Restricting the number of hours a baker could work each week. Watch landmark cases tonight on cspan 3. And any time on cspan. Org. Now a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus on Mental Health. The house energy and commerce subcommittee on health discusses the benefits telehealth has provided americans and the need to continue after the pandemic ends. This is just over four hours 15 minutes. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Due to covid19, todays hearing obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate via Video Conferencing. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. I just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue. Please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the reco
Part of how we did develop strategies going forward. We are grateful to the public and private labs and Healthcare Partners that have allowed us to dramatically increase our output. State lab, to the there are 25 public and private labs testing in massachusetts. 76,400 29 patients have been tested with nearly 4500 new tests reported in the previous 24 hours. We are making a lot of progress, but we know that there is much more to do. Visited a newwe drivethrough testing facility for First Responders at patriot place. As we continue to talk to partners at the local level across the state, we will continue to add more of these in all parts of massachusetts. Earlier today, we announced a new Rapid Testing site, which will enable on the spot testing and results at no additional costs. We anticipate being able to test 1000 people a day and received the site the results on site within minutes. People will know if they are positive for coronavirus and take action to seek the proper treatment.
Support the Health Care Workers keeping us all safe. With respect to testing, we have been working aggressively to expand capacity in the commonwealth and we are continuing to ramp up our efforts. Massachusetts is one of the largest testers in the country. Testing is going to be a huge part of how we develop strategies to deal with this virus going forward. We are grateful to the public and private labs and Healthcare Partners that have allowed us to dramatically increase our Testing Capacity and output. In addition to the state lab, there are 25 public and private labs testing in massachusetts. 76,429 patients have been tested with nearly 4500 new tests reported in the previous 24 hours. We are making a lot of progress, but we know that there is much more to do. This weekend, we visited a new drivethrough testing facility for First Responders at patriot place. As we continue to talk to partners at the local level across the state, we will continue to add more of these in all parts of
Protect renters. He put a action in place until may. You see him welcoming the ship mercy. Its docked and ready to help the hospitals. The total number of cases statewide, 3800. That is up 25 from yesterday. Yell, tonight in the bay area, theres more than 1600 cases in the last 30 minutes. Marin county announced the first death. The patient, a man in his 70s who has been hospitalized for three weeks after being exposed on the grand princess. Santa clara county continues to see the most cases. The Santa Clara Convention center is turned in to a makeshift hospital. We need the beds and space to handle the patients. A tv Pool Reporter was allowed inside, damian joining us from san jose. Damian, this is for the people who have been exposed but that are not really that sick, dont have to be in a hospital. That is correct. They are positive for coronavirus, and so, they are there at the Santa Clara Convention center or will be there. It was fascinating and erie at the same time, we are talki
Coming in from what it calls imported cases from outside of china. The coronavirus has made its way to very top of the British Government Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that he has tested positive for the virus. Johnson says he will still manage the governments response to the pandemic Via Video Conference Officials Say the Prime Minister will remain isolated for 7 days. Several state parks and beaches will be closed to vehicle traffic this weekend all an effort to encourage us here in california to stay home and socially distance ourself. Capitol Bureau Reporter Ashley Zavala explains the consequences of people continue to pack parks. California state parks friday, but the locks on about a 3rd of its parking lots and access ads to keep cars away our goal is to make sure able to the social and difficult if theres a veteran ages of at least 16 of will be over last weekend was that a lot of people that are not a state parks and beaches for not those recommendations 98 of th