Got in dean. Q in make. A fully understand where you. Would like to ask for such a timeout period they have been in the front lines for months and exhausted jamelle in durban is in manila she says the government will decide in mid august whether to lift or extend the lockdown. Today marks the 150 of these since the philippines recorded its 1st coronavirus case and after that the country the Southern Region of luzon more than 50000000 people were placed on the rate a lockdown or enhance Community Quarantine for almost 3 months thats already one of the longest most strictest quarantines implemented by any government in the world over the last few months the government in fact lose in its restrictions at the time the total cases recorded were 18000 less than 2 months later its now reached over 100000 what the doctors are asking is for them to for them to be given breathing space so that there is enough time to decongest hospitals now on their full capacity this call came over the weekend
As well as the early human data we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. Well she is being questioned by congress of the u. S. Response to the pandemic mike hanna in washington has more on his testimony. There were confirmation on some very important factors one is that there is a lag and testing this was confirmed by the assistant secretary of Health Services that test results are taking between 3 to 5 days on average to come back and sometimes as many as 15 Health Experts have been adamant that in order to come to grips with this pandemic of the United States more than 2000000. 00 tests per day need to be conducted at the moment that figure is way below 1000000 so certainly theres a shortfall in the testing and in the results of the testing despite the repeated comments from the white house to this particular another point of major difference what was the president trying treated in well try and during the hearing objec
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The second hour of the future of health care summit. Id like to thank our sponsor for their support of todays great program. We spent the first out on lessons we learn from the coronavirus pandemic. Will expand to look at policymaking breakthroughs and innovation in the face of seen and unseen challenges. Before we get underway a few housekeeping notes. You can tweet as at hashtag the Health Health and taking questions. Ive got a bunch that already come in. Speakers beware. If your experience, with a live stream lees refresh the page. It should be a quick fix. Thats what they say. Lets get started. Im please enter it is my first guest dies Health Official in the land alex faison sect of health and human services. Secretary azar has a a breadthf expense of both public and private sectors. His key areas of focus include healthcare reform, research and innovation come all of which have assumed added significance in the coronavirus era. Well, thanks for joining us today. We had a fantastic
Hello, and welcome back. Im steve clemons. We are delighted to have you join us for the second hour of the future of the health care summit. I would like to thank the their support of todays great program. We are going to expand our lens in the session to look at policymaking breakthroughs and innovation in the face of seen and unseen challenges. Before we get underway, a few housekeeping notes. You can tweet us at thehillhealth. We are taking questions there. You can see i have a bunch here that have already come in. Speakers, beware. If you experience a problem with the livestream, refresh. It should be a quick fix. I dont believe them, but thats what they say. Lets get started. Im least introduce my first thethe health of secretary of health and human services. Alex azar has a breadth of experience of both the public and private sectors. His key focuses on health care and innovation, all assuming added significance in the coronavirus era. Thank you for joining us today. We have had