ppe shortages and so forth. the second is that it can actually make things worse, because people who wear facemasks, particular those who aren't used to wearing them, very commonly do things like this -- they readjusts, they move it around her face. if i am touching my eyes, it can be worse than wearing nothing at all. and, the facemask itself can be contaminated. i don't use hand hygiene, i may infect myself. we have heard rumors that cdc may change their recommendation. we certainly know that other countries do it differently. i see argument on both sides as to whether you should wear a facemask or not. >> thank you. obviously if we get more direction from the cdc, we will make sure you all hear that. >> couple of questions. during your conversation with the president yesterday, did you bring up ventilators specifically, and did you get any reassurance that any will be on their way? does new jersey have any hospitals reach their senses maximum, or any hospitals on divergent, and have any hospitals exhausted th

governor murphy: ppe, give us a quick summary. n95, 287uick, 121,000 thousand surgical masks, face shields, 51,000 surgical gowns, three-headeds, 68,000 gloves and 1000 medical beds. governor murphy: thank you. anything else? sir, are you good? matt? >> just a follow-up on you gotors and ppe, so 200 more ventilators? can you detail where they came from? the 3700 businesses that filled out their surveys by friday, any more specifics on equipment we are getting for that? governor murphy: the 200 ventilators, do you know where they came from? >> we got that from the national stockpile. governor murphy: any results from the surveys we required folks to fill out by last night? >> i don't have it together yet. governor murphy: too early to tell. thank you all, again. i want to thank the folks to my right, the department of health commissioner, the extraordinary sichell, dr. ed lifshitz , thank you for everything you have done to make the website they real at the end make it more power for valuable with each day. colonel pat callahan, fo

nothing to add. >> ppe. real quick pat. 121,000 and 90 five's, over over00 surgical masks, 51,000 surgical gowns, over 3500 gloves, and68,000 1000 medical beds. >> thank you. you good? >> just to follow-up on the ventilators and ppe. you said you bet 200 more ventilators? 200-- got more than any word on how much, and more specifics on the equipment? >> the 200 ventilators. do know where they came from? >> we got this from the national stockpile. >> any results from the survey that we required folks to fill out friday? >> i don't have it together yet. >> too early to tell. thank you all. to my to thank the folks right, department of health the commissioner. thank you both. to all of your colleagues. to my immediate left, beth novak thank you for everything you have done. to make that website a reality to make it even more powerful. colonel pat callahan. again, the we will leave this is for tomorrow, we will put out anything that you need in terms of overnight data. electronically, if we collectively make the

in the hospitals now this covid ppe, non-covid ppe, everyone is wearing ppe because you don't know who has covid and who doesn't have covid. every time they see a patient they have to change their ppe so, yes, the burn rate of the ppe is much higher. so i think when the president says it's an incredible increase, i think he's right. if you are right by what you thought he meant when he said out the back door, as if it is being stolen or misused, if that's what he meant, then he should say that, ask for an investigation, and that's how you handle that. if that's what he meant, which is what you think he meant. >> i don't know what else he could mean, but your point is taken. it's about the burn rate. he may not understand the facts yet. he may not want to accept it. it's a way of hedging against the need as great as it is. but this is something that this president does. he's done it to you a few times. he goes back and forth about whether or not you're good or bad. right now you're good. poll numbers came out. he's very responsive to poll numbers, and they say you're popular now because

when you doing these testing yet to be in the special equipment, ppe say don't catch the virus. some of the stuff is not reusable or you think like you have to use new one every time. so that stuff is in short supply. i've been talking with a lot of hospital folks and that's one of the main supply needs they have but i think that would probably nationwide. look at the last two, three weeks, this is probably the biggest rush to get medical supplies in the history of the united states but we can't have enough ppe right now. so the swabs, , the reagents and the ppe, we get more of that in, were putting infrastructure in place and hopefully we will be able to greatly expand. and my gut is if you look at the different countries that have faced this, to me the one that's been no successful, south korea because they're able to really do a lot of testing. they did not do kryptonian control on the population. they promote social distancing but they were able to do the tests, duty investigations, isolate the proper people and if you look in florida right now, we have about 80% 80% of our

but we have enough ppe and the new york city officials say they have enough ppe for the new york city hospitals. melissa, is that right? >> yes, i spoke to ken davis, reacting to the story i'm sure we all saw. they assured me they had all of the ppe here. i checked in with new york city and they have all of the ppe in new york city. as the individual pop up they're reacting in realtime but continue to ensure us they have what they need at the moment. we assured them if they don't, we'll get them what they need immediately. >> we have enough ppe in stock for the immediate need. not past the immediate need but for the immediate need and we keep shopping. >> the budget quarterly reevaluation, is that something you would do? would you do it in conjunction with the legislature? what advice would you give to schools and local governments how to cope with that? >> look, we're all coping with the same thing, first of all. the federal government has a revenue loss. state governments have a revenue lost. city government have a revenue lost. so no one can say, karen, well, i don't accept this re

we can't spare the ppe. these were in plentiful supply, we could get patients' families also protected in this personal protective equipment, the ppe, and we could get them to the bedside, at least for short periods of time, to hold a hand. i mean, if you can imagine, we're getting patients into the intensive care unit who may need to get on breathing machines or get on breathing machines, are really ill, and so critically ill that they are worried that they may die and we have to separate their family members from them. we cannot afford to bring in -- bring them in, because we're worried that they will also get infected, and it's our duty to protect people. and so to leave people alone like that when they are so sick and this illness is really a miserable one. people feel terrible. so to take away their social support, the love that they need, that human touch, it feels wrong, and yet, what else can we do when we're lacking this basic equipment? >> it's unimaginable and it's unthinkable, i mean, it brings t

what's happening in the hospitals now is you have covid ppe, one protocol for ppe for covid people and one for non-covid people. covid ppe is obviously more extensive. but in hospital today you can't tell who has the coronavirus and who doesn't. so people, the staff tends to be wearing the covid ppe. they deal with one patient, take it off, put on new ppe, go on to the next patient because they don't want to infect themselves or the other patient. there has been an explosion in the use of this ppe equipment, the gowns, masks, et cetera. that's why it's happened. that increase then has forced states all across the nation, as well as other countries, to go out and furiously try to find the supplies to buy, which you can't even do. i don't think the president got that point as the reason for the exponential use. i think what the president was inferring was maybe someone was out the back door, maybe someone was taking the ppe wrongfully, et cetera. if he really believes that, then he should just call for an investigation and say i think ppe equipment is being stolen. i don't believe that's

we are rationing and reusing ppe as well here in ohio.al time where every donation of ppe is essential. every effort must be made to get ppe into the hands of the front line workers. we just saw the president again say this week that nurses are thieves. how dare he call us that? he needs to do his job so we can do ours. you know, aside from demanding that he apologized, we also demand that we get the ppe we need. we don't see any change on the home front right now. >> deb, some hospitals and hospital organizations are beginning to put out guidance requiring at some point there is going to be rationing of health care, that doctors and nurses like you are going to have to make judgments. who gets the ventilator and who does not? is that a prospect that you're forced to prepare for there in vermont? >> it absolutely is, and i mean, it's going to be happening nationally and it's just tragic. i want to take care of my patients to the best of my ability. everyone i know does. and it feels like our federal government is holding our ppe hostage a

liberty. ♪ >> equipment into ppe is an ongoing issue. we have enough for the immediate future.re desperate for personal protection equipment. >> how this unfolded online. >> they are seriously conflicting stories. andrew cuomo said all doctors and nurses in the state have enough personal protective equipment, the new york state nurses association say cuomo is wrong, we are trying to curb the pandemic and save lives but healthcare workers don't have proper protection. we invite hospital execs and lobbyists to come to new york state hospitals and speak with frontline hospitals about how ppe is being rationed. on thursday the new york post published a shocking picture that showed hospital workers at mount sinai hospital in midtown wearing makeshift gowns made of garbage bags but now the hospital says they do have enough supplies. in a statement they say this. to be clear we always provide all staff with critically important ppe they need to safely do their job. the troubling photo circulating in the media specifically shows the nurses in proper ppe under garbage bags. a nursing ma

ppe is in short supply everywhere. we are working hard to make sure the supplies are here when we need them. that includes state, and federal advocacy, working with large donors and through the spy chain to secure the ppe we all need. our top priority is the health of our patients and the people who care for them. and ppe is an important part of what is needed to do it right. >>> finally, i want of san fran importance of following the stay at home order to protect your self, your loved ones and entire community. if you're not performing you ha home and keep yourself safe. thank you and i would like to introduce chief scott who has been a great partner in this work and a great partner with his teams, helping us keep our city safe. chief scott, thank you for your leadership and partnership, and please look forward to your remarks. . >>> i want to thank our mayor, mayor london breed over this unpress tented health care crisis. can i speak for the police department we're grateful for our mayor, mayor london breed and dr. c

if you train them to use the ppe than the risk of getting infection is quite low. your staff? we are transitioning right now in the west midlands and other regions from the period of planning and we have had that luxury. lombardi didn't have that luxury. lombardi didn't have that luxury and london to a lesser extent but outside london we have had more time to plan and prepare. we are now seeing cases, confirmed cases, highly suspicious cases, that we haven't yet had the test results back from, so this is beginning to bite but at the moment, and in most intensive care units they have doubled their capacity through the use doubled their capacity through the use of different staff, freeing up of available bed space but we know that we are very quickly going to get to the limit of the capacity of this phase and have to move into the next phase where we occupy other clinical areas and provide respiratory support to these patients. what do you think, alas both of you this, what do you think of the people who aren't taking it seriously? this is a problem in britain and th

you see you have never been sure of ppe that we so have never been sure of ppe that we so the distributiondical professionals, the nursing staff and the cleaners they were so concerned that they don't have the ppe when they need it. is there not such a frustration that this is continuously happening? so this is a problem in the problem arises because procurement and getting goods to the front line is devolved to individual hospital trusts and individual departments within the trusts so some areas will be good at acquiring ppe and distributing to their staff and some will be less good. and that practice have to change because we cannot allow any health professional to assess any patient who is thought to have covid—19 without the appropriate ppe. when it comes to what we are hearing about ventilators and hearing about ventilators and hearing about ventilators and hearing about the testing that is being promised him of the increases, what is your priority? what is the thing you need the most? you're quite right. we have heard about the tests and have heard about the ventilators and a friend

he's calling the ppe levels here in new york dangerously low. he says the department has weeks, rather than months of supply. and all that we can help for is that the pleas from the governor and the mayor have been heard in washington. that's a pretty -- that's not a spligs spe politician speaking, that's the person that runs the fdny, and that's the person that runs the ems, the emergency medical technicians that go out and go to people's homes. that call volume for people with respiratory issues that may have coronavirus, covid-19, that that is starting to go up. he's seeing that tick up, and he's raising a serious concern. you know, i talked with them about their emergency preparedness, when we're not going through a crisis like this, ali, and typically they do have months of supply of the masks and the gloves and all through flu season, they put it on to keep their own people safe. he's talking about a lot of burn of that at this moment. basically, they're going through a lot of ppe very quickly. >> so you're the kind of guy that can ask thi

they got all the ppe they need in new york city. as these individual stories are popping up, they are reacting them in realtime, they assure us they have what they need at the moment and we reassure them what they don't then we'll get it for them immediately. >> we have enough ppe in stock for the immediate need. what advise would you give to the school district for local government how to cope with that? >> look, we are all coping with the same thing first of all, right? the federal government has a revenue loss, state revenue loss has a revenue loss and city government, no one can say, karen, well, i don't accept this reality of a revenue loss. it is a reality for everyone and everyone has to adjust to it. i am sure there will be some people i should not have to adjust to it. i should be held harmless to reality. no one is held harmless from reality. go tell any family out there that reality does not count. so everyone is going to have to deal with reality, i can't protect them from reality. the way the -- we have never done this

. >> when we ask for the ppe, are we going to be able to get the ppe that we need? it has to go for -- even if you think you have some covid patients. >> they are now allowing nurses to bring their own masks to work as long as they're not medical grade. but she says that doesn't provide enough protection from covid-19. >> we could be transmitting it not having the right ppe. i feel like we're walking it around and passing it around to other rooms. we can't understand why they're so stringy with the ppe. we're told, yes, we have it for now. but we need to hold back. >> nurses say a meeting is set for monday to discuss the situation. >> we want to take care of our patients. we'd just like to have some conversation about how to do it safely. >> nurses may bring their own medical grade protective masks to work. kaiser says in a statement, quote, we are providing our staff with the protective equipment that is aligned with the latest signs and guidance from the public health authorities. it goes on to say we have asked that staff continue to use masks not soiled in align

nike is making ppes during this outbreak.learned this on nike's share holder conference call last week when john donahue said the company is also developing face shields to help the company on the front line and doing it under guidance of workers who work at oregon health and science university. and new balance stepping in, announcing in a tweet it is manufacturing and delivering face masks and delivering prototypes for face masks at its lawrence, massachusetts facility. this is an interesting one. sports equipment bower, that makes hockey equipment and hockey shields announces it will shift away from that and make these helmet visors, instead to mass produce these for the healthcare community. one thing i noticed looking into this further, there seems to be a breakdown in the supply chain. obviously, the united states was not prepared for this and you're seeing the this companies and nonprofits come in and come rescue. one nonprofit, is acting as a mediator providing healthcare workers with the ppe that they need. you can go

they are flying in this ppe from all around the world. the first flight started arriving today. this is going to play out for some time. it is our expectation that over the next several days or week or so, that ppe supplies will be ly, in in more robust terms of the frequency and the amounts. on the video conference call this morning i also thank the president for extending federal mitigation efforts through april 30, which was announced yesterday at the white house. this is obviously very helpful for states like ours because it sends a clear message that we are nowhere near over the hump. we still have an awful lot of work to do to flatten the curve. i think it creates a realistic expectation in the public about andtime horizon we are on so forth. my current proclamation goes through april the 13th. by the end of the week i will be issuing an additional proclamation to get mine in line with what the president and we willsterday see whether the stay-at-home order is warranted based on the revisions we get in terms of guidance from the cdc or from the cybersecurity and infrastruc

that and the ppe for the health care workers. when doing this testing, you have to be in special equipment so you don't catch the virus. some of the stuff is not reusable. you think you just have to use a new one every time. that stuff is in short supply. i've been talking with a lot of hospital folks. that's one of the main supply needs they have. that will probably be nationwide. if you look at the last two or three weeks, it is probably the biggest rush to get medical supplies in the history of the u.s., but we can't have enough ppe. in, weet more of that are putting the infrastructure in place and hopefully we will be able to greatly expand. my view is if you look at the different countries that have faced this, the one that has been most successful, south korea. they were able to do a lot of testing. they did not do draconian controls on their population, they promoted social distancing, but were able to do the tests, isolate the proper people. florida, about 50% of our cases are miami-dade and broward county. the rest are k

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. >> when we ask for the ppe, we should be able to get the ppe that we need, rather than get one mask and told you have to make it last for the entire shift and it has to go even if you are taking care of some covid patients and some not covid patients. >> kaiser is allowing nurses to bring their masks to work as long as they are not medical grade. that doesn't provide enough protection from covid-19. >> we could be transmitting it with not having the right ppe, we feel like we are walking around and passing it along to other groups. that is not safe. we can't understand they are so stingy with the ppe, we are told on one hand, yes, yes, we have it, we have it for now, in case the surge gets worse, we need to hold back. >> they are going to discuss the situation with kaiser. >> we would like to have a conversation of how to treat our patients safely. >> they may bring a mask to work. we are providing the staff with the protective equipment that is aligned with the latest science and guidance from public health authorities. we ask that staff when practical continue to use masks that ar

everyone is concerned about ppe and making sure we have enough ppe that we don't run out of it. even though we have ppe on hand at our hospitals, we're using it as much as safely possible so we don't run out and we don't have a problem in the future with getting that supply to keep us and our patients and our families safe. >> julia, it sounds like the president wants to open parts of the country. he's been restless with the idea that there's shutdown, the economy has taken a huge hit. of course, governors have other ideas and ultimately it may be up to the governors in terms of if their state opens. can you in terms of your experience, having been in the white house, see a scenario whereby the places that are not as hard hit can return to some sort of functioning? >> well, obviously, we want to look at what recovery will look like. any person who sees the data knows we're -- this is a little premature and also you're looking at metrics rather than dates, right? the metrics are fewer people getting sick. are there icu units available? are there respirators and ventilators availa

let's see this from the public health england, they havejust ppe.he public health england, they have just said the latest figure for the daily test on saturday was just over 9000. that is relevant because matt hancock said yesterday, we have reached 10,000 per day ahead of schedule, then governments that said it was 7000 on saturday, now a third lot of figures say it was 9000 on saturday. imean, i figures say it was 9000 on saturday. i mean, i guess the bottom line is, the figures are coming in from numerous different trusts, and it mightjust be a bureaucratic difficulty in collating accurate and definitive figures. surely the bigger point is, that is still a long way short, whether it is seven, nine or ten, of what we need to be doing. we need first of all to roll out testing amongst medical staff to check whether they can return to work or whether they should not be at work, that needs to happen quickly. i come back to the point made by the former health secretary jeremy hunt at the weekend, he has said this fairly consistently. he says, if you lo

and also ppe to 68 countries, and most of these countries are from africa. who will continue to support countries who need our support, and we are negotiating with many stakeholders to build up our special logistics capacity to continue supporting the countries, as we have been doing. >> thank you dr. tedros. the next question is from brazil. someone else who has also been waiting to ask his question for a week. please go ahead. >> so my question again is on president wilson aro, and i apologize for insisting on this. but his remarks last night and over the last days, are they actually putting the lives of brazilians at risk? would you ask him to change his position and change responsibility? -- take responsibility? thank you so much. >> i think we have spoken on this issue, and issues like this before. we trust that all governments will take the appropriate actions to manage the public health risks which are real. but we also understand the terrible dilemmas country face in protecting economies and social systems. we must focus first on trying to stop this

we keep having a conversation about the ppe and how we need ppe. the most important thing is not the ppe. it is the person in the ppe. if that person suffers illness. if that person is taken out of the equation, that person is highly educated, highly trained, highly motivated to take care of patients. if you take that person out of the equation, who steps in now to take care of all those patients? it is highly troubling to see these images. >> it's so hard to know what the status of the ventilators and the ppes are because we hear different messages. we hear that businesses have taken it upon themselves, such as ford motor company to begin cranking these things out. we just saw an example of another company that actually does performances a la broadway shows, they're now making ppe. it's been remarkable, the ingenuity. do you have any sense if doctors will at some point soon have what they need? >> i think it's clear that they don't. i mean, that photo of our health care workers wearing garbage bags makes me heartbroken. it makes me ashamed. and it

. >> when we ask for the ppe, we should get the ppe that we need, rather than get one mask and told you have to make it last for the entire shift and it has to go for even if you are taking care of some covid patients and not covid patients. >> they say that they have changed their position and now allowing nurses to bring their own masks to work as long as they are not medical grade. that doesn't provide enough protection from covid-19 she said. >> we could be transmitting it with not having the right ppe. we feel like we are walking around and passing it along to other rooms and we can't understand they are so st nimpt gy with the ppe, we are told we have it, we have enough for now. but in case the surge gets worse, we need to hold back. >> nurses say a meeting is set to discuss the situation. >> we want to take care of our patients and be there, we would like to have a conversation about how to do it safely. >> now, kaiser tells us that nurse may bring their own medical grade protective masks to work. they say in a statement, we are providing our staff with the protective equipment t

>> you know nurses here are worry about the shortage of ppe. are at a point where we are signing out one mask a day and we have to keep the same mask all day unless it is soil with blood or something else then we can sign out another mask. the shortage of ppe and the reuse is a major concern for nurses here. there are many changes in the supply chain that makes people feeling uneasy and sometimes the delivery of ppe of the nurses on the front line. >> help somebody understands your profession. if you are getting one mask a day, how many patients you are encountering and how many in a perfect world if you had perfect supplies, how many would you go through? >> most nurses have two or three patients depending on the patient, each time they would go in and out of the room, they would discard and use a different mask. you could be wearing the same mask in the same room for six or seven patients. >> that's putting your health at risk, correct? >> yes. these masks are designed for single use so we are using them over and over, puts everyone at risk.

i can tell you that for the last 72 hours, ppe has improved. we know this is going to play out over an extended time. 1.i made and other governors made today, the president and vice president, was to keep the ppe coming in greater numbers. we are really doing just in time deliveries right now. we are emptying our warehouse every single night, going to different regions of the state and different hospitals. and the process will work so that as fema brings an additional ppe to the united states from all over the world, 80% of that will be allocated to traditional ppe vendors and health care providers will access ppe in the way they normally have, and a 20% allocation stays with fema and they allocated to the states based on formulas considered hotspots. they are calling this an air bridge. the first flights on the air bridge started arriving today. this is going to play out for some time. it is our recommendation that over the next day or so, that ppe supplies come in more robust in timing, frequency, and amounts. on the conference call this morn

listen. >> equipment and ppe is an ongoing issue.ow we do have enough ppe for the immediate future. the new york city hospital system confirmed that, so we have enough in stock now for the immediate need. >> another important point the governor made, he said that not all hospitals are at capacity, and the state and city have the capability to send patients to where the beds are available. lastly, this weekend, harris, new york city is going to try something new to give new yorkers a little more breathing room and a chance exercise. they are closing a number of streets to traffic and it will be only open to pedestrians. notably, one of those streets will be a very busy artery, lower park avenue. back to you. >> harris: david lee miller, thank you very much. great to know that you are talking with those hospital staff. meanwhile, "the washington post" is reporting several u.s. hospitals are debating whether to issue "do not resuscitate" orders. dnrs, they are called, for coronavirus patients, to reduce the risk of exposures to doctor a

ppe is in short supply everywhere. we are working hard to make sure supplies are here when we need them. that includes state and federal advocacy working with large donors to secure the ppe we all need. our top priority is the health of our patience and the -- patients and the people who care for them and ppe is important to do it right. finally, i want to remind all san franciscans of the importance of following the stay home order to protect yourself, your loved ones and our entire community. if you aren't be performing an essential task to keep the city running right now, then you only have one job. stay home and keep yourself safe. thank you, and i would like to introduce commander scott -- chief scott, excuse me, who is a great partner in this work, a great partner with his team on the front lines helping us keep our city safe. chief scott, thank you for your leadership, partnership, and please we look forward to your remarks. >> good afternoon. first of all, i want to thank our mayor london breed for her leadersh

>> no, we don't. >> do we have enough beds, gloves, ppe equipment? the answer is no. >> those are the governors of nevada, michigan, and i'm sure you recognize governor cuomo of new york. when should local hospitals expect to receive these supplies? >> so it's all about priorities. we have been focused on the hotspots, new york city, washington state, california, and others to make sure that we send these critical items. and we understand they're critical, to get them into the hands of governors and medical professionals so they can treat those patients affected by the coronavirus. this is our mission. i have 20,000 fema employees and i have all the employees of 13 federal agencies, the private sector, here devoting every single minute of every day to meet this demand. >> can you tell us how many tests, masks, ventilators, are in the demand, how many the governors have requested from you in terms of those items? >> i can't give you the -- i can say there's hundreds of requests from virtually every state in the union looking for the same exact things.

his response, we're doing great, good on the ppe, another perfect play. i don't think states like new york really need what they say they need. really? those are his feelings. let's get to the facts. new york state health department commissioner howard zuker, good to have you on the show. >> good to be here. >> you don't need the ventilators and you put them in warehouse which means you didn't need them. do you accept that? >> i don't. we need more ventilators. we are very concerned about patients becoming critically ill and those who are going become critically ill. >> but you don't need them now, and some have fewer than you, do it this way, when people are really sick and don't have ventilators, come to me and i'll give you ventilators. >> new yorkers are sick. in every hospital, i here it every day, we're working night and day to get the supplies they need. as you know when someone is critically ill, in the hospital, in intensive care unit, the ventilator will help save their life. we need the vent laters, looking far and wide for as many as we can fi

over the last four or six weeks 36 million items of ppe have been delivered across hospitals and haveovert hospitals and have provided care for cove rt 19 hospitals and have provided care for covert 19 cases under the conditions and all health boards have a single point of contact to manage that distribution and it should help to ensure the right equipment reaches the people who need it. this week will also deliver upfront eight weeks worth of ppe to all gp surgeries in these deliveries will start tomorrow. in the care sector we are employing additional delivery drivers and we have longer delivery hours and we are using more external delivery companies.. taking this together, i want to underline the fa ct together, i want to underline the fact that we are committed to the safety a nd fact that we are committed to the safety and well—being of all of those who welled in the health and social care services. these measures will help protect them while they protect and care for us. as ever, the best way to support the nhs is a lwa ys the best way to support the nhs is always to follow the

so that's why it's -- it's requiring a lot of ppe. i think that back when they started donating this -- this type of equipment to other countries, i think there was this mistaken belief, still, that this wasn't really going to affect people here in the united states. that was -- that was incorrect. and people in the public health world knew that it was incorrect. it's a virus. it doesn't respect borders or boundaries. they knew it was going to come. they knew it was going to spread. they knew it was very contagious. and they knew it was very lethal. so i think when they did that, it was just -- look, it was just lack of -- of planning. you know, which -- which -- you know, is unfortunate. we're paying for it now. >> yeah. kaitlan, i saw you shaking your head on that. if -- if, as the president said, i think it was a week ago, that all along, he knew this was a pandemic and it was going to be terrible, then why was he sending ppe? and, as he says, that we were woefully unprepared because of the former administration and that administra

if an individual does not have their proper ppe, they do not go on the floor, period. other suggestion is simply not accurate." governor andrew cuomo in his daily briefing told reporters that there is enough ppe to meet immediate demand in hospitals throughout the state. he also address the issue of hospitals capacity. he said that some hospitals may be at overcapacity or approaching it, but he says not all hospitals are at capacity, and the plan is now to distribute different parts of the city and the state as they are needed. lastly, the number of deaths statewide, now 385. the overwhelming number of those here in new york city. melissa. >> melissa: david lee miller, thank you for that report. and i want to go to dr. makary first. i interviewed him new york city council member about a week ago, and he predicted that this would happen. as you shut down manhattan, there's going to be people from the city who would go out to the outer boroughs. still traveling back and forth as essential workers. you know, needing to work and sort of catching the virus and bringing it b

you might not have the same ppe, in fact, i would expect you not to have, but the ppe that you have isthink there have been some distribution. we are developing a e—system. i wanted to address the second point. which is how people feel. stephen and i almost most certainly have colleagues, friends, family working on the front line and are very attuned to how it feels. just as it does to the rest of the public, this can feel quite frightening at the moment, and if you're continuously seeing patients coming through the door, that is particular the case. so we are very attuned to this and what we have been doing over the last few days is reviewing our guidance to see if, although we are quite satisfied with the technical basis of it, we can make some small tweaks to ensure that people feel safer in what they are doing and we are addressing that over the current period. thank you, jenny. end-of-life care is obviously incurred important. and i think one of the aims that we have tried to maintain throughout this, by increasing the capacity of the nhs and also suppressing the virus and reducin

. >> when we ask for ppe we should be able to get the ppe we need rather than one mask and told you have to make it last for the entire shift and even if you're taking care of some covid patients and not covid patients. >> reporter: scott-slok ys kaer cngtsn and allowing nurses to bring their own masks to work, as long as they're not medical grade, but she says that doesn't provide enough protection from covid-19. >> we could be transmitting it but not even having the right ppe we feel like we're walking around and passing it along to other rooms and that's not safe. we can't understand why they're so stingy with the ppe. we're told on one hand yes, we have enough for now, but in case the surge gets worse, we need to hold back. >> reporter: nurses say a meeting is set for monday to discuss the situation with kaiser. >> we want to take care of our patients. we'd like to have conversation about how to do it safely. >> kaiser permanente tells us nurses can bring their own medical grade productive masks to work, and kaiser says in a statement, "we are providing our staff with the protective

. >> when we ask for the ppe, we should be able to get a ppe that we need rather than get one mask andold you have to make it last for the entire shift and it has to go for -- even if you're taking care of some covid-19 and not covid-19 patients. >> reporter: he said kaiser changed his position and now allowing nurses to bring their own masks to work as long as they're not medical grade. but she says that doesn't provide enough protection from covid-19. >> we could be transmitting it by not having the right ppe, we feel like we're walking around apassing it to other rooms and that's not safe. we can't understand why they're so stingy with ppe. we're told on one hand, yes, we have enough for now but in case the surge gets worse, we need to hold back. >> reporter: nurses say a meeting is set for monday to discuss the situation with kaiser. >> we want to take care of our patients and be there and want to have conversations about how to do to safely. >> kaiser permanente said nurses can bring their own medical grade protective masks to, would. kaiser said in a statement, quote, we're provi

we're running out of ppe as well. i'm grateful we got a shipment from fema yesterday but we'll be in dire straits again in matter of days. >> every one is afraid. you think these police officers are not afraid to lever their house. you think these nurses are not afraid to go into the hospital. they're afraid, but something is more important than their fear. >> hello, every one. it's 4:00 on the east coast. you just heard pleas from the governors of new york, new jersey and michigan. they're calling for more equipment and better testing. we may hear more about that in about 60 minutes. there's a white house coronavirus task force briefing scheduled for 5:00 p.m. eastern in is are we stand at this hour. there are more than 130,000 cases nation wide. more than 2200 people have died. new york city is the epicenter of the crisis. doctors are dealing with 33,000 cases of covid-19. the city saw 4,000 new positive tests this weekend and there was a stark warning this morning for other communities across the country. >> we hav

we're moving towards getting testing where you don't have to have ppe. i'm not going to tell you the day it's going to be there. but it's going to be a swab that you can stick in the nose of the person who is either infected or not. that person doesn't need ppe. the person who is administering the test. if you could do a self-administered test, you don't need a mask, you don't need ppe. that's one of things we're trying to do. >> and one other -- this is another story about great american industry. the president and i literally heard directly from apple that they're donating 2 million industrial masks to this effort around the country and working with our administration to distribute those and it might be a good opportunity for us to renew our call for -- as the president and i deliver this message to businesses yesterday, maniers and small businesses, this is a great time to go to your store room and if you have n 95 masks, a hundred of them, 10,000 of them, just load them up, drive them over to your local hospital. that story is literally happening all

ppe equipment. right now we have enough ppe in stock, and all the local health systems say they have enough ppe in stock short term. nobody has enough long term so we're still buying and we're still talking to the federal government about acquiring more ppe. there is a concern among health care professionals because the cdc guidelines suggest a different protocol for ppe and masks depending on the condition. and apparently there is a crisis set of guidelines for -- that the cdc puts out for how many gowns -- how often you change your gown, how often you change your mask, et cetera, in a crisis, and the cdc has put those crisis guidelines in place. and many health care professionals are concerned that those guidelines do not adequately protect the nurses and the doctors and the health care staff that are working on this issue. dr. zucker is looking at that. if we believe the cdc guidelines don't protect health care professionals, then we'll put our own guidelines in place. you have a bed. you have th

and gowns and face shields and protecting our health care workers must be the top priority in this ppe. we are working with technical partners across the globe to identify ways in which we can manage this current shortage while we try to find solutions. some of these options are not ideal and this is not acceptable we have to all play our part to make sure we prioritize the use of ppe, we use ppe appropriately and that is for front-line workers who are caring for patients. >> thank you very much dr. van kerkhove. we now the question from nation media africa. are you on the line? >> i am on the line. >> very well, please go ahead. >> i would like to know who would you have done. [inaudible] is there any indication of how this affects the african countries and quickly i would like to hear comments from the director general how they plan to support. [inaudible] what they are doing now is very critical. thank you. >> i can start in mike will supplement that i can start out the first part of that with a question about the use of models to look at what may happen. we are working with groups