Good morning, im phillip mena. And im cori coffman. The death toll reaches a grim milestone as clashes over testing begins it hr first confirmed case of coronavirus. And now more than 755,000 people are infected with the virus. Over 40,000 americans have died from covid19. At the epicenter in the empire state Governor Andrew Cuomo is launching aggressive testing for antibodies this week and says new york has passed the high point of infection recording its lowest daily death toll in two weeks. Heres a bright spot a patient getting a standing ovation as he leaves north Shore University hospital on long island the 46yearold was their 1,000th discharged coronavirus patient. Can you see there doctors and nurses cheering him on. New yorks finest are showing solidarity for those who lost their lives to coronavirus by wearing black bands across their shields. So far 28 uniformed and civilian members of the nypd have died from covid19. Starting today, walmart employees will be required to wear
And praised for generations to come were really all working well together democrat, republican, conservative, liberal, were all working together this is not about parties. This is about our country. Now the American People are ready to rise to the occasion once again they are ready to show the world once more that americans can defeat any challenger. Together we will rebuild this land that we love, we will reclaim the magnificent destiny that we share, and we will carry our nation forward to new heights of greatness and glory i would now like to ask Vice President mike pence and dr. Birx to further explain the new guidelines i want to thank dr. Birx, i want to thank dr. Fauci, and i want to thank really especially a man who has devoted 24 hours a day to his task force and done such an incredible job, our great Vice President , mike pence please, mike thank you, mr. President. The members of the White House Coronavirus task force today met with member of the house and the senate to get
Mr. President , this is a commonsense piece of legislation. It does not saddle Small Businesses, American Business with a new mandate that they dont have a great deal of confidence and then they would actually be funded 100 by the federal government. By the way, the house bill doesnt fund this 100 , it leaves gaps, and it would definitely be temporary and utilize an existing program in the states, sitting on top of it providing federal support for the workers that are going to actually need it as we go through this unprecedented event in our nations history. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor to the senator from pennsylvania. The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. And i want to thank the senator from wisconsin for leading on this effort. I rise in strong support of this amendment, mr. President. The two of us, and i expect most everybody in this chamber, fully support the idea, the goal, the need to provide relief to workers
In december of 2019, and infection startedhi in china and is spread rapidly through the wilpon region and by january, there were thousands of people affected to the foremost before the most of the world knew it existed and now almost every country in the world has infections. Hundreds of thousands of people that if in contact with this virus. And unfortunately we have lost thousands of people worldwide. In United States numbers continue to increase and the number of people that we can actually test. Fortunately the vast majority of the people get this virus have little to no symptoms. Cold or mild food to them but for a vulnerable population our elderly population, hard to among issues, smokers diabetics, can be a very serious thing. The challenge that we face in our healthcare, is that for every person that walks in and gets tested, the facetoface their healthcare workers especially in rural areas are saved that may be the only healthcare professional for that entire county. And if th
World has infections. We have hundreds of thousands of people that have had contact with this virus, and normal and normal weve lost unfortunately weve lost thousands of people worldwide. In the United States the numbers continue to increase. The vast majority of the people who get this virus have little to no symptoms. Its a cold, its a mild flu to them. But for a vulnerable population, our elderly populations, those with heart issues and lung issues, smokers, diabetics, this can be a very, very serious thing. The challenge we face in our health care is that for every person that walks in to get tested, theyre facetoface with one of our Health Care Workers especially in rural areas of our state that may be the only Health Care Professional for that entire county. And if that person who has not been vaccinated as well, because there is no vaccine yet, if that person is not able to serve the rest of the population, a bad Health Situation becomes even worse because of diminishing care. W