These virtual hearings, in order to make sure lawmakers practice physical distancing. What are you hearing from your colleagues . Guest i think we all recognize that this is what we need to do. We have got to follow the Public Health recommendations. It is not going to be as effective as if we were in the it isoom together, but acceptable. It gives us a chance to get testimony on the record. Each of us can participate by asking questions visavis the electronic equipment that we have, so we will be able to participate in the hearing but we will not be physically present. Host lets talk about the situation in your home state of maryland with 30,000 cases of covid19 across the state. The death toll has exceeded more than 1600. We are seeing some lifting of restrictions later this week. Golf courses, state parks, elective surgeries, gentle work being allowed, dental work now being allowed. So what do you expect from Governor Hogan and what is your advice to state officials . Followeach of
This week. We appreciate them sending as a shipment we will be able to utilize. I wanted to touch base on smithfield. That is good for those who want to get back to work and for our producers and our state. I was able to talk with member this week. We appreciate them sending as a shipment we will be able to utilize. I wanted to touch base on smithfield. That is good for those who want to get back to work and for our producers and our state. I was able to talk with members of the workforce on two different occasions last week. It was a very good, thoughtful discussion. I appreciated them taking the time to be on the call. I want to thank the team at Lutheran Social Services and the services they provided. They were so professional and wonderful. We just want to thank them for being available to facilitate the conversation. I look forward to more in the future. I do want to give a final update on the testing numbers of what we conducted down in the sioux falls area last week. We had 3628
Governor northam also spoke about the coordination of reopening between himself and leaders of maryland and washington, d. C. Gov. Northam i hope everyone had a nice weekend. To all of the mothers, a belated happy mothers day. I want to talk about Northern Virginias regional pace to ease restrictions, petersburgs water, the dmv and our elections. 9801 testsported yesterday, which is a great step as we work to ramp up testing. That has not shown up on the website yet but it will in the next day or two. Now i want to give virginians an update on where we are with our data metrics. You saw these slides on friday and they are also available on the Virginia Department of health website. This is our confirmed positive cases. The blue bar represents the number of cases and the yellow line is the seven day moving average. While we have seen a slight dip in the past few days, largely these numbers are going up. That is what we expect to see. Manygraph shows us how people are being tested each d
Live on the free cspan radio app. In massachusetts, governor baker updated reporters on the Pandemic Response in his state. From earlier today, this is just over one hour. Governor baker good morning. Recognizing the told this virus has taken on so many people in the commonwealth. I want to talk about who is behind all of the numbers that we discuss in this room every day. Nurses, doctors, and all the frontline medical workers, some second doing their job and isolated from their families. First responders, essential workers, d. C. F. Social workers, bus and train drivers, and many who, asblic servants, always, did what they had to do in order to serve us. But in some cases, suffered terrible loss as a result. Workersed or laid off who despite coming in early and working extra shifts now, by no fault of their own, are left wondering when that job comes back. Everyone suffering under the fear of the unknown amid this pandemic. Everyone who sacrificed a wedding or major moment in life, we
Getler and when people do people get exposed to the virus they should selfquarantine and protect others from getting it getting it. Does it with a worker in at risk . Sec. Mnuchin one of the reasons why we are able to hear and know people have been in selfquarantine because of testing. I spoke to doctors who had vaccines in trials and i couldnt be more optimistic. When the president says he thinks we will have a vaccine by the end of the year, i think that is very important. The virals that are also in urgent. The American Public wants to know if they get these disease there are things that can protect him, including more ventilators, hospital supplies and better drugs. That sayare reports theres more consideration for stimulus checks. Is that on the table question mark is that on the table . Sec. Mnuchin is something that is on the table want to thank the congress for acting on an emergency basis. We now have 3 trillion we are putting into the economy. A lot of that is just getting in