back to the distance between the flu and the flu we are having this year. what happened to the body? >> guest: people almost overnight died because their lungs were filled with fluid. you would hav have a young perso feel sick and within hours or day or so they would be gasping for breath. one person described it as mahogany. today you feel very ill and some peopl

but, mr trump has taken issue with the director of the us centers for disease control and prevention,ho's said a second wave of coronavirus in the autumn, combined with seasonal flu, could be worse. the head of the world health organization has said the global pandemic will not be over soon. here in the uk, the chief medical officer has warned that social distancing measures could remain in place for up to a year. japan, at first one of the success stories in controlling the spread of covid—19, now has a developing epidemic, with nearly 3,500 cases in the capital, tokyo. more on that in moment. first, let's hear more from president trump. if it does, it's not going to come back on anything near what we went through. but you could have a mess where they come the same time. and if they come at the same time, the flu is not the greatest thing in the world, jeff. it's not the greatest thing either. if they come at the same time you have them both. but if we have embers of corona, coupled with the flu, that's not going to be pleasant. but it's not going to be what we've gone through in any

the centers for disease control has tutorials on the proper way to make a mask. share yours with us. >> while the bay area is confronting extreme challenges right now. it's hoverflow gratitude. we want to share the stories with you. called better bay area project thanks. tonight one east bay community is showing how they made sure all essential workers knew they are appreciated. we have more from fremont. >> dear mailman, thank you and stay safe. just one of the special signs that mailman garcia came across recently in the neighborhood where he delivers mail in fremont. >> it felt really good. >> so good he took pictures of the signs. some on garage doors. others right at the mailbox. not just one or two. but at least a dozen. >> i took pictures. i did feel something. i'm appreciative of the way they responded to that. >> he lives in the neighborhood and says it was the kids who made the signs. all in the effort to thank first responders who came to visit. medical workers and garbage collectors. grocery workers and mailman sal. >> it says thank you. >> we value a

the centers for disease control has tutorials on the proper way to make a mask. share yours with us. >> while the bay area is confronting extreme challenges right now. it's overflowing with gratitude. we want to share the stories with you. called better bay area project thanks. tonight one east bay community is showing how they made sure all essential workers knew they are appreciated. we have more from fremont. >> dear mailman, thank you and stay safe. just one of the special signs that mailman garcia came across recently in the neighborhood where he delivers mail in fremont. >> it felt really good. >> so good he took pictures of the signs. some on garage doors. others right at the mailbox. not just one or two. but at least a dozen. >> i took pictures. i did feel something. i'm appreciative of the way they responded to that. >> he lives in the neighborhood and says it was the kids who made the signs. all in the effort to thank first responders who came to visit. medical workers and garbage collectors. grocery workers and mailman sal. >> it says thank you. >> we

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last friday the centers for disease control finally ——last friday the us centers for disease controlos angeles told his residents to wear masks five days ago — sophie long reports on how that's working out. the sidewalks of hollywood boulevard, normally packed with people, are empty. they know it's safer to stay at home. healthy people had been told when they do venture out there is little point in wearing a mask but that advice has now changed. studies have now shown that the virus can be spread by those who are not showing any symptoms. so wearing a face mask or covering while making essential journeys to the pharmacy or grocery store could help slow the rate of infection. the owner of this hollywood market is keen to follow the new guidance, but getting a hold of masks has been tricky. i ordered some but they will not be here for at least a week. and another group will be in two weeks. but the ones that me and the staff are wearing, either the staff member have brought them in themselves and also a customer here in the neighborhood made us all these masks. others are also rising t

the director of the centers for disease control and prevention was called on by the president to clarifys that a second wave of the virus could be worse. president trump said mr redfield was totally ‘misquoted'. this spring that we just went through, we had the benefit of having the flu season ending. so we could use all of our flu surveillance systems to say that this is the coronavirus and that we need to focus. the next fall and winter we could have two viruses circulating and will have to distinguish which is the flu and which is the coronavirus. so the comment that i made is it's more difficult, does not meet its way to be more impossible, it does not mean that it's going to be, as some people have said, worse, it'sjust going to be more difficult to distinguish between the two and wanting to do it again here is to appeal to the american public to recognize they can really help like they did with mitigation, which they really helped, i need them to help not best prepare us by getting the flu vaccine in taking the flu out of the picture. let's speak to our north america correspondent

concerned the already weak health systems in some countries will be overwhelmed the african centers for disease control say the new tests will start next week and more than 2 dozen rangar refugees have died of starvation on the boat that's been a drift for 2 months off the coast of bangladesh nearly 400 people on the vessel were trying to reach malaysia they were rescued by a bang the coast guard on wednesday the president of the european commission has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest hit country in the e.u. with more than 22000 it's of course you can follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com and back with more news in half an hour next on al-jazeera it's inside story with bernard smith do stay with us. the number of corona virus cases is still rising in europe but some countries old ready easing lock down is it too soon and how can we deal with the risk of a 2nd wave of infection this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith measures to stop the spread of coronavirus are affecting the lives of billion

centers for disease control is recommending americans wear masks in public for protect against the spread of coronavirus the president donald trump says it's voluntary and he's chosen not to follow that advice millions across china has stood in silence to honor more than 3000 people who died from the outbreak. from beijing and hundreds of other towns and cities sirens sounded so called martyrs day china says it's curb the spread of the virus but some restrictions have been tightened again to prevent another wave of infections trinny you has more from beijing. this is to really to remember the lives of those who have lost their life to covert 9000 here in china more than 3000 people according to official figures and it's also to honor the lives of 14 health workers doctors and nurses who have been designated as national masses who are who lost their lives while they were treating coronavirus patients mostly into bay province and that list includes dr lee when lee young who was famously one of the 1st whistleblower doctors to call attention to the outbreak late last year when it was 1st beg

according to the center for disease control and prevention, following symptoms are consistent with coronavirus appear two tomay 14 days after exposure. cough, shortness of breath or difficulty muscle pain,ills, headache, sore throat, and or smell.ss of taste to get a free screening by health university system, a doctor there, please augustahealth.org or download the a.u. health express phone oron your smart call this number, which we've isen before, which 706-721-1852. 706-721-1852. if you meet the criteria for contact youff will to schedule a test at one of the locationssignated near your home. from there, we will leverage the power of several key academic institutions in the state to tests, including augusta university, georgia state georgiaty and the public health lab. and roughly 72 hours, you will testle to access your results via secure payment portal and a medical provider contact you directly if you are positive. since the start of the public emergency, local public health test sites across georgia than 32,000ed more specimens for testing. last week alone, by aggressively pushing for m

centers for disease control is recommending americans wear masks in public to protect against the spread of coronavirus but president of trump says it's voluntary and he's chosen not to follow the advice the international monetary fund says coronavirus pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill it's warning the situation is worse than the 2008 financial crisis the i.m.f. says it has a trillion dollar war chest available to help fund the economies. millions across china have stood in silence to honor more than 3000 people who have died from the outbreak. from beijing and hundreds of other towns and cities sirens sounded so called martyrs day china says it's curb the spread of the virus but some restrictions have been tightened again prevent another wave of infections katrina you has more from beijing. this is to really to remember the lives of those who have lost their life to kovan 1000 here in china more than 3000 people according to official figures and it's also to honor the lives of 14 health workers doctors and nurses who have been designated as national motto is who ar

and the united states has been tracking influenza-like illnesses through the centers for disease control for years. both the state and public health officials are used to watching this. county health officials are used to watching it, and frankly, every family around the united states know house to access on the cdc website. in order to get up to date information for the communities. it also looks at a syndroi syndd a program that can be utilized for a lot of illnesses, but this case will be utilized for respiratory diseases. we're tracking the number of case, and it must have a downward trajectory for 14 days. and a downward trajectory in the number of positive tests with persistence of high levels of testing. for the hospitals, it's to ensure that we can treat all patients without resorting to any crisis care, and ensuring that there is a robust testing program in place for at-risk health care worker, including front line responders with the emerging antibody test. next slide. just to show you what this looks like. so what the cdc did for me under the direction of bob redfield was to c

of corona virus test kits according to the washington post says the kids produced by the center for disease control and prevention gave incorrect results of faulty kits then had to be recalls and that slowed the 1st efforts to contain the spread of the virus in the u.s. . earlier we were joined on the line by the author of that before david willman from the washington post we asked him who was to blame for the contamination and the delayed rollout of the kits. well of course this work was done within the c.d.c. but as part of our report in the washington post that out. you know there are several problems here that i think demand more answers and that is 1st of all exactly how did these contaminated kits here in. this case the quality of the efforts at the c.d.c. laboratory we now know based on what we brought to light today that the c.d.c. violated its own protocol of manufacturing practices in assembling those carrots so breakdown in quality control there. can confidently was that the c.d.c. used a more complicated design for these kits then for instance the world health organization sponsored des

africa has been factored into the battle against the coronavirus. >> director of african centers for disease controlso much. we wish you well, appreciate your time. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> to stop the spread of the coronavirus, states are enforcing strict stay at home orders, but that is not stopping some people from going out. we'll show you how one state is using your cell phone to track your movements. we'll be right back. you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself. so when it comes to screening for colon cancer, don't wait. because when caught early, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers... ...even in early stages. tell me more. it's for people 45 plus at average risk for colon cancer, not high risk. false positive and negative results may occur. ask your prescriber if cologuard is right for you. i'm on it. that's a step in the right direction. allstate hcatastrophesing custofor 89 years. we move quickly and put people first. as the coronavirus is keeping many americans at home, we are driving les

thomas freeden, former head of the centers for disease control, he told "the new york times" if new york state and city had adopted social distancing and physical distancing a week or two earlier the death toll in new york could have been reduced from 50 to 80%. didn't new york politicians drop the ball here too? >> well, look. i think our governor and our mayor have done a great job. i think most of america agrees. it's very hard when you don't have the federal cooperation, when you have the president early on saying it's a hoax, or it will go away, or don't worry about it, to get things done. i think our state and our city have done a terrific, terrific job, given that we were the epicenter. >> san francisco ordered schools closed on march 12th. ohio did the same with five confirmed cases. on march 15, de blasio ordered new york city schools to close with 329 cases. a new york state wide closure was announced. could it have acted earlier? >> again, we were the epicenter. there were so many things to do, getting ventilators so people don't die was important, getting ppe for health care

the director of the centers for disease control now says the death toll for the u.s. could be much lower than models originally suggested because americans are taking social distancing guidelines very seriously. how concerned are you, though, that this potential good news could lead people to stop following those guidelines? >> that potential good news reminds people why you've got to follow those guidelines. the social distancing maybe is flattening the curve a little bit. this is what we meant to do. the most important meted a ed ri look at, wolf, is hospitalzations. our hospitalizations are beginning to flatten out in terms of rate of increase. that's invaluable to protect the capacity of hospitals. this is no time to sing "happy days are hear agare again." this is the time to double down on social distancing. >> andrew? kno -- governor andrew cuomo of new york says this could be a sign of a possible flattening of the curve. are you seeing signs of that in neighboring connecticut? >> i talked to andrew today, about what happens when the curve starts to flatten. he

rich former acting director of the centers for disease control. he joins us to talk about the federal response to the covid-19 pandemic. hen michael strain, director of economic policies, he discusses how the virus has affected the american work force. and illinois republican gressman la hood on the covid-19 response in his state and the next steps lawmakers are likely to take in response to the pandemic. join the conversation tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sign up today for c-span's newsletter word for word, providing new updates daily to the coronavirus pandemic response from state governors, the white house task force briefings and important updates from congress. sign up today. it's easy. to span.org/connect and enter your e-mail in the word for word sign up box. >> senate leader mitch mcconnell announced that the senate will return for legislative work this monday. they will vote on an executive nomination and later in the week could work on coronavirus related legislation addressing lawsuits. house majority leader stemmy hoyer sa

others who have tested positive for the disease range from serious to very mild and some people who test positive have no symptoms at all at the center for disease control in the u.s. believes as many as one in 4 people who get the disease show no symptoms know about vital information to have as asymptomatic carriers might remain perfectly healthy themselves but contribute dramatically to transmission knowing how many people are asymptomatic would also help us nail down the real mortality rate of the virus which continues to be guesstimated and finally it's important in terms of fighting the disease if we can figure out why some people don't get sick that information could help us in. race to develop therapies. could survive i think they would 19 meaning to deal me this question is closely tied to the question of why some people can carry the disease but are are asymptomatic from what we've seen so far the corona virus infects everyone but some people don't develop symptoms and that probably has to do with their genetic make up past research has shown that genetics do have an influence on the course of viral infections and scientists are looking at some

center for disease control is the main prevention and outreach organization in our government and they work closely with the world health organization exchanging ideas, scientists, clinical knowledge and all the rest, and yet now the white house is saying we're not going to fund the world health organization that's horrible. but even worse is that they're racing world health organization from any of our initiatives that we're not going to cooperate with them. it's a pandemic. it knows no borders. even if you don't like an institution, you have to recognize that it's in the interest of every person in our country for the world health organization to succeed. especially in the southern hemisphere now where there's an opportunity to stop it from spreading like wildfire if we're thinking in more global terms. it's personal, it's local, it's community, it's economy, it's society, it's global, it's worldwide. you don't want me to go into my disappointments about this administration but i will say a long time ago, dr. fauci said, if we learn from our mistakes we may be able to make more succe