health nurse and one or more health specialists called family health workers.s at the center, it is a sign to a health team which will be responsible for all of its health needs. it is possible for an entire family to come in at once. each member will be seen by the appropriate person on their team. back, honey.ongue >> while his father is getting attention just down the hall, young spanky is getting his pediatric workout. team, thember of your pediatrician has the unique pediatricy to use his as aing to his advantage clerk or social worker or as a nurse or receptionist. in my particular case, i found over the months that more and more i have learned to rely upon the other members of the team to do their part of the job. so i have had more time to concentrate on what i can do best to help the entire family their totalent in medical care. >> let me know and i will get the social worker to talk to you and maybe give you some help, because he is at a pretty rough age right now without a diet and the diet may be too much for him to handle. >> as far as i can see fr

ammunity health centers fund lot of work with community health. gap.y to fill in the population here in florida. have a very wonderful combination in tallahassee. we have the medical school and the pharmacy school. we have the nursing with our community college integrated programs. need the new, we budget funding that just came out. the residency program comes through the medicaid. i just had my son and daughter coming out of harvard and do. duke. john's wife is down at miami hospital. i am linked into the context of what we need in the pipeline. familyt sounds like it very much in the profession. guest: thank you for your service on the frontline and also your interest in graduate medical education. the teaching health center program is critical for what we are trying to produce erie we have seen that physicians trained in health centers, 50% or more are going back. is verywe practice different and very holistic. when residents have a chance to work in a health center, that is when they understand our mission and our patients and population. heal

a dentist, a public health nurse, and one or more new health specialists called family health workersy registers at the center, it is assigned to a health team which will be responsible for all of its health needs. it is possible for an entire family to come in at once. and each member be seen by the appropriate person on their team. >> in order to protect your -- >> oh boy. >> put your tongue back, honey. >> and while his father is getting attention just down the hall, young spanky is getting his pediatric workup. >> as a member of your team, the pediatrician has the unique opportunity to use his pediatric training to best advantage. he doesn't wind up spending half his time as a clerk or social worker or as a nurse or receptionist. all of the members of the team contribute as coequals with their own specialized area of expertise. in my particular case, i've found over the months that more and more i have learned to rely upon the other members of the team to do their part of the job. and so i have had more time to concentrate on what i can do best to help the entire family and the pa

and health care. as i noted earlier, what we need to do is really build on the expertise of public health threats. these are the individuals who typesbeen through these of outbreaks and othererat emergencies in the past and at risk, wg that the need toto have stability in that e funding risk, wet is not at have seen, for example, over the past decadecont the budget o the centers for disease control and prevention has declined byah 10% and a large percentage of cdc's budget is closed to state and local health departments. thank you mister chairman >> i yield back. >>ou thank you. , i recognize the gentleman from mississippi. >> thank you, mr. chairman.your dr. nd ydobbs, you and i had a chane to visit earlier before your testimony and you and i discussed about the fact that we currently in mississippi have both the ability and capacity to test for covid-19 in our homet a state. can you talk just a little bit about that, please. >> part of it may be that the timing was advantageous, but we were able to

part of it on the health side are what are the health guidelines and health recommendations that feed into how our installations are operated in the decisions made about what types of food and here we have not that closure, the link between the medical side and how we are operating our infrastructure in delivery of food. there is more work to be done. and you make a good point. our service members and their health and ability to do their job. and this is a negative impact on that. ryan ryan it's a waste of money and inefficient and it goes to production and goes into the v.a. system and have diabetes. when you look at diabetes with any other sickness, it jacks up your costs. if you have to go to surgery, heart problem and have diabetes. the v.a. and talk about how we don't have any money. so we have to start seeing these systems as integrated and have a whole ug discussion of k-12 school and they are getting a rice crispy and chocolate milk and they are on the medicaid program and end up getting diabetes with the public money we bought them for rice crispies. this does not make any se

they administer the public health 330 grants, which includes the community health centers. about 60% of each budget goes to that. it enables us to take care of people that 23% that have no health insurance. so we had a sliding fee according to their family size and their annual income. so they can afford to commit and see us. >> for funding you just saw the congress and the president sign $8.3 billion supplemental what's in there for the committee health centers? >> therees is $100 million for committee health centers and they are still working out the details of how that will be distributed and dispersed. and what it is to be used for. i believe it will primarily be first surprise, personal protective equipment, and to support the health centers sttheir response. >> is that enough? >> no, we can always use more. it is a start. and we appreciate the bipartisan support, as you saw it was unanimously voted in and signed in by president trump on friday. we have enjoyed that bipartisan support and we need more. we have a lot of potential and we will get to as we discussed thing

remember the seniors with underlying health conditions. if the reason you need to keep watching your hands, cleaning those counters and surfaces to make sure we do not convey the coronavirus to them. , let me add to the accolades of the wonderful service personnel behind me. these are all heroes. i have to tell you, and having seen the way these people drop everything and are rolling into this effort, there are these uniforms atese blue the points of distribution, these community centers. i know they have the thanks of this president. >> [indiscernible] it is easy to follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak at c-span.org/coronavirus. track the spread throughout the united states and the world with interactive maps and charts. watch briefings and hearings, with public health specialists, any time, unfiltered, at c-span.org/coronavirus. ♪ journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you, coming up monday morning, he discussed the latest on the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic and fed

pace director of health agency and mr. bill tinston program executive officer of defense health care and management systems. today we have serious questions on how medical reforms have been accounted for in the president's budget for fiscal year 2021. we will have members coming in and out. we are getting briefings on covid-19 as we speak and there's a few other meetings going on. your full testimony is available and i know members had it like i did last night to read through it. we'll get start. >> across is the spectrum of the military health care to benefit care in many cases the budget justifications lacks adequate detail for the subcommittee to make informed decisions. we hope the witnesses today can address the subcommittee's questions and concerns. out of particular interest we look forward to hearing about the role of the department in addressing or assisting other federal agencies dealing with the epidemic or pandemic possible outbreaks such as covid-19. the department's study on reducing and eliminating certain h

find white house briefings, hearings with key public health officials, and public health specialists. review the latest events anytime c-span.org/coronavirus. >> house members spoke on the floor about the government's and nse to the coronavirus talked about best practices for preventing the spread of the virus. mr. cicilline: thank you, madam speaker. as the number of coronavirus cases rises, it's important our constituents have the information they need to protect themselves. so i'm going to use my five minutes today to walkthrough what the doctors and health experts know and what congress has done in response. first, there is no vaccine to prevent coronavirus. so taking steps to protect yourself is paramount. as much as possible avoid contact with individuals who are already sick. if you, yourself, are sick stay home. there is no need going to work and risk other people getting sick. try to avoid touching your face, especially your eyes, nose, and mouth. if you have to could have our sneeze, cover your mouth f you don't have a tissue, use your sleevement be sure you are cleaning or

public health professionals must be the ones making our public health decisions. and communicating with the american people. public health professionals. it would be a step toward reclaiming public trust and confidence in the united states government, as well. towards stopping the fear and chaos that can overtake communities faster than this pandemic can overtake them. and it's critical to monitor an effective national response that will save lives, protect our frontline health workers, slow the spread of the virus, first. anyone, anyone who need to be tested should be tested at no charge. at no charge. the administration's failure on testing is colossal. and it's a failure of planning, leadership, and execution. the white house should measure and report each day, each and every day, how many tests have been ordered, how many tests have been completed, and how many have tested positive. by next week, the number of tests should be in the millions, not the thousands. we should make every person in the nursing home available for testing. every senior center or vulner

for medical lion supplies, health care reparedness, community health enters, and medical surge capacity. and $1.2 billion to address the helps irus abroad, which keep americans safe here at home. loans to affected sma small businesses to cushion the of this public health emergency. other important provisions have been included to will allow seniors access telemedicine services for coronavirus treatment, require to trump administration reimburse health accounts that raided to pay for the coronavirus response, and ensure state and local reimbursed for costs while assisting to the response. funding iner, strong this legislation is a critical irst step to enable a strategic, coordinated and whole the vernment response to coronavirus. while we all ardently hope that health emergency does not worsen, house democrats hesitate to act again f we must augment this funding with more resources. i urge my colleagues to join me of this legislation nd i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. granger: madam speaker, i ise to

system or health system it won't be perfect to take a very large. particularly in the middle part of the country which is water and has a week ahead system we have shortage of doctors we do have problems off. a 1000000 population and even get to the p.p.p. me ease that the protective gear and was kind of essential consumables would be a challenge but we had a grant of these jet engines and the government appears to be taking action to china you know students focus on the prevention and market and to stop the transmission of the bidens to get into the community that still seems to be the best bet for those of the best. but having said that if it does get exponentially if it's threads. exponentially lana we have to deal with it but then the whole system of the wired $100.00 in the world can do you good lady knowledge anomalous that's what's shown so we're just hoping that we have adequate to get past the we're hoping in the private sector and the public sector. if this need to be. a marching band you know we're getting in doctors the whole of the sect

let's be clear, lack of health care and affordable medicine does not only affect the health care and well-being of the uninsured, it affects everyone who comes in contact with them. ash this crisis, we are only safe as the least insured person in america. further, we are the only major country on earth, the only major country on earth, that does not mandate paid family and medical leave. and we are seeing how that crisis is impacting where we are today. as we speak, there are millions of workers right now being told , thesego to work, yet very same families will face financial ruin if they do not go to work. these are workers in the restaurant industry, transportation, tourism, retail. in other words, people who interact with the public every single day. right now at a time when half of our people live paycheck-to-paycheck and at a time of massive wealth and income inequality, we must directly address the economic desperation facing a huge number of americans. , we must pass a paid family leave program in the united states to keep this virus from spreading and to keep americans healt

health specialist. review the latest events anytime and slash coronavirus. surgeons general from the army navy air force we're here to talk about the coronavirus and held him until or is responding to the outbreak. the subcommittee hearing is one hour and a half. tom todd (inaudible) surgeon general of the united states air force mr. cavity assistance secretary of defense world ealth affairs lieutenant ronald shea pace, director of the fence health agency and mr. systems. bill (inaudible) program executiveve health care and management systems. ted today we have serious quests on how medical reforms have accounted for on the president's budget for fiscal 2021.ng as b you will notice we will hae numbers coming inn and out. we are getting briefings on o covetedn bu 19 as we speak and other meetings going meon. and your full testimonies we will get started across thebudgt spectrum of military health care system for military readiness to benefit care, and manydeci cases budget justifican slacks that detail.

if you sent the sample to us and never a time when the health health -- health department cannot get a test, you had to send it to atlanta. you never placed restrictions on who got tested. that was guidance. quote, we always left the discretion to do testing to the local public health group. the committee staff reached out to national nurses united, the union representing this nurse not able to receive a test. they sent us the following statement last night. madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that this statement be entered into the record. chair maloney: so granted. ms. wasserman schultz: according to national nurses united, in recent weeks, we have been made aware of multiple circumstances in which health care workers have been exposed to covid-19 infection and have not received covid-19 tests despite requests for testing. they continue. there have been too many cases where exposed health care workers have been renewed testing for this to be considered a misunderstanding. further, members of our union across the country have reported countless cases in which testing has been refus

as covid-19 spreads, our local health officials and health experts tell us we're woefully unprepared for what's about to hit us. public health infrastructure like hospital beds and masks and ventilators must be produced and procured. testing is still not at its proper capacity. and the resulting economic downturn from this virus is already impacting millions of american families, workers, and businesses. small, medium, large alike. first, on a personal note, please, americans, take care of your selves a void unnecessary contact, even though i know that so many of the meetings and gatherings and celebrations that we have planned must be postponed. it's painful but not as painful as the continuing spread of this awful virus. and a little advice -- and this is not universal, but i've harder this from a number of medical people that i trust -- take your temperature in the morning and in the evening. it's a good way to check that -- whether you have this illness and it is progressing within you. not all experts agree with that, but many do. in my view, it can't hurt. it's something that i

disease and health issues every day. those infrastructures are activating and we as a state are supporting them. we're working closely with our hospital partners in the health care system long-term care facility clinic's license providers to ensure that california is ready to lean forward to be prepared because we do anticipate we are going to see more cases in california. there are some things that you can do that the public can do. and first and foremost i would say take care of one another and when you're asking how can i help or who can i help i would say look around you and identify if there may be some people who are more vulnerable. if they should get this fire is to have getting severely ill and for those people who may make a decision to stay in their homes or take other measures to protect their health are there things that you can do as a community to support them what we do know about this virus even though it's a new virus and we're learning more every day as we know that there are certain groups when they g

health care, and the cience and evidence of public health interventions. e must have a spirit of collaboration, combat. a spirit of health protection politics. thank you. r. thompson: thank you very much. i must add, we hear from a lot this witnesses on committee and what you've told sobering, to ite say the least, but quite informative. compliment you at questions.ng of the but one of the things that each was the u talked about need in a situation like this to effective communication. mixed re seems to be messages to the public from the administration at this point the severity of this outbreak. any of my constituents have repeatedly called asking for citing on many issues inconsistencies made by the igh-level administrative officials. how would you assess the u.s. government's communication with regarding the risks presented by this outbreak? federal can the better?nt do dr. inglesby, we'll start with you. dr. inglesby: i think the state of the outbreak has changed a in the last month, and we have a very big federal government with many different working

to appropriate health care worker and health environment cleaning. our frontline staff are cleaning staff, our housekeeping staff are equally important in stopping the spread of this andreak, within facilities in ambulatory care settings. as our commit listens -- our clinicians are providing the care. hand hygiene works. l, whether alcohol-based or water-based hand sanitizers, water and soap are equally effective. use what you have at home. that is a born. -- use what you have at home. that is important. high touch and high-traffic areas like the metro, keep a bottle of hand sanitizer in your pocket. frequent hand hygiene is really critical. it is your most aborted protection. when we think about current study -- it is most important protection. longa thing about how those live on services it depends on environmental conditions. estimates range from a couple of hours to up to several days. i have seen estimates as high as nine days after exposure to an environment. theust also keep in mind, cdc interim guidelines provides that clear exposure table fo

of the johnsrector hopkins center for health security, the bloomberg school of public health. then dr. lauren gardner, codirector of the center for system science and engineering. the codirector of the johns hopkins center of excellence and influenza research surveillance. and the senior director of infection prevention. the johns hopkins health system and epidemiologist at the johns hopkins hospital. finally, dr. jason farley, professor of nursing, a nurse epidemiologist and practitioner. i also wanted to let you know take ans here and to efficient approach to our question and answer and have as many questions as possible, we will be passing out cards. if you have a question, write it on a card and we will get it back to our panelists. we will start with brief words from each panelist. thank you. aboutasked to say a bit covid-19 spreading and the disease, and a few points about u.s. priorities at this point. it was first recognized in wuhan, china at the start of december. the following two months, it had grown from one case to more than 70,000 cases. it spread to all 31 prov

the public health institutions. health departments local government. that are close to the problems and and that can act in a timely way i think that. i don't want to talk about villains but i would say that this is not the time for certain groups within congress to say that they don't want to spend money on something. that that spending is unnecessary. i think that that the coronavirus task force right needs to really get out in front and get ahead of this this problem. timely action again as i said is needed and we need to be thinking about the unanticipated consequences of some of the actions that we might take if you don't mitigate those yeah i mean i think the good guys are exactly kathleen laid out our health care workers the people nursing home or person particular who are making the sacrifices every day to kill for these care for these foldable populations the bad guys are the people who might exploit this situation to do things which are related like a payroll tax cut much like the bush administration exploited $911.00 to force through a bunch

, environmental health, immunization, tuberculosis control, and public health emergency preparedness. mr. roberts has more than 35 years of health care experience, the majority of which was spent in hospital administration. he previously served at the baylor university medical center in dallas, mother francis hospital in tyler, texas, and henderson memorial hospital in henderson, texas. he received his bachelor of business administration from southern methodist university in dallas and a master's degree in health administration from the washington university school of medicine in st. louis. mr. roberts, the national press club podium is yours. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. thank you, mike. good morning, everybody. it's a pleasure to be here. i thank you for the invitation to be here today. i want to start off by saying the importance of you, the media. we in local public health, in public health in general, are counting on you to communicate with the american public about the day-to-day steps that they can take to prepare for the coronavirus. a few words about -- mike mentioned it

it's cutting chronic health resources an into the harsh impt on health outcome of america. after working for more than two decades to restart federal investment in gun violence prevention research, i was eager to discuss the type of research that may be funded. we would like to hear about progress on other important investments in the fiscal year spending bill including the data modernization initiative prevention research and combating the epidemic. by the way that's an issue that is pervasive and i first learned about it from my 15-year-old grandchil15 year oldgrandchild s was vaping and it's not getting better, it's getting worse. today we have a new epidemic on our hands. one week ago my home county of westchester new york and its first confirmed coronavirus case today we have 98. therthere's 26 deaths. the stunning increase requires every level of government to work together and aggressively to contain and stop the spread of covid-19. with the recently enacted $3.8 billion emergency supplemental, the federal government can aid state and locato state andlocal departmeng

this diet would be a major benefit to our health. health of the planet. my call here is to get the food agenda right into the climate negotiations and right into all the climate action to understand that it's not enough to just decarbonize the world's energy system we need to decarbonize to get sustainable food systems as well. knows a change of mindset is what's needed after all it's consumer habits that shape demand. each one of us has to decide what we do for our health and the future of our planet. so how much meat do you eat i actually have been eating meat for by new years already so you return yeah ok so the vegetarian diet had died you would recommend for say everybody here definitely i'd least i would recommend to reduce the consumption of meat because it's way healthier as well for of course for our planet and as well for human health but it's very very difficult to change habits especially the eating habits so you've got any tips how to change it it's not about everything or nothing i think reducing the meat consumption step by step with key to

many others around europe and what we're seeing is health systems and public health systems under extreme strain but we're also seeing huge really courageous workers our heroes people in the front like saving lives every day helping their communities and we want to shout out and call out to our colleagues in the front line. i've been in that situation it is tiring it is stressful it is frightening but it is a job these people do with great honor europe got a little caught behind the curve i think everybody around the world was assuming this will be easier to deal with than it was they made some assumptions around this disease being like influenza which it's not. and many countries have had to play a good degree of catch up but again i think the italian government are demonstrating that they're demonstrating great leadership they're fighting hard. and they're saving lives but the situation is tough it's overwhelming and our thoughts and prayers are with our colleagues and isn't it today dr eye because you mentioned specifically health workers and the challenges they're facing let's talk fo

and their families health. we will be supporting the economy and canadians through this time. [speaking french] >> our priority now is the health and well-being of canadians. we don't want any canadian to be worried about their ability to pay their rent, or to feed their kids, or to look after elderly loved ones. we are going to do everything that needs to be done to provide help during this difficult. of course we have been thinking about this for weeks now. but our focus is how we help canadians through this tough period, thank you very much, thank you very much. : : : >>

county health offices have that ability. i don't know whether statutory township mayor does off and. -- offhand. i would just say all the social distancing measures that are applicable are being looked at, balanced with, again, how long can people endure them, sustain them? what is the effect on the economy? if there does have to be for some short period it -- of time, what is the highest leverage time to do that to limit the spread? because we know that you can't, you can, you can't shut down everything forever. we don'tpeople, again, know when there will be a vaccine or cure, but we have to make sure we have a way where there's complaints, social order -- compliance, social order, where people can help themselves. colorado has been very aggressive in the social distancing measures. you can expect additional supplementation, as you have seen, every day this week. i believe you'll see more in the coming days. the restaurants and the bars have closed. additional effort is being done, both regionally in the areas that are hots

we have a primary health care system which is in very bad shape. even people who have insurance are having a hard time, in many cases, finding the doctors that they need. expanding community health centers will be a significant step forward and making sure there are locations where people can get the testing they need, the treatment they need, the health care they need, in general. we are making sure that all of our people have the health care that they need, we must also respond to the growing economic crisis at this pandemic is causing. that means that we must make sure that everyone who has a job right now receives the paychecks that they need and does not lose their income. as we speak right now, think about the millions of workers who are being laid off in the tourism industry, and the fast food industry, and the restaurant industry, and the transportation industry. these are folks that don't have a lot of money, as all of you know. some 40% of the people in this country cannot afford a $400 emergency. people are sitting out there saying, my g

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this is a public health crisis. and we can't wait to act. the rapid spread of covid-19, also known as the coronavirus, has disrupted our daily lives, it's destabilized our economy, it's imposed enormous strain on our health care system. i think many failed to grasp the scope of this threat. the lack of a national response just as the virus began to reach america's shores, but i'm not here to talk today about where the administration went wrong, i'm here to talk about how it can start making things right. if there's anything we learned in recent weeks, it's that you have to be proactive. in the past week, the number of confirmed covid-19 cases here in the united states jumped from around a thousand, well over 4,000. while other countries were testing thousands of people, the united states were testing mere dozens. while other countries were staging makeshift hospitals, we were overloading ours. and while other countries implemented aggressive social distancing measures to limit the spread, our government sent mixed signals about the sacrifice

some of the world's best health care systems brought to the brink. of the. ground almost standstill. thousands of people losing their lives. and so far there's no ended signs. that the grim reality of the corona virus outbreak right here in europe and if all of that can happen here in one of the richest regions in the world what about countries that don't have those resources. across the global south infections are lacking quite far behind europe but many countries have started taking drastic action and people are bracing for the worst. there huge huge fear that the weight of this pandemic might lead to a complete collapse so the colombian health care system so long down is truly going to be crucial when you know if we don't well definitely are looking at perhaps do whilst i agree that we're and we're going to talk to an expert in fighting the deadly outbreaks who says there is still reason for hope even in some of the world's poorest regions for me i am optimistic that it is possible for the countries in sub-saharan africa to break the transmission it is po

be the local health department and the state health departments. >> ok. mr. ferrera, it's my understanding that cbp has enhanced screening measures at airports across the country to increase the chance that infected passengers are quarantined before entering the united states. can you elaborate on and how that has changed for points of entry where screening has been enhanced? thank you, sir. the information that we're collecting for contact tracing comes through the traditional cbp airline systems and that's passed on to cdc. i think that's the only difference with the process, is that it's passed on to cdc as a rule if these folks are coming in from those countries of iran and china. mr. szabat, does the department have an initial estimate for coronavirus' effect on global air travel to and from the u.s.? >> the department does not, however, we're closely following what the industry analysts are saying, and so currently the -- the current projection seems to be in the range of 4.7% to 6% decline in global travel over the course of the year. and does that

and to local health care providers going forward. we also met today with some of the leaders of the top pharmaceutical companies in the country. the president spoke to them not just about vaccines, which many of the companies are already beginning to work on. but just as importantly, the development of therapeutics. and it is remarkable to think that there may well be a vaccine going to clinical trials within the next six weeks. the nature of trials, as the experts have explained to us, is that the vaccine might not yet be available until late this year or early next. but the therapeutics, giving relief to people that contract the coronavirus could literally be available by this summer or early fall. the most encouraging news from the meeting was that our pharmaceutical companies, which are recognized as the greatest in the world, have formed a consortium to work together to share information in the development of therapeutics and vaccines. a quick update. yesterday we were fully implementing the new travel advisories for portions of

nobody is investing in long-term health and population health. nobody's investing in compassionate labor and they never will. because right now you're private insurer bears the cost of you receiving care while they are insuring it. it keeps you healthy now. let me put it another way. you are at home, your window break and if the weather gets in, raining or snowing, too hot, too cold. if the local clinic was shut down, you've got to go to the hospital. you have to spend all day dealing with the system, all day dealing with the bus you can't go to work. if you can't go to work, you don't make any money. if you don't make money you can't afford to fix the window that caused the problem in the first place, so the answer isn't to fork over a pile of cash when you go to the hospital when it begins with giving people what they need to fix the windows. there are no private actors in the american model who bear responsibility to fix the responses on their own. they are ones that were created to solve these problems and they are incapable of addressing the

but in health care facilities we make sure that health-care workers use standard droplet precautions, with the exception of if they are doing an aerosol generating procedure. then we recommend airborne precautions. >> thank you. i think this is important to provide to journalists information what we know. let's go to the next question. adrian from romania. can you hear us? >> hello? i'm calling from romania. authorities in china and south korea have decided to isolate the area affected by coronavirus and have reduced the number of infections. the european union is keeping the border open. what is the best solution recommended by the world health organization? dr. van kerkhove: we recommend that all cases and all contacts are followed. with the aggressive case of -- case finding and testing of cases, we will know where the virus is. it is important for countries to know where the virus is circular -- circulating within their countries, and who is infected, and who is not infected. by finding all cases and isolating them, providing adequate care and by following all of their contacts an

health activities. as i said, early diagnosis, case isolation, contact tracing and targeted mitigation to slow the emergence of this virus in the united states. on february 25th, this global outbreak reached an inflection point. this was the first day we saw more cases outside of china than inside of china. we observed rapid widespread person-to-person transmission in iran and italy and long before the first case of community spread in california. science and data collected from here in the united states and abroad are reviewing certain characteristics about this virus. at first, the chinese scientists reported fewer than 30 cases of pneumonia confined to one province, hubei province. today there's more than 110,000 cases worldwide and yesterday, 99% of the new cases that occurred in the world were outside of china. this virus spreads through respiratory drop llets, sneezin coughing, and hand contamination. reports out of china looked at more than 70,000 individuals with this infection and found that 85

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or health care. dr. redfield: it's our concern, too. we are trying to look at strategies now for homeless populations. we really are concerned for all f america. ms. kelly: the other thing is, a doctor i know told me that she received a fax and the fax said that she could trying to think her exact words, work around or go around the c.d.c. and get tests herself and swab the nose like you talked about, then quest lab would pick up the test. is that correct? she's in new jersey. dr. redfield: that's correct. the spirit of america when vice president met with all of the major diagnostic companies, they didn't come there and individual companies. they said we are in this together. how can we step up? they are all moving up. quest and lab corps being the biggest. they are all -- they are activated their entire system and beginning to phase those ests in. the real kick will come when they are able to transfer the platform from the platform that we developed to what we call this high through put platform wh

earlier today, health and human services secretary alex azar and health officials spoke to reporters about the coronavirus response and the latest on testing kit numbers after giving a briefing to lawmakers on capitol hill. >> thank you all very much for being here. ... we had a lot of discussions especially about labs and testi. we are happy to to provide more information to answer questions around that as we did in the house and the senate because there has been some confusion around those issues. we want to make sure representative thing is very clear. a major focus is the senate and the house discussions today was around the issue of just the patient experience and a the provider, the doctor experience and we were able to point what was handed up from the cdc web site. there's an information seat -- she directed patience is assignment of individual and concerned i might have covid-19, what do i do? i don't think a lot of us are aware of that because we want to make sure senators and members of the house armed to be able talk to their constituents to provide that kind of informati