are asking people to stay at home, but as stephen powis as outlined and also the secretary of state for healthths? imean, i mean, look, we are focused as a government to make sure that eve ryo ne government to make sure that everyone in the nhs has everything they need in terms of resources and equipment, and ppe is at the heart of it, absolutely at the heart of protecting everybody working night and day right now to save lives, to save lives and prevent further deaths. as you have heard from stephen, and from the secretary of state for health and social care as well over a number of occasions and just standing here yesterday, there isa just standing here yesterday, there is a clear plan when it comes to ppe in the nhs — there have been distribution issues, they have now been addressed through working with the military, the mod, who are absolutely triaging and getting supplies out to the front line. but at the same time there is a herculean effort right now in terms of bolstering up our manufacturing capability and capacity. we have already had stephen referring to big companies such as rolls—

state and local health. when necessary, experienced service officers are assigned as shown here for periods of time to aid stateir special health problems. funds made available by congress have been matched by state and local agencies and used to develop local health services. under the social security act, provisions for this cooperative aid have been greatly extended. ♪ ♪ the city health officer of a western city receives a telephone call. he picks up the receiver and finds that it's from a local physician. this physician has a case the symptoms of which resemble epidemic encephalitis. there are some features which make this uncertain. city health officer remarks that he is greatly concerned as he has had similar cases reported in the past few days. the city health officer decides to notify the state health officer. he calls him by telephone and outlines the local situation. the state health officer immediately reports to the surgeon general and asks him for aid. the city health officer calls an assistant and instructs him to consult with the local physician. he is alarmed. a telegram is received from the sur

for planning cooperation in attacking health problems. for many years the public health service has cooperated with state officers to improve state and localwork. when necessary, experienced service officers are assigned to aid state and local health officers with special problems. under the social security act, provisions for cooperative aid to health services has been greatly extended. (music) the city health officer of a western city receives a telephone call. he picks up the receiver and finds it is a local physician. the physician has a case the symptoms of which resemble encephalitis, but some features make the diagnosis uncertain. the city health officer has had several similar cases were in the past few days and is concerned. the city health officer decides to notify the state health officer. he called him and outlines the local situation. -- calls and outlines the local situation. the state health officer reports to the surgeon general and asks for aid. the city health officer calls an assistant to consult with the physician and is alarmed. a telegram is received from the surgeon general. after the public health service officers c

on ppe as we have said many times, and the secretary of state for health and social care said yesterdayprotected, but they feel safe. and there are three elements to that. the first is on the guidance, guidance for ppe, and just over a week ago, that guidance was updated. it was updated by public health england, but in collaboration and with input from a wide number of professional groups, including the royal college of nursing, so i am very confident we have a set of guidance that every professional, or professionals can sign up to. and they are confident it is based on they are confident it is based on the best scientific evidence that we have. the second strand is to ensure that the supply chain is working. this has been a huge increase in the distribution, the number of organisations that need to be supplied with ppe, so we have been working with nhs england and the government to support the government to make sure we get that supply three. it is very difficult to give you a precise number because it varies from day to day and it varies from organisation to organisation, but i can a

was in hospital, there to make these decisions and the legal obligation is on the secretary of state for healthe the decision by the end of the week in any case. nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. personnel from all three strands of the armed forces will be sent to work at five ambulance trusts. they will carry out a range of tasks, including driving emergency response vehicles, moving critical care patients between intensive care units, and taking calls from the public. in spain, more businesses are being allowed to reopen. the country's lockdown has brought much of the economy to a standstill. spain is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, but the infection rate is starting to slow. thousands of employees in construction and manufacturing will be allowed to go back to work, but for the rest of the population, tough restrictions remain in place. elsewhere in europe, the italian government has told the bbc some businesses will not be allowed to fully reopen until a vaccine is found. restaurants and bars face

georgians to and to do every day as we did earlier today in this and georgia state capitol, that is to pray. to pray for the state's health helping us chart course forward, to pray for those who are on the front lines of our healthcare facilities, our first responders, and many others as well as those that are areorting them while they working long hours away from home. all our elected officials, from the president, to localicials, officials who are doing what is right. people of this country and this state. i urge you to continue to follow the guidelines and especially, especially, let's continue to vulnerablef the most to this evil disease and if we am confident that together, we will defeat the best dayss and our will remain ahead. on that, we'll wake some questions. >> thank you so much. sir, you questioned about the to reopen. you mentioned president trump. twice last week, the president criticized the decision, said it sue soon, as have a number of governors or mayors across the state. doesn't meet the white house threshold for a recommended two-week decline in cases. a question or an opinion? >> nope, that's a ques

capacity with more beds more key staff and more equipment on the front line and the secretary of state for health and social care will be updating on our plans for social care tomorrow this is why we are instructing people to stay at home so that we can protect our n.h.s. and saved lives. i can report that through the government's ongoing monitoring and testing program as of today 302599 people in the u.k. have now been tested for corona virus with 93873 people testing positive 19706 people in the u.k. have been admitted to hospital with the virus down from 20184 people yesterday sadly of those in hospital 12107 people have died an increase of 778 fatalities since yesterday after all it's are with the family and friends of all those who have lost their lives these figures are a powerful reminder to us all of the importance of following the government's guidance stay at home protect our n.h.s. and saved lives. thank you all now hand over to steve to take you through today's date or in more detail before we take some questions from the media thank you well as you just heard main strategy in combati

states. we will now hear the surgeon general briefly outline the work of the public health service. >> although the first responsibility forublic health rests upon the states and localities in our country, the federal government does much to prevent disease and improve the health of all the people. this is done in many ways. one skilled group of men and women study disease and the means of preventing it. ports toguard the prevent the introduction of disease from abroad. others have the duty to prevent and halt the spread of infections within our own territory. under the provisions of the recently enacted social security act, the public health service are cooperating with every state and territory in the development in the state and territories of a national health program. this cooperative work between the federal, state and local governments should provide new standards of health for the people. in addition, the manufacture of all serums and vaccines sold in the country is carefully supervised by the public health service, as well as monitoring drug addiction and mental hygiene. it conducts marine hospitals, in which are

an hour later that was denied by the secretary of state for health but there an area of getting the equipmentront line during this crisis. and the government is continually having to answer the challenge both in terms of actually making it happen and also track record they've had in actually making sure the rhetoric they put out about doing everything that they possibly can really match is the reality on hospital wards and care homes around the country. as for that senior official of the foreign 0ffice apparently shortly we are expecting a clarification of what he said this afternoon. for weeks now the health experts have been emphasising the importance of increasing the capacity to test people for the coronavirus. the government's target is an ambitious hundred thousand a day by the end of the month. so far the government says it has the capacity to carry out a0 thousand tests a day. but here's the challenge — the latest figures show that less than half that number of tests were actually carried out. why is that? here's our health editor hugh pym. des is a prison officer on his way into a dr

state health officer. he calls and outlines the local situation. the state health officer reports to the surgeon general and asks for aid. officer calls an assistant to consult with the physician. he is definitely alarmed. a telegram is received from the surgeon general. after the public health service officers conduct a preliminary investigation, they call a conference to discuss the situation. >> gentlemen, this epidemic is growing. at least 50 new cases are being reported daily. we must encourage close and harmonious cooperation between ourselves as representatives of the public health service and the city, county, and state health authorities. local medical schools have made available their laboratories and other facilities. >> what will be our policy in regard to information to the public? >> city health departments are notifying the public, frankly, of the situation. business must proceed as usual. there must be no panic. >> there is an unusual plague of mosquitoes. i wonder if there is a connection with this outbreak. >> we will test the theory. narrator: mosquito tests were conducted on prison inmates who submitte

for unprecedented measures. getting all of the health systems in one state to come together with the support of the health department and the state, we really have options and we have hope for south dakota. it shows how public health and the state and community health systems can really come together , that when there is a pandemic, when there is an emergency, that we really come together to help the communities we serve. it is not often that a physician faces an unknown illness. it doesn't come around very much. we know how to treat pneumonia. we know how to treat sepsis. we know how to treat influenza. this is a new disease that our physicians have no treatment options for. so, it takes research, and it takes a lot of information and data to determine what is a successful treatment? what is a therapy we can use for a patient with covid-19? i using research and doing clinical trials, we can determine if medications like hydroxychloroquine can have an impact on the disease progression. and it brings hope. as a physician, i want to know that what i am prescribing is going to make a difference for that patient, not do

they do not have the necessary protection to carry out theirjobs so we believe the secretary of state for healthhe nhs workers that they deserve to protect themselves. you're asking for him to consider his position questioning is that a helpful call in the current climate? doctors, nurses and health ca re climate? doctors, nurses and health care workers climate? doctors, nurses and health ca re workers are climate? doctors, nurses and health care workers are putting their lives on the line and not getting the help they deserve. —— protection they deserve. it is the right of everyone not put themselves at health injury hazard. that is what they are asking nhs workers today. too many nhs workers have lost their lives as a result of this pandemic and, u nfortu nately, result of this pandemic and, unfortunately, a big proportion of those people have been from black and asian ethnic minorities. it is time for the government to sort it out and get ppp to workers and stop putting pressure on nhs workers to putting pressure on nhs workers to put their lives on the line by not the sufficient protective p

the many people who have contacted them ineligible for state benefits for serving and an appointment penalty. for example, someone who received state health help for time they should have. after being approved, she was told she was disqualified for an overpayment caused by her clerical mistake and already paid it back. >> i have no idea how long i'm going to be penalized. i'm going on 6 weeks right now. can't get a hold of anyone, and i have no long idea how long this is going to last. >> she really served her 6 weeks, but because she cannot get a hold of anyone she says there is no way to get her money. >> am i going to continue with ui because theoretically i'm eligible to receive payments now, right? >> the employment development department announced that people can receive aid through pandemic unemployment assistance , the same program live for self-employed and independent contractors. >> if you are a claimant who has already filed, you are not going to have to reapply and we are asking you right now not to apply because we are going to send you a notice about how to access pua. >> it seems like processing is going to be much faster.

one of us needs to take responsibility, not only for ourselves, but for our communities, for our state's health, and also for the health care workers. that when we have so many people that spread the virus rapidly, that starts to overwhelm the health care system to be able to operate well. i want to also thank our medical centers, our universities, our hospitals, our long-term care owners and leaders because everybody is really coming together in this state, and we are focusing on creating a single entity in the way that we are working, communicating. there's nobody competing against each other. we are all part of west virginia. we are here to try to make sure we protect our citizens, as the governor said. try to reduce the number of people that die of the covid virus infection to an absolute minimum, but also to make sure that we are providing safety for our essential workers, for our first line medical care providers, for our first responders, our police, , emt's, and even people that are working in essential industries, doing the work that is helping us keep our place clean, help keep oursel

but i do have information for small businesses, close what we are focused on collecting at the levels as we hear it, and then also covid-19, which is our state website for health facts? we don't want people to believe everything they're hearing, but to really come to our site. on my see those two prominent links on the website. >>> there's obviously issues with regard to rent, you know, forgiveness of any late payments. just run us through the top resources. >>> so everything day more and more money is either going into certain programs or there are new programs started, so i would say obviously the small business administration, since they are the ones that are in overseeing all of the stimulus money that is going to go to the banks out to small businesses, the u.s. small business administration website is probably one of the good ones. small business majority, they also have experts on the sba loan process that would also help pack age that's the i-bank one of agencies under gavin newsom just launched a new program for small businesses as well, and so withr we on my website are compiling everything so every day we find out about different resources and loan

the secretary of state for health and social care will be updating on our plans for social ca re updatingcting people to stay at home so that we can protect the nhs and save lives. the government's monitoring programme as of today 3299 93,873 people have tested positive. 19,706 people in the uk have been admitted to hospital with the virus, down from more than 20,000 yesterday. sadly, of those in hospital, 12,107 people have now died, an increase of 778 cents yesterday. 0ur died, an increase of 778 cents yesterday. our thoughts are with the families of all those who have lost their lives. stay at home, protect our nhs and save lives. thank you. i will now hand over to steve to take you through today's data in more detail before we take some more questions from the media. as you have just heard, the main strategy in combating this virus is social distancing. in other words, stay—at—home, avoid distancing. in other words, stay—at— home, avoid social contacts and by doing that we can ensure that the spread of the virus, the transmission from one person to another is reduced so that over time

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last 72 hours more than 34,000 retired doctors and nurses and medical students have signed up for the states health for . >> a danville man is in intensive care suffering from covid-19 the family of jimmy chang is baffled at how he contracted the disease, he is a nursing manager in his 40s with no previous health albums and no direct contact with patients. he and his wife were just planning a family vacation with their four children for spring break but now, he is in the hospital and has not been seen by his family for the past week. >> he's in an isolation room with no when they're they are ground up in masks and eye goggles and they are in ppe equipment he is alone in the room with this high flow oxygen. >> ppe stands for personal protective equipment. the family is grateful for the outpouring of love and support from friends and family but tomorrow is their 16th wedding anniversary . >> adams/injure, the cofounder of the band fountains of wayne has died at the age of 52 for complications of covid-19. /injure was nominated for an oscar in 1996 for that thing you do. he won emmy awards for writing

for 14 days. alaska and hawaii also require anyone coming from other states to self-quarantine. now, the airlines and some health experts say flights are an essential service right now for people and for supplies and they need to continue during this crisis. >>> time is 4:37. tonight in florida, a stay-at- home order takes. florida governor ron densantes finally issued that order after being criticized that the state was not moving fast enough to prevent the coronavirus from overwhelming the state of florida. >> at this point, i think even though there is a lot of places in florida that have very low infection rates, it makes sense to make this move now, and you know, i did consult with folks in the white house. i did speak with the president about it. he agreed with the approach of focusing on the hotspots. >> right now, there are more than 7700 confirmed cases of coronavirus in florida and more than 1 hub people have died. >>> well, two virus-stricken cruiseships are scheduled to dock in florida later today, but the state has not indicated whether or not that will, in fact happen. more than 230 people on a hol

the cabinet are there to make these decisions and the legal obligation is on the secretary of state for health make the decision by the end of the week. thank you very much. nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. personnel from all three strands of the armed forces will be sent to work at five ambulance trusts. they will carry out a range of tasks, including driving emergency response vehicles, moving critical care patients between intensive care units, and taking calls from the public. china has reported 108 new cases of the virus , the highest daily figure in more than five weeks. most of the latest infections are among chinese nationals returning from overseas. 0ur china correspondent robin brant explained more. they are particularly worried about imported cases, international travellers coming into china and bringing coronavirus with them. at the moment as well, there's a real cluster emerging in a province in the north, near the border with russia, heilongjiang, and we are seeing in recent weeks that a number of chines

capacity with more beds more keystone off and more equipment on the front line and the secretary of state for health and social care will be updating on our plans for social care tomorrow. this is why we are instructing people to stay at home so that we can protect our n.h.s. and save lives. i can report that through the government's ongoing monitoring and testing programme as of today 302599 people in the u.k. have now been tested for corona virus with 93873 people testing positive 19706 people in the u.k. have been admitted to hospital with the virus down from 20184 people yesterday sadly of those in hospital 12107 people have died an increase of 778 fatalities since yesterday after what's up with the family and friends of all those who have lost their lives. these figures are a powerful reminder to us all of the importance of following the government's guidance. stay at home protect our n.h.s. and save lives thank you and now hundreds are to steve to take you through today's day to read more detail we've just heard from the trial to go soon giving the government's daily coronavirus press conferen

for health coverage. plus, this year, the state is providing more help than ever before. cause a new law requires californians to have health coverage or pay a penalty, covered california has made it easier to get financial help, but time's limited. visit coveredca.com or call to enroll today. . >>> living in a school dorm. homeless people were moved to sonoma state. the changes that are happening. >> most students moved out to hearn remotely. that leaves the campus vacant. >> i saw them putting it up. >> a mom and daughter have watched the changes. dorm rooms are getting new york bands. homeless people at risk. >> i feel this is a perfect location. nobody is doing anything on the campus. >> the national guard got the campus ready. >> you have the gyms, large meeting spaces. areas where people can be triaged. >> you have the dorms where you can have the isolation areas. >> some neighbors who stroll the grounds find the new use unsettling. >> i'm going to walk a different way so not to bother them. >> these are unusual times, and we're trying to do our best. >> there's 24 h

of the many people who have contacted ktvu in eligible for state benefits because they are serving a penalty, basically someone who had state healthor a time they did not. you have to pay back, pay a penalty, and cannot collect unemployment for 23 weeks. after being approved she was told she was disqualified by an overpayment caused by a clerical mistake and she already paid it back. >> i have no idea how long i'm going to be penalized. i'm going on 6 weeks with no payment. can't get a hold of anyone and i have no long idea how long this is going to last. >> sera served or 6 weeks but because she cannot get a hold of anyone she says there's no way to get her money. >> am i going to continue with ui? because theoretically i'm eligible to receive payments now, right? >> the appointment development department said people can receive aid through pandemic unemployment assistance, the program live for self-employed and independent contractors. >> if you are a claimant who has filed for one, you are going to have to reapply and we are asking you not to apply because we are going to send a notice about how to access p you it. pua. it seem

health officials without fear of prosecution. thank theespecially mayor for raising awareness about this issue in our state. other peopleeral and organizations i would like to recognize for their efforts behind the scenes. once again, i would like to thank kevin brown, ceo of piedmont health care and his team, along with any, many other great health care professionals across our state, for literally working night and day on smart ways to increase our surge capacity in our state, and keep our georgians safe and happy. done ave really tremendous job of helping us with that, and i am very grateful. i also want to thank many members of the business community, too many to name, that have stepped up to answer the call to action in recent weeks, but a few leg delta airlines, which is providing free flights for out-of-state medical volunteers who are willing to travel and join the frontline fight against the virus, cvs health, which we talked about last week that helped us increase our testing capacity by 1000 tests per adroit attack. like home depot,, which is providing shipment of ppd to health care workers and ma

state. stephen: dr. arthur reingold is an epidemiologist at uc berkeley's school of public health. despite his praise for the state's overall response to this pandemic, dr. reingold admits that public health systems and emergency response plans to large scale crises are in need of improvement. arthur: that public health infrastructure has been allowed to shrink substantially over the past 10 or 15 years, so that we are left really with a pretty modest capability. stephen: both dr. reingold and ray kelly both point to the single regionwide shelter at home order as an example of how a public health crisis should be managed. and they say that things like social distancing and mask and gloves may be around for years. coming up after the break, along with social distancing and shelter at home, the word "shortage" has become part of the pandemic lexicon, and it's one with dire implications. then school's out, and for some local students at a private school, it's out for good. they're our neighbors. and they're our friends. they're our parents... our brothers and sisters. and our children. but now, they are mor

biological chemical terrorism as part of the program, my passion was for the public health preparedness program to put money out in a state and local health departments to help pay for this ezeeka response, we simply pull back some of the money to help support other areas where they've already had 1100 cases of tragic in of cases. but why are we taking what my analogy is validation to the pacific story of the building. so this is our preparedness infrastructure across the u.s. why we should you money out of that. we should put money into the preparedness infrastructure and when i will leave you with this number is all about observable measures. if .7. in the last three years, they've been doing some great work looking at how prepared the united states is for public health emergencies and every year is a little bit better. stop 6.7 out of ten. that's just not goodd enough for us here. for really want to make sure the americans are protected against public health threats. and the responsibility of government is to help protect us against threats that includes public health and we make sure i am old enough to realize he cann

state officials can directly schedule people who require testing local districts. i want to be crystal clear. we do not want people showing up unannounced to a hospital, emergency room, or health care facility for a test. you need to contact your local health department before arranging for a test. while testing numbers continue to frustrate georgians and state leaders alike, i am proud to talk about the progress we have surge capacity. over the weekend, the state executed a contract to build an alternative care facility. yesterday the georgia national gema, the department of public health and contractors begin preparing for potential coronavirus patient surge. pods the 209 icu medical similar to large cubicles with patient rooms, we will be able to house georgians with mild to moderate illness, and if needed, we can quickly expand capacity to 409 icu beds. our team will utilize contract medical staffing for the states projected date, currently set for april 26, 2020. this project will leverage existing support with initial operating capacity available in roughly one week. we are grateful for our partnership under the leadership . this project will ensure sex ability and address needs as they a

center here in berlin and he's also worked at the harvard school of public health in the united states professor thank you so much for joining us now you are familiar with both the german and american health care system so in your assessment what are the main differences in how the 2 countries have been dealing with the coronavirus crisis i think the difference is certainly in the healthcare system where the united states is very good for a small section of the population mother never. not as well. as in germany and yet. the united states is that it's a reaction to. being. made so the parents are getting ready for what is coming has been last you. wish it would have been well you mention that the u.s. responded rather late i understand you are in contact with colleagues in the u.s. is there another reason why this crisis has accelerated so quickly in america and especially in hospitals like new york. well the spread of the virus is something that we certainly did predict it in terms of how fast the virus crosses the country is that the confidence that if you wish what is difficult because this is really how the healt

do every day and to do as we did earlier today in this same georgia state capitol, and that is to pray. to pray for the state's health leaders who are helping us chart the course forward, to pray for those who are on the front lines of our healthcare facilities, our first responders, and many others as well as those that are supporting them while they are working long hours away from home. pray for all our elected officials, from the president, state officials, to local officials who are doing what is right. to help the people of this country and this state. i urge you to continue to follow the guidelines and especially, especially, let's continue to take care of the most vulnerable to this evil disease and if we do, i am confident that together, we will defeat the coronavirus and our best days will remain ahead. on that, we'll wake some questions. -- take some questions. reporter: thank you so much. sir, you questioned about the decision to reopen. you mentioned president trump. twice last week, the president criticized the decision, said it was too soon, as have a number of governors or mayors across the state. and

engineers and milk sanitarian's for the health district, enabling prompt service to be rendered in connection with any sanitary problem in the district. ♪ >> new york state'sor the control of pneumonia embraces a variety of activities. serums for the treatment of the five types approved of value are dispensed at no cost to physicians. diagnostics at approved laboratories. [indiscernible] blood cultures are highly important in cases of pneumonia. extensive graduate medical education is undertaken, in cooperation with new york state medical society. every available means of reaching the medical profession is being utilized, in the belief that earlier diagnosis and wider and more ample use of the serums available may result. the need for teaching the general public the seriousness of certain early symptoms of pneumonia and of the urgency of medical care is recognized. the availability of serum is insufficient and less and public makes its early use possible. skillful nursing care is important. increasing time is devoted to bedside care as well as demonstration for pneumonia cases. new york state nurses association is cooperating with the state health departme

states? sec. pompeo: every country has that response ability to share that information as soon as we get it. >> thank you. the world health organization has a fund-raising drive for $700 million. china only donated 20 million. the united states still needed less. do you feel that china should be giving more to this world health organization effort? sec. pompeo: at this point, we are reevaluating our funding with respect to the world health organization. this is very consistent with what president trump said at the beginning of his campaign. organizations have to work and deliver the outcomes for which they were intended. we need to make sure that it is not only the world health organization but every international organization. that we take taxpayer money and give it to them for the benefit of america. we need to make sure it is delivering on the taxpayer dollars. the world health organization is no different in that respect. they have to execute on the mission they are designed to achieve. we are saying here we are. it has not accomplished what it was intended to deliver. >> mr. secretary, you said staffers have tested positive. will they get the hydroxychloroqu

states, most hospitals, are seeing record shortfalls. we have should be doing both, providing support for our health systems and our states and providing supports for small business. i'm very hopeful we'll work this out within the next few days. reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin has been involved in the negotiations too. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he is prepared to come to have unanimous consent and change that number at any point this week. back to you. melissa: edward, thank you. connell? connell: let's, melissa, go back to the close on wall street. we say it was mostly lower day for stocks. lauren simonetti following it all for us. lauren? >> yeah, but we're coming off the best week for the broader market in 46 years, connell. so at the close stocks finishing well off their lows. the dow closing 328 points to the downside. but that was 300 points off the low of the session. nasdaq rallying into the close, gaining half of 1%. investors are bracing for earnings season to see how companies are withstanding coronavirus. they might not get their answers. we've seen about 300 companies withdrawing their guidance unable to

grateful for the generosity that is being shown by so many businesses, who continue to donate things to the state. thant a donation of more 100 gallons of hand sanitizer to the state of louisiana for health care and emergency response facilities. facebook donated 25,000 masks to us, and 200 thermometers. and i found out today that popeyes is funding one million meals for families in the new orleans area through the second harvest food bank, which is the largest food bank for that region. i did speak to the popeyes' ceo today to thank him for the generous donation, and also for the chicken that i enjoyed on occasion. [laughter] i happen to be a big fan of popeyes' spicy fried chicken. before i take questions, i do that thereind folks is a forecast that calls for a severe risk -- that calls for a of severe weather -- that calls for a risk of severe weather. we have a midweek threat as well, and i am asking people to pay attention to that. we obviously don't know exactly where or when it might hit. the threat from north to louisiana as more significant than south to louisiana yet again. i am asking people to pay attention to their new stations and radio stations, check your local weather, a

state health department announcing within the past 24 hours in oklahoma that getting testing and ppe, personal protective equipment, into nursing homes is now the top priority of the oklahoma state health department. i've been waiting for a state health department to say that. in oklahoma, they have formed a state long-term health facility task force, okay? call it whatever you want. they've got somebody working on the problem. they broke the state into 11 regions. each region has reportedly been assigned an epidemiologist, a dedicated nursing team, and long-term care consultants. those teams will each be responsible in each of their 11 regions for getting testing at each facility in their part of the state. the oklahoma newspaper reports today that those teams will also work on how to isolate residents who have it. they will beef up infection control protocols in nursing homes. and they will, quote, work with facilities on their personal protective equipment needs. now, working with them on those needs is not the same thing as committing to get those facilities what they need, but at least they're pointing in the right direction, right? at least they are pointing at the part of the problem where the most americans wil

for those who have lost work, lost health insurance due to the pandemic, for member that healthcare.gov is the website to visit for health insurance options and also that all insurance companies in the state, including medicaid and medicare, are covering health care visits inte telehealth as really important. as we continue to push through this together, i know these are difficult times for everybody, filled with uncertainty and escalating anxiety. for many, this is exacerbating existing behavioral health conditions, and for others, it is causing the onset of mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression. i am proud of the work that our teams are doing to ensure that people that need services have access to the right services at the right time, delivered in the most accessible places during this public health crisis, and we are grateful for all of our partners that are working with us to creatively serve people during this trying time. in particular, i want to make sure everyone is aware of our c helpline. it connects north carolinians to additional mental health resource systems to build resilience during times of crisis. if you are feeling anxious or depressed or just want so

state of california is asking for your help. sales fooforce created this web. if you have equipment available. 79,000 health care professionals have volunteered for the new state health corps. so many people willing to help. >>> no price gouging on critical items, thas the executive order from governor newsom. this means sellers cannot increase prices on food, medical or emergency supplies and other items by more than 10%. >>> a grim warning from the white house during the coronavirus task force briefing. the president warned the coming weeks will likely see a surge in the number of deaths each day. he asked states not to inflate the need of critical supplies to make sure the supplies get where they're most needed. >> it's understandable that officials seek to get the most they can get for their communities. but the fears of the shortages have led to inflated requests. we have some states and areas where they're just asking for far more -- look, one state was asking for 40,000 ventilators. 40,000. >> the president repeated his goal of getting the economy back on track as soon as possible. but did not mentio

state. slowing the infection, securing adequate ppe for health care workers. hiring enough people for contact tracing. isolate anyone who is positive anywhere in the state. >> i think that you will see a higher level of coordination and alignment in terms of how we take actions. but it is our framework going to look the same as california's framework? absolutely not. >> washington is likely to be the first state to lift its order. he will not wait for california or oregon. he said this will not be a statewide order, but it will allow different communities to act independently. you will probably see restaurants at half capacity. people still wearing their masks even when he does handle this order or at least mediate this order. back to you. >> neil: it makes sense. they're not going to jump and run out of there homes. whenever it happens. what are they going to look for to justify a move slowly unwind this so-called lockdown? we have with us over the lingo medical center in new york. a doctor, great to have you. what would you look for, doctor, to unwind and jus

health care in the united states well so i'm a 3 bones knighted by the tory government. spent 10 years as a senior executive promoting private health care in the united states for one of the most infamous private. health insurance company united health whose. chief executive officer was involved in the biggest share scandal in in in american corporate history that had nothing to do personally with stevens of course but that was that was the letter that stevens was climbed before he was plucked out of there by david cameron's. coalition government. and i think from 2014 made made head of n.h.s. england and under stevens watch. as of november last year bed capacity in the health service had dropped 212-7000 the lowest ever when you think that when the health service began in 1948 it was well over 400000 beds but bed capacity dropped to the lowest ever and the lowest in europe the health service was always proud and rightly so of that its bed capacity was one of the highest in the world. but cut away. cutting to such a degree that the just the usual the 4 percent increase in the health services budget just to keep it on track was cut back to one percent had a devastating eff

i want to thank you, governor, for allowing us to support you and i also want to thank all of the health care workers throughout the state, all those workers who care for patients and, more importantly, care about them as well. thank you very much. all just want to thank three of these great doctors and their health care systems, but all the others that also serve on our response team. there are another of other ones who are not here today but they are credible. the secretary fran phillips has been a leader. you have seen her and every one of these press conferences. and we have the major general from the national guard here with us as well. our team at the state level has done an incredible job. i talked to our state leaders every day, i talk with the smart doctors from all the hospitals, we talk to a bunch of other folks. you do not see all the stuff going on behind the scenes, but every one of these folks is a superstar, and they haven't stepping up. all the people who -- and they have been stepping up. the doctors and nurses and technicians, all the people on the front lines, there is an awful lot of other folks, too

for health coverage. plus, this year, the state is providing more help than ever before. and because a new law requires californians to have health coverage or pay a penalty, covered california has made it easier to get financial help, but time's limited. visit coveredca.com or call to enroll today. while keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out! -sort of. so while you're discovering new things to do in the box, we'll be here for you... at the drive-thru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. >>> take a look at that how many servers were out less than two hours ago at steamer lane in santa cruz. beginning tomorrow if they ngou e out, they will face foone last -- >> last hurrah? >> yes. >> just stay home and do something with the family. >> when they get out of the water, they will get a ticket but we will not send boats out there or paddle out or anything like that but they are taking the risk of $1000 for that to our surfing session. >> the santa cruz county sheriff's department once everyone off the beaches, off the sand, the peers, the paths and all of the other

for that one hospital. the local health director and the mayor of grand island, again this is the local health director, not the state health director who says everything is fine, the local health director and the mayor of grand island, nebraska, have asked the governor, please, for a stay-at-home order, shelter at home order, please, maybe even for just a couple of weeks so they can try to get their hands around this fast-growing outbreak there. governor ricketts in nebraska has told grand island no, they can't do that, because everything's fine. the governor of nebraska said today, quote, our plan is working. i don't know what the plan is exactly, but it apparently involves opening up the giant nebraska crossing mall, as of next week, they're planning on reopening a big outlet mall next week, while they don't deal with this huge outbreak in the middle of the state that's already pretty well full-up, filled up the one hospital in that community. the nebraska hospital association is up in arms about them planning to reopen this gigantic mall, saying doing that would quote pose a serious threat to the health of all ne

government officials continue to push for more and about the testing which health officials have said is key to returning to normal elizabeth cohen reports. >>across the state of new york health officials are arranging for blood tests to try to answer this question. how many new yorkers have already had novel coronavirus it's called antibody testing. >>they had the virus they develop the antibodies. >>and there are now 41. recovered. >>if someone has antibodies it's possible they're immune to the coronavirus if enough people are immune. the economy could start the process of safely opening back up again. thursday governor andrew cuomo announcing that the state has been 3,000 antibody test but it's not going as fast as anyone would like state we getting better and better at it. >>as the weeks go by, but we are not in a situation where we say we're exactly where we want to be with regard to testing. >>part of the problem the u.s. food and drug administration relaxed its rules and allow dozens of companies to sell test without first proving that they can get accurate results so it's hard to know which tests will work just for have been officially approved repr

health and data privacy so far of the signs are all for public health. using mobile phones to tackle the coronavirus without a massive increase in states of eylandt for weeks over 100 experts from 8 countries have been working to achieve this goal now they've come up with an app that uses bluetooth technology to anonymously monitor whether other users on nearby for a certain period of time. if a user has tested positive for the corona virus other pieces who were in contact received a warning. up as a free app works on a voluntary basis privacy will be strictly respected because we will on no account to use personal data or location data neither will day to be saved over a long period but rather just for 21 days. germany's business friendly free democratic party is among those to back the idea. the the plot from the of this platform is li european city sion it conforms to data protection regulations and respects society our values and can contribute to health protection from the finnish tap isn't ready yet and the german government says the newly announced project is just one of many options he's considering you know shouldn't have to spend as cunts i can t

as the secretary of state for health and social care said here a couple of days ago, public health englanding, technology is being used to develop an app that will assist, but the point at which to introduce that is the point at which we have maintained social distancing, we have driven the infection rate down and it can be introduced in a way that is most effective as possible. so the core message is really to continue to comply with the social distancing instructions because by getting the infection rate down, which is what is happening at the moment, we'll get that in the best position for track and trace. thank you. next we have paul brand from itv. given the prime minister's return tomorrow, when do you expect him to follow the first ministers of scotland and wales and start setting out a strategy to potentially begin lifting the lockdown? and on care homes, today the foreign secretary said the numberof homes, today the foreign secretary said the number of deaths in care homes was coming down in a similar rate to hospital deaths. what is the evidence for that, please, and can you shar

those advisors include the commissioner for state health services, and they also include dr. mark mcclellan. he served as f.d.a. commissioner and medicaid and mowed care commissioner for the united states. it includes an infectious disease special hist and tracing covid-19 at the university of texas medical school, dr. parker hudson. and they include the executive advice chancellor for health affairs of the university of texas system. they will work together to develop a medical architecture to comprehensively test and trace covid-19 that will enable texas to gradually and safely begin the process of returning to work and returning to other activities while we wait for the immunizations that will end he threat of covid-19. our medical team will work with an advisory committee of successful business and community leaders who will share information and innovative ideas to help businesses strategically reopen while also containing the spread of the coronavirus. they include entrepreneurs like endra scott and mack giomekanel. world renowned tech leaders like michael del and robert