New york city has been working with new york state come in the center for Disease Control prepare for this in our nations largest city, based on what we know now, i believe they have responded and done absolutely everything right. A young physician had returned from west africa 10 days ago where he had been working on the ebola crisis with the dock or is doctors without borders. Upon arrival into the United States, the doctor was flagged by the cdc and the customs and Border Patrol and reported to new York City Health authorities. Yesterday when he reported he had a 103degree temperature and was experiencing pain and nausea among the new York City Health care system spring into action. The patient was immediately transported to a specialty trained unit wearing protective equipment to bellevue hospital. The hospital has been designated for the identification of potential ebola patients by the city and state officials. Governor cuomo has designated a special hospitals in new york city. E
Them before we transfer them to the Burial Ground so it is extremely important that proper burial procedures are followed all the time. What more with more resources hope the process as you just described . We need more burial teams. In the countries they are not enough. Its probably one third of the need. We need body bags and training for the burial teams as well as the vehicles for transportation. With the committees indulgence i would like to play a short video clip showing how the final stage of the process is currently being handled. [inaudible] [inaudible] thank you mr. Chairman. Right now there are a lot of people watching this hearing and many of them do not know the extent of the crisis in west africa. They do not know the reasons he of the need. You have a microphone in front of you an opportunity to reach millions of people this morning. If there is one thing you want to talk the American People, what would that be . Thank you mr. Cummings for giving me this opportunity. We
Misquoted the cdc director. Here is how it all played out. Dr. Robert redfield was totally misquoted in the media on a statement about the fall season and the virus, totally misquoted. You were accurately quoted, correct . Im accurately quoted in the washington post. What dr. Redfield was clearly asking for, just like we ask for every american to follow the guidelines, hes saying please add to the guidelines getting your flu shot and making sure youre protected. Theres a good chance that covid will not come back. We dont know and if it comes back, its in a small confined area the great thing is, well be able to find it earlier this time. It might not come back at all, jeff. Hes talking about a worst Case Scenario where you have a big flu and some corona. We will have coronavirus in the fall. I am convinced of that. There will be coronavirus in the fall. Not necessarily on the same page there, i think we can all say that. Also, a top foishlofficial at t department of health and Human Se
Said to the Washington Post. Were also standing by this hour to monitor the White House Coronavirus task force briefing. President trump has just finished a meeting in the oval office with the new york governor, andrew cuomo, whose state has been hardest hit in the pandemic and who has frequently clashed with the president. Governor cuomo says they discussed testing and state funding. He describes the meeting as, quote, productive. As of this hour, by the way, the u. S. Death toll now tops 43,000 with more than 800,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States. Globally, there are now more than 2. 5 million known cases and 175,000 deaths. But as the world searches for an effective treatment, a new study shows the drug often touted by President Trump, hydroxychloroquine, provided no benefit to patients and actually a higher death rate. Also tonight, more states have announced controversial plans to reopen despite not meeting the Trump Administrations own requirements. Cnns nick w
It is wednesday, may 6th. Im yasmin vossoughian. We have a lot to cover on this morning. Despite the u. S. Death toll from coronavirus now topping 71,000, the president continues his push to reopen the country. Nbc news has learned that over the coming weeks, the white house plans to wind down the Coronavirus Task force. Two sources saying the tasks for no longer meets every day. And discussions in the situation room have been shorter recently. Doctors, deborah birx and dr. Anthony fauci are still expected to be at the white house each day. But other members of the task force may not appear as frequently. Vice president mike pence told nbc yesterday that there is no set date for the task force to formally complete its work. But the panel expects to begin shifting its response back to individual federal agencies later this month or in early june. And heres what President Trump had to say about the task force just yesterday. So, i think as far as the task force, mike pence and the task f