will face a prison sentence of up to 10 years actually a ridiculous thing for the secretary of state for health to say we're really going to lock people up for 10 years so being dishonest about the fact that they've been to portugal by all means give them a shine does mr hancock really think that nondisclosure of a visit to portugal is worse than the large number of violent firearms offenses or sexual offenses involving minors for which the maximum is 70 years hancock's red list refers to 33 covert hotspots including brazil and south africa which is registered a highly infectious new strain of the coronavirus british nationals returning from any state on the red list will have to quarantine a government approved hotels a significant expense to themselves for 10 days and put it up for debate. i think one of the big issues that we've suffered from is people coming into the united kingdom from hot spot countries we've not had the proper testing at the airports and we've not had the proper car intake but now what we've got to do is absolutely guarantee that it would not conditionals our borders we

will face a prison sentence of up to 10 years to leave ridiculous thing for the secretary of state for health to say we're really going to lock people up to 10 years so being dishonest about the fact that they've been to poach go by all means give them a fine does mr hancock really think that non-disclosure of a visit to portugal is worse than the large number of violent far arms offenses where sexual offenses are moving minors for which the maximum is 7 years. earlier they're referred to the red list of infection hotspots a total of $33.00 countries have been singled out an include brazil and south africa which have registered highly infectious new strains of covert 19 british nationals who've been to those locations can still get back home but also though have to quarantine a government approved hotels only expense for 10 days several other south american and african countries are also on that red list along with portugal and the united arab emirates. right discussing it with us now political commentators anthony webber and gentlemen welcome to the program andre 1st of all that does 10 year

health services for the county of san diego. and that lasted for 10 years, and then i retired and did some community work, organized both local and state african-american organizations that focused on health care for minorities and the poor. and here i am. i moved to durham, north carolina five years ago to be close to my older daughter. i have two daughters, three granddaughters, and one great granddaughter. my wife gail, we married, let's see, that would have been right before i entered the army, and that was 62 years ago. so i left her home. she didn't feel like getting dressed and coming out here. so that is my life story. i don't know whether the manhattan project had any specific impact on my life, you know, it didn't lead me to anything. i was very, very proud to have been part of the effort that ended that war, and there is no question about that. and you know more about what happened than i do. interviewer: let's see if you can recall any details and kind of give us a sense of what was like to be part of this secret experiment. did you said you later figured out the connection, when you were in canada and they dropped the atom

preparing for future public health challenges. overall, safety net providers, state medicaid programs, community health centers and public health departments are all critical for mitigating the spread of covid-19 as well as better addressing social determinants of health. improving access to care such as chronic conditions and reducing health disparities in communities of color. my colleagues and i understand that took combat covid-19 demands bipartisan solutions. we know these proposals will enable the nation to make progress in stopping the spread of this menacing virus and its new variants, and saving lives. our recommendations provide the biden administration and congress with important details on how to implement an effective plan. they represent both republican and democratic ideas. an -- ideas. an effective pandemic response must be bipartisan with a focus on putting the health of the american people first. i will turn it over to anand and my fellow task force members for discussion. anand: senators, thank you so much for your comments at this time. we will mo

of the state of georgia in this defining moment in american history for sending john and me to the united states senate. they sent us with a mandate to address the devastation of this book health crisis for our state and our country, and we intend to live up to that promise. the people of georgia are the ones who helped to make this robust relief possible. they stood up not only for that statement for the country, and now it's up to the congress to deliver. and that's why our top priorities for getting the vaccine distributed in our state, and delivering the relief and assistance georgians need to get on their feet through this tough time. this is one moment in which it's very clear that public policy is quite literally a matter of life and death. and so it's true that congress needs to take bold action took georgians and americans respond to a once in a century pandemic that is great and economic turn down, the of which we haven't seen in 75 years. and we do that by passing this $1.9 trillion relief proposal, and when we do that here are the things we bring home for the people of georgia. $20 billion in vaccine procurement, distribution and outreach so we can address the heal

now is new york state democratic senator gustavo rivera, the chairman of the state's senate health committee. thank you for coming on. as i mentioned, you are a democrat but you have been quite critical of governor cuomo's handling of this whole thing. so the explanation yesterday, did that help explain it for you? >> not particularly. the reality is that even though many folks have lauded governor cuomo's leadership he looked competent compared to the white house. and his administration could be competent but in this regard, what they've been doing is they've been stonewalling us on data for months. i co-chaired a series of hearings that were over 30 hours last summer on the impact of hospitals and nursing homes and he stonewalled us for seven pos and it was not until the attorney general who i thank on the record for doing her job, and doing an investigation here, that is the only time that he

the goals for this unique partnership, among the consortium of state-wide health organizations is eventually stand up a network of hubs across the state, which will serve as a model for similar efforts in other states as well. i'm just excited personally to be part of this in helping to make history. locations will be chosen to maximize access. especially for communities where populations who are historically have experienced challenges with respect to health and healthcare access. dignity health, we always talking about reaching the disenfranchised and the poor. this is directly in line with the mission of our organization. the moscone location is part of a network of high value vaccination sites organized by the city and county of san francisco and healthcare providers. this consortium will enable partnering healthcare organizations such as ours, dignity, to leverage resources and staff, align operations for efficient and safe vaccine delivery and offer convenient parking for patients, if needed. as part of this collaboration, we will remain committed to getting the covid-19 vaccine to the

for my bipartisan bill. the immunization infrastructure modernization act to provide a support and guidance to the health care departments at the state and local levels, and most poorly to improve our health care information framework. i yield back. >> chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas for five minutes. >> i thank the chair. it's interesting to me that just a little less than a year ago we had a committee briefing and would not have hearings in a timely way. all the experts in public health were at that briefing, names you would recognize. dr. fauci would ask -- was asked how long before we get a vaccine . he says if everything goes perfectly, 18 months, but i must caution you, everything never goes perfectly. i don't believe dr. fauci was misleading us a year ago. i think he was speaking as to the way the world was a year ago. but this became a priority. the previous administration appropriately recognized that priority and began what we now know as operation warp speed. realistically, this vaccine was available -- the emergency youth authorization came in the middle of december -- use authorization came in the middle of

the shadow secretary of state for health and social care today tweeted that labour is calling on ministersan old t—shirt. it�*s got three layers, so should do a reasonable job of stopping any virus that i might release, which really matters because up to one in three people may be infected without even realising. next up in quality is the surgical mask. these are water resistant, so if someone coughs right at you, the virus should be blocked. they should provide you with some good protection and others around you, but they don�*t fit very well. there are gaps at the sides that tiny virus particles called aerosols could get through. you can see how that happens in these lab tests. they show how air and aerosols can�*t escape from around the masks. they show how air and aerosols can escape from around the masks. so, to guard against that, there are better grades of masks. they�*re called n95 in the us, or ffp2 or ffp3 in the uk. these have a much closer fit. no gaps, which means you should be safer, but they are a lot more expensive. straight to washington. we�*re expecting to hear president

for frontline health care workers through the covid-19 provider relief fund rejected. more relief for mental health and suicide prevention, rejected. sending more funding to states to help combat the opioid crisis, another health epidemic made worse by covid-19, many refer to it as the epidemic within the pandemic. rejected. upholding hyde rejected. we also offer amendments to protect our workers from president biden recent executive orders that have worsened the economic crisis which would have reauthorized keystone and stopped the ban on fracking. the majority struck down every single one of these. every single one. yes, i'm disappointed. i hear things that the markup, quote, this is a good idea in theory, or i support the premise of this amendment. i ask what are we waiting for? people are suffering and begging to get back to work and for their kids to be in school isn't a premise or a theory. it's reality today. we have filed many of these, again, but i would like to talk about one in particular. representatives fox and i have filed an amendment cosponsored by our republican colleagues applying the hyde amendment to this bill. and i urge bipartisan support.

— that the secretary of state for health had not acted legally in the awarding _ health had notsee how their money is being spent? to the public and see how their money is being spent?— is being spent? to the best of my memo , is being spent? to the best of my memory. the _ is being spent? to the best of my memory, the labour— is being spent? to the best of my memory, the labour party - is being spent? to the best of my memory, the labour party were l memory, the labour party were advocating during the earlier stages of the crisis that we should secure ppe from a theatrical impresario who specialised in capes and accounts, and if it will age and who claim to be able to get horde skirts called of mars. we went as fast as we possibly could to get ppe, and those who are not denouncing us for going too fast for those who were complaining back then that we were not going fast enough. mr; complaining back then that we were not going fast enough.— not going fast enough. my right honourable _ not going fast enough. my right honourable friend _ not going fast enough. my right honourable

for holding this important hearing. i want to think the state public health official for taking the time to join us as your vaccination programs are well underway, the federal government and the state during a monumental task to vaccinate everybody who wishes to be vaccinated i appreciate you attending today as we discussed ways to increase covid-19 vaccination it was one year ago when this country identified the first case of the new virus that was spread throughoutho the nation, in this pasture the federal government and the states haveve come together to fight the pandemic from providing testing for therapeutic and ultimately a vaccine for america. pfizer and moderna continue to manufacture vaccines with full capacity byng releasing 1200000k to feel the overwhelming demand from the state ending the pandemic hinges on the efficacy of the national vaccine distribution efforts. this effort includes not only sending vaccines to states but also getting shots in the arms, today the federal government has shipped more than 49 million doses of covid-19 vaccines to states, states have administered almost 28 million of those doses to

he covers the economic and health impacts of the pandemic in the state, so, david, welcome. >> thanks forgned, but the governor's office says two of them still work for the state, and at least one official left for other reasons. do you know if any of them resigned out of frustration specifically because of the governor's handling of the pandemic? >> from what inside senior health officials told us morale plummeted to levels no one could remember. past emergencies had always caused folks inside the health department to rally because they were suddenly called upon to show their expertise, and in this case they were sidelined and disrespected by staffers and aides to the governor, they said, and so in -- in that context we had these nine resignations of people that are not just anyone at the health department but it goes all the way up to the deputy commissioner for public health, the director of their office of communicable disease control, the state epidemiologist. i mean, these are people that are, you know, in charge of the public health response for the state, and so this was a concern

the goals for this unique partnership, among the consortium of state-wide health organizations is eventuallystand up a network of hubs across the state, which will serve as a model for similar efforts in other states as well. i'm just excited personally to be part of this in helping to make history. locations will be chosen to maximize access. especially for communities where populations who are historically have experienced challenges with respect to health and healthcare access. dignity health, we always talking about reaching the disenfranchised and the poor. this is directly in line with the mission of our organization. the moscone location is part of a network of high value vaccination sites organized by the city and county of san francisco and healthcare providers. this consortium will enable partnering healthcare organizations such as ours, dignity, to leverage resources and staff, align operations for efficient and safe vaccine delivery and offer convenient parking for patients, if needed. as part of this collaboration, we will remain committed to getting the covid-19 vaccine to the

indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of and pollution across 5 known for dia the state's health experts and mention the same thing warning for months that the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on those is the cause of 19. a tamil journalist in search of a missing colleague stops at nothing to bring his story to the public. in sri lanka press freedoms are under threat. and some stories can only be told by those who will not compromise on the truth. news from just one part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. 500 chimes to mark a grim milestone as the united states records more than half a 1000000 coronavirus debts. about this and this is all it is in a live from doha also coming up british prime minister barak johnson announces the easing of coronavirus restrictions in england may include reopening schools and allowing.

for that? i think the secretary of state _ apologise for that? i think the secretary of state for - apologise for that? i think the secretary of state for healthies who had run out of ppe... you will remember, as people watching at the time will remember, there were doctors going into work, health care staff, in home—made masks. health care staff, in home-made masks. ,, ., masks. the ons... forgive me. the national audit _ masks. the ons... forgive me. the national audit office _ masks. the ons... forgive me. the national audit office looked - masks. the ons... forgive me. the national audit office looked at - masks. the ons... forgive me. the national audit office looked at this | national audit office looked at this very carefully. they came back with a report that said no hospital trust went without ppe. that is the quality of the team in the united kingdom that was delivering on ppe. the question that lends itself, do you take that team off their work delivering critical ppe to doctors because they have to fill in some paperwork so they hit the deadline and are not two, three weeks late, or do you keep them doing theirjob properly to make

the state has since changed its strategy for allocation and moving more away from hospitals and health systems, into rural areas and counties and others and so we did not get enough vaccine. >> the spokesperson for the state health department told cnn it is unfortunate that they chose to cancel second dose appointments while we're continuing to work with them. what is going on here? >> we too, we're just exceptionally disappointed. as you could imagine here if the state of michigan, vaccination applications are high. the demand is high. and most of our doses were scheduled when people got their first vaccine. we wanted them to leave the first vaccine with their second appointment. so we knew and the state knew and people getting vaccinated knew when the second doses were due. we've done a lot of reconciliation with the tate on the the numbers and the need for vaccine. un unfortunately we were told how much we would get and we used every last dose of yesterday. meaning i have absolutely no vaccine for today in order to keep the appointments that were prescheduled. we did work through th

for your introduction of dr. murthy. i'm pleased to introduce dr. levine the former secretary of health for pennsylvania and also former professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at penn state university and the immediate past president of the association of state health officials and the nominee to serve, of course, as assistant secretary of health at the department of health and human services. i've known dr. levine for years. thanks to her previous service as both secretary of health, as well as the physician general of pennsylvania. a position that is comparable to that of our other distinguished nominee today, dr. murthy. in this terrible time of crisis for our country when we have tragically lost over half a million people to this terrible disease, the need for expert experience and fact-based, as well as compassionate leadership could not be more critical. this is the type of leadership that dr. levine has demonstrated in pennsylvania throughout the pandemic. dr. levine has strong roots in academics, clinical care and protecting the most vulnerable among us. she has a distinguished career practicing pediatric and adolescent medicine in both new york and pennsylvania.