Meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] [roll call] mr. President , all members are present. Supervisor yee thank you, madam clerk. Just a reminder, if you are not speaking, please mute your mic. Im hearing a lot of echo. So, at this time please place your right hand over your heart and will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee ok. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who will record each of our meetings and make the transcripts to available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Mr. President , i have a communication that ive been providing during this covid19 Health Emergency to the public that the Board Members will partic
100000. 00 and its least force to extend its lock down and cause growth for brazils leader to step down as he downplays the threat cost by the pandemic. The number of people who have died from the corona virus in the United States is now more than 5000 present donald trump is considering limiting domestic and rail travel between hot spots but hes resisting calls for a National Shutdown as infections passed 200000 the highest in the world during wednesdays briefing trump said he may soon be able to give away ventilators to other countries even though many state governors are appealing for more equipment to tackle the outbreak mike hanna has more from washington. A number of u. S. Governors have been pleading with the federal government for more medical supplies in particular ventilators a state like new york says it needs as many ventilators as possible to stockpile for when the 8 pics of the epidemic hits which current projections show by the end of the month yet President Trump contin
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Good afternoon this is Art International from moscow is just this thursday im kevin im going with this 30 minute world news round up for you and 1st these are the latest figures in the covert 19 pandemic today the total number of coronavirus cases around the globe is veering out towards a 1000000 the number of deaths to has continued is troubling rise its no more than 47000. 00 with billions on the log almost 200000 people though have recovered. The latest developments to tell you about today francis now suppose 4000 coronavirus related deaths are almost 57000 registered cases now pharmacy workers there saying theyre suffering a surge of Violent Attacks with a marked increase in street quarantine rules were imposed. Our system shows a 50 to 60 percent increase in aggressive action against pharmacists since the beginning of the isolation regime compared to the same weeks last year these actions include insoles threats but also physical attacks and break ins in neighboring italy the lock
We continue to send our prayers to the people of new york and new jersey and to our whole country. New york and new jersey are very hot zones and we are with them and we are with everybody. Your struggle is our struggle and we will beat this virus. We will beat it together. I want to send best wishes to a very good friend of mine and affront to our nation, Prime Minister and a friend to our nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He was taken into intensive care this afternoon. Hisicans are praying for recovery. He has been a really good friend, something very special. Strong, resolute, does not quit, does not give up. We have made tremendous progress on therapeutics. I had a fantastic call today. I have asked two of the leading companies, these are brilliant aids, others,la, they have come with the solutions and have done incredible jobs and i have asked them to Contact London immediately. They have offices in london. I had a talk with four of them today. They speak a language most peop