Welcome to this virtual stage our honored guest, Federal Reserve chair, jay powell. At this moment of unprecedented challenge, not only to our Public Health system and our health in general, there is an enormous challenge to our economy and chair powell and his colleagues moved forcefully and quickly in responding to this crisis. Solutions,creative keeping credit flowing to houses and businesses and prepare the economy so they can recover when this virus so it can recover when this virus recedes. And it surely will, ladies and gentlemen. Your work, sir, and that of your colleagues, is far from over, but we are in good hands under your leadership. Indeed, leaders are tested in times of crisis and this crisis tests our leadership in no uncertain terms. You have risen to the occasion. It is safe to say we and all americans have appreciated your calm, decisive leadership in this moment of peril and on behalf of of all of us at brookings, please let me commend you on the powerful example of
York and about the same number of cases. While california now has more than 17,000 infections, new york has 8 times that many kron fours gayle ong talks with that ucsf doctor about californias aggressive steps to flatten the curve. From the grand princess cruise ship docked in the bay carrying copa 19 patients last month. To facebook canceling its conference in february for signals to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously people are looking at california as a Success Story and seeing what it is that we did that seem to have work we spoke with doctor bob wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine who has been vocal about california showing early signs of flattening the curve everybody took it seriously and said even though. We havent seen many cases here we believe that we believe the science were going to stay at home and do the right thing its been almost 3 weeks since governor Gavin Newsome issued the first statewide stay at home and 8 in the country in his Daily Briefing governo
I want to just talk very briefly about two or three things. First the issue of testing and how that has changed the complexion of the approach well be able to take. Testing was an issue. We had many questions of testing in this room for a number of times. Now that we literally have hundreds and hundreds and thousands of tests out there there are a few things we can do with that one of the things when we make policy poll what well do with the rest of the country particularly areas that are not hot spots, we need to know what penetration is there. We have to act policyize on data. And were going to be getting more data, a lot more data. The other thing is, that the areas of the country, not hot spots, not going through the terrible ordeal that new york and california and Washington State are going through, they still have a window of significant degree of being able to contain. In other words, when you test, you find somebody, you isolate them, you get them out of circulation and you do
Talk as to whether the lockdown will be in place or lifted. More weeks of lockdown. Us, edward stay with morse and David Rosenberg. Aviana Boris Johnson spent third night in intensive care. His condition is improving. The National Picture has turned bleecker. Over a 24 hour period, 938 people died of coronavirus. It is likely a nationwide lockdown will bes is extended for weeks. Spain and italy are on the verge of extending their national lockdowns, expected to push their state of emergencies until april. In the United States, donald is helping coming up with medical criteria to reopen the economy, medical and political advisors kept out of a meeting. House is giving considerations to Health Considerations over economic ones. Oil producers are getting closer to cut output, opec leaders holding a virtual meeting. A reduction could total 10 Million Barrels a day. Global news 24 hours a day, on air and quicktake on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 1
We spoke with doctor bob wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine who has been vocal about california showing early signs of flattening the curve everybody took it seriously and said even though we havent seen many cases here we believe and we believe the science were going to stay at home and do the right thing its been almost 3 weeks since governor Gavin Newsome issued the first statewide stay at home and 8 in the country in his Daily Briefing governor newsome described a steady but slow growth in covid19 cases in the state he also talked about securing supplies like and 95 math and ventilators that as of wednesday, the governor announced the highest death rate in the state and a plea to take the coronavirus seriously depends on you it depends on 40 million others in the state of california and their commitment. To following through on the stay home orders. Their commitment to have appropriate face coverings its a message Public Health officials and leaders have been echoing Sant