bullock: do you want to talk about the contracts with indian health service? or jim? i think it is a very good question. we work closely with our partners at the tribal health departments and with indian health service. a lot ofeen doing testing on behalf of indian health service at the state laboratory. i think we've got a pretty representative sample of what is going on in all owners of montana, including indian country. right now, we have seen a lower impact in indian country. we are watching that really closely, try to make sure they have access to other resources we can give them for testing as well as ppe or personal protective equipment. so far, things look pretty good, but it is something we continue to have to watch close and make sure services are offered in those settings. >> [indiscernible] >> we don't have that specific information. it gets a little bit challenging to look at that because people can get the test elsewhere, but live in a different county. governor bullock explained this really well. with helena being situated close to jefferson and broadwat

this new rapid test kit to those areas that may not have the same amount of access to the indian health services and to the public health institutions and the public health and state labs so that they can use that and start forward leaning into surveillance now we know that are people waiting for test and they're waiting for tests because when these areas became very ill when they got on to the logarithmic curve we prioritized people whose decisions where the test decision would make it critical for their care and so we put prioritized hospitals and we prioritized nurses and doctors and front line workers so that means if you went through a drive through or you went through your doctor you could have that a lot that delay. so the mass so what i try to give you is how we are using data in a very granular way and so there are there is experiential data when you look at communities that have often time utilize mass in general for personnel protection for when they particularly are themselves sick and have use their mask in public and we've looked at the rate of this code 19 in those populations and

the indian health service and their director and chief medical officer are both admirals in the indian health service. workplace monitoring, particularly for workplace environments that may have very close contact or may have a high risk. some could be agricultural facilities. let's total that up. we have 200,000 people who need a diagnosis. to make that diagnosis, we want to test 2 million. okay? so that's 2 million. we're going to contact trace with a million. let's throw you a fudge factor of 25% on that. that's 4 million. we have this background testing of about 400,000 per month. so to safely do the testing, we need to be in the range of 4.5 million. you followed my numbers. i want you to understand. per month -- pardon me? >> for phase one. >> for phase one. i want to tell you that's really how it adds up. that's where we are. right now we're doing about one million to 1.2 million per week. we're going to continue to push that farther and further as we open up the laboratories and we're able to open all the supplies that we need for that. i think that's where i would like to end.

indian health service, they're often in remote areas, rural areas. governors of the northwestern states, that may not have the advantage of these high through-put machines often across the east coast and high metro areas, colorado and across the west coast. so we prioritized the presidential, 15 minute test to the indian health services and public health labs so they can support nursing home testing and other areas where we think surveillance is absolutely key. so at this moment they're prioritized in that way. reporter: [inaudible] >> 1200 of them are going out that way. reporter: more tests need to be made in order for -- >> they are being made. reporter: so in -- >> they're moving very quickly. >> i'm glad you asked that, because today, there is 18,000 of these machines. already out there. we're trying to find out exactly where everyone is, because you can see that gives you amazing flexibility because if people would allow it to be loaned to a state that is in a hot spot or a state where you want to do additional surveillance, 18,000 tests, 18,00

in fact, 1800 members of the public health service provide care to the indian health service and their director and chief medical officer are both admirals in the indian health service. also workplace monitoring, particularly for workplace environments that may have very close contact or may have high risk. some of those could be agricultural facilities. let's total that up. we have 200,000 people who needed diagnosis. to make that diagnosis, we want to test 2 million. so that's 2 million. we're going to contact race with a million. let's throw you a fudge factor of about 25% on that, so that is 4 million. we have a background testing of about 400,000. so to safely do the testing, we need to be in the range of 4.5 million. you follow my number so i want you to understand per month. pardon me. for phase one. for phase one. i want to tell you that's really how it adds up and that's where we are. right now we are doing about 1 million to 1.2 million per week. we're going to continue to push that further and further as we open up the laboratories and we are able to open all the supplies th

according to the chief medical officer of the navajo area indian health service -- >> i don't believe peak yet. >> reporter: there are believed to be enough ventilators here but the ppe shortage is concerning. >> reporter: the woman in this room who needed the transfusion needs critical care she can only get in a bigger city. she's brought out on a stretcher and will be taken by ambulance to a plane for a flight to a bigger city hospital where doctors will try to save her life. >> up next. president trump attacks the house speaker nancy pelosi. what is fuelling this latest war of words? did you know diarrhea is often caused by bad bacteria in food? try pepto diarrhea. pepto® diarrhea is proven effective to treat symptoms, and it also targets the cause of diarrhea. the 3 times concentrated liquid formula coats and kills bacteria to relieve diarrhea. while the leading competitor does nothing to kill the bacteria, pepto® diarrhea gets to the source, killing the bad bacteria. so, try pepto® diarrhea, and remember to have it on hand every time you travel. also try pepto®-bismol liquicaps f

the indian health service. often in remote areas. rural areas. governors of the northwest states that may not have the advantage of the high throughput machines in the east coast and colorado and west coast. we have prioritized the presidential 15 minute test. to the indian health services and public health labs to support nursing home testing and other areas where surveillance is key. at this moment they are prioritized in that way. >> 1,200 going out. >> more of the tests need to be made in order for more -- a matter of -- >> i'm glad you asked that. today there's 18,000 of these machines. already out there. we're trying to find out exactly where everyone is. you can see it gaves you amazing flexibility. if people would allow it to be loaned to state that's in a hot spot or state where you want to do additional surveillance, 18,000 machines is a huge amount. it gets to the question about how we can prioritize what we have at at the same time we're moving out what's new. so really figuring out who should those go to. who can we ask communities.

the last day i did see was that indian health service was purchasing 9000 test kits. now 9000 test kits for 5.5 million people, close to 6 million people, you could figure that out. that's not nearly enough. soledad: what is social distancing like on an indian reservation? dean: when you have a native community, it's very common to have the great grandmother, the grandmother, the parents and the kids all in one household. it's very cultural. given that situation, it's very, very hard to do, say, social distancing, because you have all of these folks in a very crowded area in a home and it's hard to to stay apart. and these are not the best equipped facilities to be homes and provide, you know, proper living conditions, you know. soledad: final question for you. the stimulus, $8 billion to cover the nearly 600 tribes across the nation. when do you get that money? is that enough money? what are you going to use it for? dean: well we asked for 20 and we got eight. no it is not nearly enough money. it's really just a drop in the bucket. and we need much more. soledad: dea

we mean the indian health service, they are often in remote areas, rural areas. the governors of the northwestern states that may not have the advantage of these high throughput machines that often across the east coast and in high metro areas, colorado and across the west coast. so we prioritize the presidential 15 minute test to the indian health services and public health labs and supporting nursing home testing and other areas where we think surveillance is absolutely key. so at this moment, there prioritized in this way. yes, 1200 of them are going out in that way. so i'm glad you asked that because today, there is 18,000 of these machines. already out there. we are trying to find out exactly where everyone is because you can see that gives you amazing flexibility because if people would allow it to be loaned to a state that's in a hot spot or a state where you want to do additional surveillance, 18,000 tests -- 18,000 machines is a huge amount and it really gets to your very question about how we can prioritize what we have at the same time we are moving ou

and 1800 members provide care to the indian health service and their director and chief nickel -- chief medical officer are both admirals in the indian health services. particularly for workplace have closes that contact or may have a high risk. some of those could be agricultural facilities. so let's just total that up. a diagnosis. to make that diagnosis, we want to test 2 million. so that's 2 million. we're going to contact trace with a million. let's throw in a fudge factor of 25% on that, so that's 4 million. then we have this background testing of about 400,000 per month. so, to safely do the testing, we need to be in the range of 4.5 million -- you followed my numbers. i want you to understand, per month. pardon me? for phase one. right, for phase one. and that's how it adds up and that's where we are. right now, we're doing one million to 1.2 million per week. we're going to continue to push that further and further as we open up the laboratories and we're able to open all the supplies we need for that and i think that's where i would like to end. thank you. vice pres.

be distributed to all of our public health labs, a 15 minute test, even less as well as the indian health serviceand the strategic national stockpile. so we're going to have 1200 and on a weekly basis, we are making a lot more, they are fast and accurate tests for some and other countries are wanting them. at the right time we will be able to do that but right now we're getting them to all of ours. we have done1 million, 670,000 tests, 100 670,000 tests and we have a grace is enough. . we have a great system but the other thing we bought a terminus amount of is the hyd roxy we bought a terminus amount of is the hydroxy corps: —— queen. which i think you know it is a great malaria truck, it is worked which i think you know it is a great malaria truck, it is worked unbelievably. it is a powerful drug on malaria. and there are signs that are worse on this, some very strong signs. and in the meantime, it has been around a long time. it also works very powerfully on lupus, lupus. so, there are some very strong lupus, lupus. so, there are some very strong powerful signs and we will have to see because

prioritizing this new rapid test kit to those areas that may not have the same amount of access to indian health service's and public health institutions and public health and state labs, so they can use that and start the forward leaning into surveillance. we know people are waiting for tests, and they are waiting for tests because when these areas got into a logarithmic curve, we prioritized people where test decisions would make it critical for their care, so we prioritized hospitals and nurses and doctors and frontline workers. so if you went through a drive-through or went through your doctor you could have that , delay. so the masks. we are using data in a very granular way. there is experiential data when you look at communities that have often time utilized masks in general for personal protection. and we've looked at the rate of covid 19 in those populations, and we are looking at scientific evidence to bring those two pieces together. the most important thing is social distancing and washing hands. we don't want people to get an artificial sense of protection because they are behind a mask. reme

both symptomatic and asymptomatic spread in finally some of our indigenous populations in the indian health service so this is a very very important layer that most of the models and people don't talk about because that's where we're going to pick up the asymptomatic kerry it's in when you do that that's when you focus on track and trace. if we have enough tests right now i want to go into season one why is the governor of maryland having to get half a 1000000 tests from south korea. i don't know what the governor of maryland is doing in south korea but there is excess capacity every day if he wanted to send 30 or 40000 test a lab corps inquests that that could be done that could be done tomorrow and that they need it to start to need to up their testing capacity and make it out once i think until i think we're seeing all across the country that in the states that have been hardest hit their capacity to know their capacity their testing far far exceeds south korea and they've been able to do that on a relatively straightforward basis i don't know what the governor of maryland we talked to him today

and according to the chief medical officer of the navaho area indian health service -- >> i don't believe peak yet. >> reporter: believed to be enough ventilators but ppe shortage is concerning. >> try to tell them to be strong, use ppe and try to get rest to stay healthy. >> but it weighs on you. >> it does. >> reporter: before we leave the hospital, decision is made, woman in this room needs critical care she can only get in bigger city. she's brought out on a stretcher and will be taken by ambulance to a plane for a flight to a bigger city hospital where doctors will try to save her life. >> gary joins us now from window rock, arizona, capital of navaho nation. do we know how the woman in your piece is doing? >> i'm sorry, anderson, i don't know that answer. hospital has a policy it doesn't release conditions but i do know we're thinking about her and her family, feel like we know her, in icu for much of the afternoon watching amazing work of these doctors and nurses. >> what are the leaders of the navaho nation trying to do to protect the community? >> leaders from the capital have is

one is indian health service, which is across indian country.hen we have what are called 630 eight hospititals, which arere hospitals that were originally part of the federal government that have been taken over by the tribal government. on the reseservation, there e a6 healalth centers. none of those are clilinics. seven are hospitals. -- nine of thosee are clilinics. seseven are hospitals. ththere are 46 icucu beds. talking about these numbers, that is not proportionate e at l . it is scary to think about these numberers rising and soap, yes,e are a sovereign nation and we are able to hehelp ourselveses,t it is also important to have our treaties honorored and havee tht fundining from the federalal government because t this is whn we need help. right now we can't wait. amy: emmmma robbinss, thank your being with us, head of the navajo water project. anand i want to think k dean se, citizen ofist and the seneca nation. for years he worked at thehe cd, and on h1h1n1, took onn zika ebola, now dealing with the century's most significantnt coe hard

personal protective equipment is an infectious disease expert for the federal indian health service takesde the unit. >> we are doing things we never thought would properly. this is the best way for the nurse to be able to manage the medications without having to put on ppe every time the nurse goes into the room. >> reporter: in that room a very sick woman who has been on a ventilator for about a week. and a near by room -- a woman is about to get a fresh frozen plasma transfusion. >> how seriously ill? >> very critically ill person right now. >> reporter: while this is the largest icu of the four service hospitals in the navajo area. it is much smaller than you would like to think. >> there are six rooms and they're all full. >> what happens when people come in and have to go in the room flown to albuquerque. that's becoming a necessity. it happens when people of covid-19 already in the icu needs special surgeries or procedures but are not able to be done in a rural area. >> the navajo people live between four sacred mountains. people prefer to stay in this area basically their homeland

and we are working on a brand-new relationship with indian health service, so that we're actually running the tests, so they'll help us collect samples, but if we're running the tests, i can tell pueblos and tribes in four hours how many individuals are positive and we can do community containment and self-isolation strategies that are much more robust than they would be if we're waiting five days. >> so you continue to say, the testing is the key. we keep hearing, the testing is what has to come first in order to move to the next step. you've already extended the state's stay-at-home order until april 30th. but i'm hearing you say, you don't even think you will have reached the state's peak of coronavirus case and the peak of this crisis by then. so are you planning to start lifting restrictions on may 1st, or can you residents expect another extension of the stay-at-home order. >> well, to give you and many new mexicans a sense of that, some of our largest cities have extended their emergency powers and orders through the middle of may. we are making that decision in the next couple of

the indian health service, which is the primary point of contact for health services for a lot of tribalically underfunded. it has been for a long time. and that's exacerbating this pandemic in native communities. we're also seeing that tribal communities are facing a lot of the issues that i'm hearing about here in kansas. a lack of personal protective equipment, no access to widespread testing, and this is one of the reasons that we're seeing tribal communities just being hit so hard with this pandemic. and you know, i guess i want to tell you another thing that i think a lot of people don't realize is that native americans are not a monolith. and there are actually -- the vast majority of native americans don't live on a reservation. my family and i live in suburban kansas. i'm still a proud hochuk, but definitely what we're seeing on the navajo nation highlights the need to address the underfunding and lack of resources to tribal communities that's taken place for far too long. >> what has it been like for you in congress? here you are, your first two years in the congress. dealing w

and the indigenous populations in the indian health services. that is where we are going to pick up the asymptomatic. >> if we have enough test rits now to go in phase one, why is the governor of maryland having to get half a million tests from south korea. >> i don't know what the governor of maryland is doing in south cee yarkorea, but there is capacity. if he wanted to send 30,000 tests to lab corp., that can be done. >> he said they needed to make it adequate. >> we are seeing all across the country, the states that are hardist hit, their capacity -- they are testing far, far exceeds south korea, and they have been able to do it on a relatively straightforward basis. he didn't bring it up today. we were on the governor's call. >> you haven't spoken to him personally on this? >> we spoke to governor hogan today. i heard there was an announcement today that he had acquired test trs overseas. maybe we e can put the slide back up that showed the number of facilities, just in the state of maryland. and part of our process, and i don't know when t

able to move forward with rear admiral michael wahake's nomination to be the director of the indian health services at the department of health and human services. as our native services were being threatened by covid-19, having this admiral who has broad support throughout our tribal governments including in alaska to be able to be confirmed right now is just one example of the work that i'm hopeful we can be doing here. so, mr. president, this should be our duty station. in these unprecedented times, being able to address challenges as they arise, and they arise every hour, every minute. but i want to end on a positive note, speaking of duty stations, a good news story that involves the people of interior alaska and our wonderful u.s. military. right now literally as we speak, there are two f-35's that have left texas, brand-new, coming to an air base in alaska. 15 years ago, this air force base was on the verge of being shut down. the interior alaska communities of fairbanks, north pole, and so many leaders fought that. they said no, this is a strategic location for our military. we shouldn't sh

that's a 15-minute test, even less, as well as the indian health service, the cdc and the strategic national stockpile, so we're going to have 1200 and on a weekly basis, we're making a lot more. they go very fast. they're very accurate tests. and other countries are wanting them, so at the right time, we will be able to do that, but right now we're getting them to all of ours. so we've done 1 million 670,000 tests. think of that, 1 million 670,000 tests. and they have a great system now. we're working with the states, in almost all instances, but we have a great system. the other thing that we bought a tremendous amount of is the hydroxychloroquine, which i think as you know it is a great malaria drug. it's worked unbelievable. it is a powerful drug. on malaria, and there are signs it works on this, some very strong signs. and in the meantime, it's been around a long time. it also works very powerfully on lupus. so there's some very strong powerful signs. we will have to see, because again, it is being tested now. this is a new thing that just happened to us, the invisible enemy we call it,

point-of-care testing when and where is very important to stop outbreaks in remote areas like the indian health service or in alaska. thank you, mr. president. pres. trump:great job. with that we are here to answer questions. the mic is up here. steve, please go ahead. with whenrs grapple and how to open this states, what's the best advice from you they should do? pres. trump: we want them to do and recommend doing it as quicklies as possible but safely. we want everyone to be safe. you see a lot of governors to go out and they want to open this up. many are thinking about the school system. not a long way to go for the year. system this i think you will see a lot of schools open up, even for a short period of time. it will be a good thing. as you see, in terms of what this vicious virus goes after, young people seem to do very well. young people seem to do very well. i know there are some governors that aren't necessarily ready to states but they may be ready to open up their school systems. we'll see. their choice. rapid, but safety. go ahead, please. >> thank you, i have a question for you regarding

testing, when and where that is very important, to stop outbreaks or in remote areas like indian health service or in alaska. thank you, mr. president. >> thank you very much. great job. okay. so with that we're here to answer some questions. mike is up here also. so we'll answer, steve, please, go ahead. reporter: governors grapple with when and how to open their states what is the best advice from you on what -- >> we want them to do it. we recommend that they do it as quickly as possible but safely. we want everyone to be safe. and i think you're seeing that. you're he soing a lot of governors get out and they want to open it up. many are thinking about their school system. not a long way to go in the school system for the season, for this year but i think you will see a lot of schools open up even for a very short period of time. i think it would be a good thing because as you see in terms of what this vicious virus goes after, young people seem to do very well, young people seem to do very well. i know there are some governors that are not necessarily ready to open up their states but they

testing, when and where that's very important to stop outbreaks or in remote areas like in the indian health service or in alaska. thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. great job. okay. so with that, we're here to answer some questions. the mic is up here, so please, go ahead. >> what is the best advice from you on what states should do to reopen? >> we want them to open. we recommend they do it as quickly as possible but safely. we want everyone to be safe. you're seeing a lot of governors get out and want to open it up. many are thinking about their school system. not a long way to go for this year. but i think you'll see a lot of schools open up, even if for a short period of time. i think it would be a good thing. as you see in terms of what this vicious virus goes after, young people seem to do very well. young people seem to do very well. so i know there are some governors that are necessarily ready to open up their states but may be ready to open up their school systems. but the word is safety, okay? rapid but safety. yes, please, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. president. i have a question for

also in remote areas like the indian health service or alaska. thank you, mr. president. with a vat we are here to answer questions. the mic is a peer. steve -- up here. steve, please go ahead. >> what is the best advice on what states should do? we want everyone to be safe. you see a lot of governors to go out and they want to open this up. many are thinking about the school system that has a long way to go. i think you will see a lot of schools open up, even for a short period of time. it will be a good thing. vicious of what this virus goes after, young people seems to do very well. i know there are some governors who were not necessarily ready to open up the state, but maybe the school systems. the word is safety. rapid, but safety. go ahead, please. >> thank you, i have a question for you regarding one of the members of your coronavirus task force. that is the secretary of hhs, alex azar. on january the briefing room he told reporters, for the individual american, the virus should not be an impact on their day-to-day life. three months later more than 55,000 of our f

that's a 15-minute test, even less, as well as the indian health service, the cdc and the strategic national stockpile, so we're going to have 1200 and on a weekly basis, we're making a lot more. they go very fast. they're very accurate tests. and other countries are wanting them, so at the right time, we will be able to do that, but right now we're getting them to all of ours. so we've done 1 million 670,000 tests. think of that, 1 million 670,000 tests. and they have a great system now. we're working with the states, in almost all instances, but we have a great system. the other thing that we bought a tremendous amount of is the hydroxychloroquine, which i think as you know it is a great malaria drug. it's worked unbelievable. it is a powerful drug. on malaria, and there are signs it works on this, some very strong signs. and in the meantime, it's been around a long time. it also works very powerfully on lupus. so there's some very strong powerful signs. we will have to see, because again, it is being tested now. this is a new thing that just happened to us, the invisible enemy we call it,

we have also deployed and have been working with indian health service's which is a healthcare providerhat has presence on the reservations. they have been sent equipment and supplies to do rapid testing there and making sure that we had the ability to get those folks that could need elevated levels of healthcare where they need to be. that communication has been happening on a weekly and more often basis than that when they have questions and follow-up and preparing for that population should they need some assistance and if we should have an outbreak and spread in those areas that we immediately get them the help and partnership they require. and talkl switch gears about smithfield foods. i want to talk about the clinical trials and we have the commissioner with us as we talk about help for small businesses. secretary, i will come to you next as we look at smithfield foods. what do we know in terms of the number of employees that have tested positive? how many are hospitalized? we have seen reports and i do not know if these are accurate, but there has been one death so far of one of

able to move forward with rear admiral michael wahake's nomination to be the director of the indian health servicest the department of health and human services. as our native services were being threatened by covid-19, having this admiral who has broad support throughout our tribal governments including in alaska to be able to be confirmed right now is just one example of the work that i'm hopeful we can be doing here. so, mr. president, this should be our duty station. in these unprecedented times, being able to address challenges as they arise, and they arise every hour, every minute. but i want to end on a positive note, speaking of duty stations, a good news story that involves the people of interior alaska and our wonderful u.s. military. right now literally as we speak, there are two f-35's that have left texas, brand-new, coming to an air base in alaska. 15 years ago, this air force base was on the verge of being shut down. the interior alaska communities of fairbanks, north pole, and so many leaders fought that. they said no, this is a strategic location for our military. we shouldn't shut

and finally some of our indigenous populations in the indian health service. this is a very, very important layer most of models and people don't talk about because that is where we pick up the asymptomatic. that what you do that you focus on track and trade. reporter: a quick follow-up if we have enough tests to go into phase one, why is governor of maryland getting half a million tests from south korea? >> i don't know what the governor of maryland is doing in south korea but there is excess capacity every day. if he wanted to send 30 or 40,000 tests to lab corps and quest that could be done tomorrow. reporter: needed to up their testing capacity -- >> they're seeing all across the country, in the states hardest hit, not only their capacity, they're testing far, far exceeds south korea. they have been able to do that on relatively straightforward basis. i don't know what the governor of maryland, we talked to him today, he didn't bring that up. reporter: [inaudible] >> we were on the governor's call. reporter: you spoke to him personally on this. >> we spoke

the only two programs that would be left would be the indian health services which i don't think it's the best of care to our indian people and the second would be the veterans administration which is another example of this as i talked about that hasn't gone well. ms. jayapal admitted when asked, what would happen to all the people that work and enters into shia things like that? she admitted 1 million people in the insurance industry would lose their jobs elizabeth warren when confronted she said, asked what will these people to? they could work in the auto insurance industry or the life insurance industry. no comparison to working in the health insurance versus auto insurance. bernie sanders said one to 2 million will lose their jobs but i'm going to set up a federal trend program to return all of those people so within five years they will have a new career and you and i know that is just not going to work, it would be incredibly expensive. >> host: in your book you say medicare for all gives the government monopoly over the provision of health insurance and it forbids doctors who

tribal nations and discussing with them what they were doing generally and specifically for the indian health service, they have the ability to find new cases and do full contact tracing. they have strike teams, they are very well organized. you do not hear about them every day, that is why i wanted to call them out. they are doing amazing work at their public health institutions, with other governors and mayors. they are in full contact tracing. yes, they are doing social distancing, but they are also doing full contact tracing and understanding all aspects of their act -- epidemic. about blunting, when you are going up that curve, having that unbelievable blunting where you only get evidence attack rates. when we see cases, these are symptomatic's that have been diagnosed. , people we believe do not see. that is why the antibody test will be helpful to define that. those are the pieces we are bringing together to analyze that. the president talks about the 150 plus country experiencing what we are. we have americans around the world at every embassy that are working with those countries now. this s

and finally, some of our indigenous populations in the indian health service. so this is a very, very important layer that most of the models and people don't talk about, because that's where we'll pick up the asymptomatic carriage. >> if we have enough tests right now to go into phase one, why is the governor of maryland having to get 500,000 tests from south korea? >> i don't know what the governor of maryland is cdoing n south korea, but there is excess capacity every day. if we wanted to spend 40,000 tests to lab corps, that could be done tomorrow. >> he said they needed to up their testing capacity -- >> i think we're seeing all across the country that in the states that have been hardest hit, their capacity, not only their capacity, but their testing far exceeds south korea and they've been able to do that on a straightforward basis. i don't know what the governor of maryland -- he didn't bring that up today when we talked to him. >> have you spoke on the him personally on this? >> we have spoke to governor hogan today. i heard there was an announcement t

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we take care of the indian health service, bureau of prisons, those in detention of the border et cetera. that's what we do. the other 3,000, over 2,000 of them are in the field already taking care of patients directly and we are more going out the door every day. >> reporter: if i can follow up on that, is it even worth governors writing into fema if they have already received their 90% allocation in your getting data directly from the hospitals to ask for more this point? >> admiral giroir: it's been a cooperative interaction. i talked to five governors a day and we talk about the issues and understand what they perceive in their state. they often help us, help planus to particular areas that may -- that they feel need more attention or more communication. it's been very productive. i have to look up what governor goes to what state because that's not my world but it's been a very productive interaction. i think all of this is necessary. i am on almost every governors call with the vice president. they are very meaningful. they are tactful, informative, communicative. we talk to each o

with them what they were doing generally and what they were doing specifically through the indian health service, they discussed the ability to find new cases and doing full contact tracing. and so they are -- they have strike teams. they are very well organized. you don't hear about them every day. that's why i wanted to call them out. they are really doing amazing work at their public health institutions, with their governors and their mayors. and they are really -- they are in full contact tracing. yes, they are doing social distancing but they are also doing full contact tracing and understanding all aspects of their epidemic. so we're looking at those pieces as well as when i was talking about blunting, really, when you're starting to go up that curve, having that unbelievable blunting where you only get evident attack rates and i want to be very clear about that when we see cases these are symptomatics that have been diagnosed, there is clearly, we believe, people we don't see. and that is why the antibody test is going to be helpful to us to really define that. so those are the pieces tha

some of our indigenous populations in the indian health service. this is a very, very important layer that most of the models that people don't talk about. that's where we are going to pick up the asymptomatic area and that's when you focus on track and trace. >> reporter: if we have enough tests right now for everyone to go in phase one, why is the governor of maryland having to get half a million tests from south korea? >> i don't know what the governor of maryland is doing in south korea, but there's excess capacity every day. if he wanted to send 30,000 or 40,000 tests, that could be do done. >> reporter: that they needed to up their testing capacity and make it adequate. >> i think we are seeing all across the country that in the states of been hardest hit, their capacity, not only their capacity. their testing far exceeds south korea and they been able to do that on a relatively straightforward basis. i don't know, the governor of maryland, he didn't bring that up today. we were on the governor's call today. >> reporter: personally on this. >

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capacity because, frankly, there's a long history, as anybody would know, when it comes to indian health services having proper health care, adequate health care resources to service these native american populations. i want to let you hear directly from part of my conversation with the navajo nation leader on what the tribal lands need. >> put us on the radar. we feel like if we're out of sight, we're out of mind. that's indicative the way we have been treated over the years. we don't want the federal government to pit us against one another. sometimes it becomes a competition with money, federal funds come down the pike, that we're jockeying for position. >> reporter: he is the president of the navajo nation. recognized the fact that you are dealing with a large vulnerable population. there are chronic illnesses on the reservation from cardiovascular diseases to high rates of diabetes. these are folks that are in need of care and need of care now. >> vaughn hillyard there phoenix, thank you for highlighting their plight. >>> despite the pandemic, some palm sunday sfervices are being held today.

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