People. There are 17 people who died as a result of this virus as of today. As a reminder, you can visit data sf. Org for the full tracker with information on what who has been diagnosed, the number of tests and other resources that are available or any questions you may have. And i want to just start today by reminding us really how far weve come from the very beginning. Weve made it our mission to slow the spread of this virus, to help those vulnerable populations, to keep people safe and were continuing to do all we can to do just that. Were still dealing with the number of cases in San Francisco and we also know that there will continue to be challenges and we will continue to see increases in the number of cases of the coronavirus as we continue to do testing. You know, it may seem like this will never end, but it will come to an end. And i want to be clear that although you may hear about San Francisco and how well were doing, that we are flattening the curve, now is definitely n
Beyond that let me say we have been working through femas acquisition process not only to deploy but to gather up personal protective equipment. In a few moments you will hear from admiral john polcyk on the extraordinary progress we made on the strategic stockpile but identifying on the commercial marketplace around america and around the world literally millions of n95 masks, surgical gowns, gloves, protective equipment and at this point we distributed some 7600 ventilators and you will hear today specifically about the state has have received those ventilators. Were just, this team is truly acted in an inspiring way and literally is working with dozens and dozens of people at the fema Stabilization Task force to make sure that we are leaving no stone unturned to find the supplies we need. Today let me also say you will hear from Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the president of the United States but someone the White House Coronavirus task force directed to work with fema on supply
Been working through femas acquisition process not only to deploy but to gather up personal protective equipment. In a few moments you will hear from admiral john polcyk on the extraordinary progress we made on the strategic stockpile but identifying on the commercial marketplace around america and around the world literally millions of n95 masks, surgical gowns, gloves, protective equipment and at this point we distributed some 7600 ventilators and you will hear today specifically about the state has have received those ventilators. Were just, this team is truly acted in an inspiring way and literally is working with dozens and dozens of people at the fema Stabilization Task force to make sure that we are leaving no stone unturned to find the supplies we need. Today let me also say you will hear from Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the president of the United States but someone the White House Coronavirus task force directed to work with fema on supply chain issues and in recent week
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We just completed a very important meeting of the task force and they are really doing a great job, and that results are very good when you compare this to what is happening around the world, we are proud of our people. There has been a tremendous amount of coordination with , and thingsities are going well. They are coordinating with us, and i think certainly california has been terrific, the relationship. New york has been really good. Weve had some really good relationships in terms of the hotspots, and we are focused on them. Some areas we have no problem whatsoever and we hope to keep it that way. Before turn this over to our great Vice President to provide an update, i want to express my appreciation for the hard work done by the people behind me and the people back in the offices, including the fact that i just let the oval office. We have people there that are probably watching this or they are just working we are using the full power of the federal government to defeat this vi