>> i could have our e.m.s. 6 talk to you about it, but it is a way to -- it's very similar to e.m.s. 6 what we do already. it's just being done with several other departments that, because they have seen how effective this can be, and it's also sort of the gold standard across the country in terms of whole person care in terms of what they are doing. so it is -- they work intensively one on one with people. >> it sounds resource intensive. >> they work one on one with folks to gain their trust, to get them the care they need, to get them going to their appointments, to get them on the list for housing, to get them shelter, all that kind of stuff. so it's medical, it's social. >> very labor intensive, i imagine. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and takes a lot of manpower, person power to do that, and what you are saying is we need to staff up in our e.m.s. 6 program in order to do this, correct? >> yes, in order to do our own work in e.m.s. 6 we need resources as well as when we are being pulled in other directs, because we have such a -- it has such a great impact. so i sat in for that meeti

>> i could have our e.m.s. 6 talk to you about it, but it is a way to -- it's very similar to e.m.s. 6 what we do already. it's just being done with several other departments that, because they have seen how effective this can be, and it's also sort of the gold standard across the country in terms of whole person care in terms of what they are doing. so it is -- they work intensively one on one with people. >> it sounds resource intensive. >> they work one on one with folks to gain their trust, to get them the care they need, to get them going to their appointments, to get them on the list for housing, to get them shelter, all that kind of stuff. so it's medical, it's social. >> very labor intensive, i imagine. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and takes a lot of manpower, person power to do that, and what you are saying is we need to staff up in our e.m.s. 6 program in order to do this, correct? >> yes, in order to do our own work in e.m.s. 6 we need resources as well as when we are being pulled in other directs, because we have such a -- it has such a great impact. so i sat in for that meeti

one tweet, last night the e.m.s.n new york took 6,406 medical 9-1-1 cal the highest volume ever, and this is startling, surpassing 9/11. new york is scrambling to prepare hospitals from an influx of newatients. one hospital in queens, people have died inside the emergency room awaiting for a bed. a refrigerated truck has been stationed outside to hold the bodies of theead. so pretty grim comings and goings in new york. let's take a look at what's happening in a bit more detail. k.we'll stay here in new y these are the les outside that hospital, people waiting to get tested. 13 coronavirus patients are died in the last 24 hours, just in that hospital. this another hospital, equment being moved around there, i manhattan, makeshift morgue being set up as well. and have a look a ts as well. this is miami now. away from new york.th bu is a huge field hospital being built there pretty mmh f scrap. covid-19 patients could be treated here. extraordinary pparations taking place there. alongside the physical disease affecting

stefanik: new york is the epicenter of the coronavirus i want to thank our nurses, our doctors, e.m.s., teachers, nders, and ers and -- grocers truckers. the better angels. making to saratoga. to emergency bill needed pass yesterday. it needed to pass last week. new yorkers and this nation need for our ef immediately hospitals, health care heroes and hardworking families. country is a resilient nation, from the revolution to pandemic war to the flu to 9/11, we will overcome this. congress needs to step up, do rescue pass this package today for new york state and for the american people. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. it now r: mr. speaker, gives me great honor to yield to the chairman of the democratic the gentleman from new york, again, the epicenter of as achallenge that we have country, hakeem jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is one minute.or mr. jeffries: america is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. assembled the mightiest milit

also, e.m.s. and other first responders, police, fire. these will be our prioritized be seen at all our est sites statewide, not just high-capacity state sites. we have worked with the private hospitals as well as private sector physicians, community health centers to get guidelines out and arrange a mechanism to actually have into these sites. it's a simple process to make the referral. be able to have the capacity statewide to take these referrals for providers and that's because we have been this.by providers to do many, many primary care providers and pediatricians, practitioners, others across the state don't have the offices, ithin their don't have the equipment, don't have these specimen collection testing.o the we want to be able to allow them testing and we will be working in partnership with them. literally a nse is public-private partnership. the health care system at nership with providers the local level, hospitals across the state and public across the state. so we have all hands on deck, all of us, whether you're in the pri

also, e.m.s. and other first responders, police, fire. these will be our prioritized people to be seen at all our test sites statewide, not just at these high-capacity state sites. we have worked with the private sector, both hospitals, as well as private sector physicians, community health centers and others, to get these guidelines out and arrange a mechanism to actually have referrals into these sites. and so it's a simple process to make this referral. we should be able to have the capacity statewide to take these referrals for providers and part of this is because we've been asked by providers to do this. many, many primary care providers and pediatricians, family practitioners, others across the state, don't have the capacity within their offices, don't have the equipment, don't have these specimen collection kits to do this testing. we want to be able to allow them to do this testing and we will be working in partnership with them. so, this response is literally a public-private partnership. the health care system partnership, with

we saw a lot of extra e.m.s. personnel yesterday afternoon. obviously, it was not enough. take a look at these lines. incredible. passengers in line for hours, trying to get through customs and into the u.s., after long flights from europe. airport staff tried to help, distributing snacks and bottled water to the crowds. but it took a very long time. on a good day, it takes a long time. last night, much longer. illinois governor b.said this needed to be addressed immediately. the president added the u.k. and ireland to the travel ban. all these u.s. citizens returning from the banned countries must self-quarantine for 14 days after they return back home to the u.s. ladies, we are waking up to a new normal this morning. the governor has closed all public schools across illinois. he is banning all gatherings of more than 250 people. that means masses and church services are also canceled. i heard of many denominations trying to have the services online. at tend he end of the day, air travel, grocery shopping, whatever you're doing, it's a new level of calm that is needed for

bank arts center be reservedite will for symptomatic healthcare responders --rst e.m.s. with and valid credentials only and i think after judy speaks, pat, there will be a couple of things i'd love for you to address what this means in terms of the credentials that will be accepted. tomorrowes will open at 8:00 a.m. the general public will not be siteso access these tomorrow. starting next week, these sites will reopen for the general and begin operating on a staggered schedule. sunday, pardon me, on sunday, march 29, the day after bergenw, only the community college site will be open and it will be able to test people starting at 8:00 a.m., 500 symptomatic at 8:00 a.m. and then on monday, march 30, only center siteank arts will be open, again, at tests, forfor 500 folks who are symptomatic. these briefings to remind everyone of which site will be open the following day and we'll also make this information available online at website,n covid19.nj.gov. through that portal you can take self-test for symptoms of covid-19. exhibiting symptoms will be tested. in the meantime,

our amazing first responders, our e.m.s., our police officers are doing their part as well as our physicians, our nurses, other medical professionals on the front lines combating this disease. god bless them. it has done damage to a strong and growing economy. only a few weeks ago we had unemployment numbers that were at a 50-year low. we had nine straight months of unemployment decreases. now now we see businesses shuttering. we see thousands, and now millions of americans, unemployed through no fault of their own. the purpose of this legislation is to allow people to get back on their feet, to allow us to get back to normalcy. extraordinary times like this requires that we unify. i see it in my state of ohio and around the country. everyone has a role to play. everyone needs to practice social distancing. being safe, using hand sanitizer. part of the strategy of flattening the curve as you see when you see dr. fauci and others make presentations is we need to reduce our overall risk for exposure so we don't overwhelm the health system. it will help save lives of our family members, of our

stefanik: new york is the epicenter of the coronavirus i want to thank our nurses, our doctors, e.m.s., teachers, nders, and ers and -- grocers truckers. the better angels. making to saratoga. to emergency bill needed pass yesterday. it needed to pass last week. new yorkers and this nation need for our ef immediately hospitals, health care heroes and hardworking families. country is a resilient nation, from the revolution to pandemic war to the flu to 9/11, we will overcome this. congress needs to step up, do rescue pass this package today for new york state and for the american people. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. it now r: mr. speaker, gives me great honor to yield to the chairman of the democratic the gentleman from new york, again, the epicenter of as achallenge that we have country, hakeem jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is one minute.or mr. jeffries: america is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. assembled the mightiest milit

there was a volunteer e.m.s. worker who goes out on ambulances in her co and she said they don't have epinephrine on their ambulance which is used to revive people. i said what do you do? an she said we just drive faster to the hospital. the $8.3 billion emergency package for coronavirus was an important step forward. there's support for research for vaccines for coronavirus. therapies to actually cure people with coronavirus. but there was nothing in that supplemental package to make here in the united states the essential generic drugs necessary to treat critically ill people with coronavirus. as well as critically ill people under normal circumstances in our nation's hospitals. china is the dominant global chemicals the core to make thousands of our generic drugs. it was mentioned of the active ingredients coming from china and other countries. we have to look beyond the active ingredients. that's the data the f.d.a. has. but what's missing is the core chemicals. to make those active ingredients. for essential

and then, also this front line responder, so the firefighters and police and e.m.s.nd that's how we're going to triage that. we'll have that on our website. remember, folks at home. because i know this is scary and i've had to ask even the mayor, please, you know, we could talk about what we have. we have to fight the war we have with what we have and we will go back forward. and so, if you're at home and your doctor knows and does a history with you and tells you ride this out at home. there's no difference in what they're going to tell you to treat it, whether you're tested or not. even if you're tested you might test negative because you're too early in your illness, so the lack of testing is not going to stop us from treating you well and treating your symptoms well. so, as i always say, we will tell you everything we know as we know it. please go to our website, listen to your provider, and we will be mapping out our hospitals, our capability as we gather that. we're going to be hearing more and more in the days to come about our hospital capacity. quite honestl

e.m.s. is almost here. the ambulance is coming. >> you know, i tried my best to tell him, you know.'re doing good. you're doing good. keep breathing. the ambulance is coming. >> reporter: officer stastny had been at the scene for five agonizing minutes when the ambulance rolled up. >> anyone know anything about him? >> he's one of the d.a prosecutors. >> reporter: back at the courthouse, shannon hebert was getting updates on mark. >> i don't really know how many minutes passed by when another prosecutor came into the courtroom saying how bad it was. >> reporter: about an hour earlier, shannon had walked from the parking lot to the courthouse. that's the same route her friend and colleague, mark hasse, was walking when he was shot. now, too afraid to go anywhere, she stayed inside praying for him. >> we are now just waiting to hear if he's gonna live. >> reporter: but bad news traveled fast. >> it didn't take very long for his trial partner to walk into the courtroom shaking her head and crying. and i think at that point we knew he was gone. >> i can only imagine how horrible a momen

our amazing first responders, our e.m.s., our police officers are doing their part as well as our physicians our nurses, other medical professionals on the front lines combating this disease. god bless them. it has done damage to a strong and growing economy. only a few weeks ago we had unemployment numbers that were at a 50-year low. we had nine straight months of unemployment decreases. now now we see businesses shuttering. we see thousands, and now millions of americans, unemployed through no fault of their own. the purpose of this legislation is to allow people to get back on their feet, to allow us to get back to normalcy. extraordinary times like this requires that we unify. i see it in my state of ohio and around the country. everyone has a role to play. everyone needs to practice social distancing. being safe, using hand sanitizer. part of the strategy of flattening the curve as you see when you see dr. fauci and others make presentations is we need to reduce our overall risk for exposure so we don't overwhelm the health system. it will help save lives of our family members, of our n