Redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between members, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing. Which we have kept to a minimum. Some members have opted to use
Order first welcoming our witnessdi director of the cdc we thank you for being here this morning to discuss the cdc and the ongoing response to cover 19. Also want to welcome the subcommittee members congressman thomas cole and the full Committee Chair. And the subcommittee members who are here in person as those who are participating by secure video teleconference. With my Opening Statement and this is the first labor hhs education appropriations subcommitteeapri hearing i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how that will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social between witnesses and members and other individuals in the room necessary to operate a hearing. Some have opted use video teleconferencing which allows them to participateat remotely. On those with videoconference once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. Speak
Vaccine development and efforts to address disparities in minority communities. This is abouttwo hours 45 minutes. This hearing will come to order. First i would like to welcome our witness, doctor robert redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to main
Memorial day ended up being a working holiday for state officials in response to the pandemic and its economic effects. The department of Public Health releasing new guidelines on shopping war shipping and protesting. California continue to lift parts of it stay at home order monday allowing churches and other houses of worship to reopen so long as attendance is limited to 25 capacity capping at 100 attendees the state says congregations must also implement employee training sanitation and physical distancing Standards Health officials suggest requiring face coverings for singing and group re citation or eliminating them altogether. The state is strongly recommending churches continue with Virtual Services but leaders of 3,000 places of worship say theyre ready to resume in person this week i heard one pastor, good like thats. During a Church Online is like watching a campfire on television. It just isnt the same you know still work another green light given monday in store shopping is
Part of that down to the uae and kuwait deciding to cut production. Haslinda chinas factory gate prices fell while consumer inflation eased, pointing to weak domestic demand. Bloomberg markets coanchor Tom Mackenzie joins us from beijing. Take us through the key takeaways. Thatthe top line is Producer Prices fell more than expected. 3. 1 compared to a drop of 1. 5 in march. That does suggest weaker Commodity Prices. Going forward, Bloomberg Intelligence expects that deflationary picture to continue given that the economy will remain under pressure and we have pretty weak demand. That raises questions about the possibility of these corporates and their ability to pay down debt. Consumer prices rose 3. 3 . Poor crisis continue to rise at a slower pace. Pointing to a weaker demand picture. It is going to reinforce the case for a more certain policy support. Moderating,pi is the other question is whether this starts to spread internationally as well. They are saying there couldnt be a wors