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Formally this week from bill bryant, the science and Technology Director at the department of Homeland Security. He will outline as the president said encouraging news about the impact that heat and sunlight have on the coronavirus which will increase the confidence that we feel about the coming summer. On the subject of testing, at the present moment we have reports of 4. 93 million tests having been performed across america. And encouraging news, as states have been engaging commercial labs at a higher level across the country. Yesterday our commercial lab system did more than 100,000 tests in a single day. So were beginning to activate all of the capacity. And tomorrow at the president s direction our task force will convene a Conference Call with all of the nations governors to talk about their progress they are making on testing and were going to hear from governors about the practices that, and methods that they are employing to significantly increase testing following our briefi
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Thanks for this amazingly but. [inaudible conversations] will come. Clearly universities the virginia then i am delighted to be moderating this panel today. With two outstanding journalists and authors to both currently living in baltimore and share their stories with us. We will be on a tight schedule which i am responsible for keeping the will look forward to about 15 or 20 minute presentations from each author than ample time for questions please silence your cellphone i would also like to since i am so excited about this panel to remind everyone that virginia festival of the book is keeping most events free. Please consider a donation and my third request as the festival is always looking to improve offerings and then we have books for sale here in local bookstores throughout the of festival so now i would like to introduce our speaker to my far left. Sonya has written the book under discussion today as well as others a prizewinning author and a science journalist. Per work has app
But. [inaudible conversations] will come. Clearly universities the virginia then i am delighted to be moderating this panel today. With two outstanding journalists and authors to both currently living in baltimore and share their stories with us. We will be on a tight schedule which i am responsible for keeping the will look forward to about 15 or 20 minute presentations from each author than ample time for questions please silence your cellphone i would also like to since i am so excited about this panel to remind everyone that virginia festival of the book is keeping most events free. Please consider a donation and my third request as the festival is always looking to improve offerings and then we have books for sale here in local bookstores throughout the of festival so now i would like to introduce our speaker to my far left. Sonya has written the book under discussion today as well as others a prizewinning author and a science journalist. Per work has appeared in the new york time