About the issue of testing. Its a critical aspect of the president s new guidelines to open america. Appointive key conflict between the white house and state governors. As americans digest any recommendations from the white house, the governors charged with turning them into plants began wrestling with how to reopen safely. What the president put out in terms of the different stages, we will obviously use that is kind of a baseline. It doesnt mean that we are going to do everything they say or not say. The emerging central concern and implement the guidelines, the diagnostic testing necessary. I wanted make sure each state is looking at their publichealth capacity and understands if they have testing in place and the ability to Contact Trace so that you dont have a big blow up if we do have a setback, we can quickly quash it. Everyday President Trump consists the capacity to test is increasing. We have now completed more than 3. 5 million tests. Some governors like new yorks andrew cu
A book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today im chris cuomo. Welcome back to a special two hour edition of prime time. Im feeling good. This is a good test of how strong my body has gotten. Thank you for for being here with me. Lets talk about the sober reality. As of tonight 700,000 people in the country have been infected by coronavirus. I say at least because were playing catch up. We dont know because we have inefficiently tested. Testing is everything. Its the key to where we are now. It is certainly the key to getting anywhere back to near normal. Now, the grave toll. California, 1,000 lives lost. They passed that mark today. Yesterday set a new single day record for reported death in the state. So the situation is very grave. Yet this president has decided to fuel the fire of protest tors who decided to risk safety and yours by the way. If you live in the state. They are not happy about being told to stay home. Stayi
Mosaic. When its all done, its going to be a beautiful picture. The guidance also leaves a lot of questions unanswered. For example, it calls on the states to hit certain benchmarks but has no mention of how the federal government might help. Theres no mention of a National Testing strategy, a plan to help stockpile ppe, any hospital supplies, and no mention of quite possibly one of the most important things, financial assistance. Lets go straight to the white house and nbcs hans nichols. Hans, is there a National Strategy or not . Well, its a federal strategy. By that, this document is imbued with federalism which is empowering the states, letting them make the decisions. Steph, theres always a conversation, a debate inside the white house, the task force ohow youd open up. Would you do it along demographic lines . Along industry lines . Have Certain Industries over before others or go with a regional approach . The medical community and the Public Health experts always seem more incl
President trump angers democrats after tweeting in support of protests against stringent lockdown measures in three democrat run us states. Germanys Health Minister says the countrys covid 19 outbreak is now under control, after a month long lockdown. In pakistan, communal prayers will take place during the holy month of ramadan which starts next week on the condition certain precautions are followed. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Im shaun ley and we are covering all the latest coronavirus developments both here and globally. Unions representing doctors and nurses have expressed concerns about revised guidance that allows personal protective equipment to be reused in hospitals in england. An official from the doctors union, the bma, said the change could lead to some front line staff deciding theyre unable to treat people with covid 19. The government insists the guidance is safe. It comes as the head of the organisation which represents National Health
Up his supporters to lash out against some of these social distancing measures just minutes after a fox news report. The president again tweeting. Liberate minnesota, liberate michigan and liberate virginia. No surprise these are democratic states. He said social distancing has been a tough process for some people. The president has also tweeted at new york governor comeau saying he should spend more time doing and less time complaining. Get out there the president says in one tweet, and get the job done. Govern govern governor comeau was holding a press conference and afterwards this is what he had to say. First of all, if hes watching tv, maybe he should get up and go to work. Lets keep politics out of this and personal ego because its about people and our job. What am i supposed to do, send a bouquet of flowers . The president s tweet also point to his own shortcomings. The president insists the states have to step up their testing. Last month he said americans who needed a test cou