Now. Keep the questions coming. Throughout the hour, use msnbcanswers on facebook, twitter and instagram. You can also email us talk msnbc. Com. Now we do need to make one thing clear. Our answers are based on what we know right now about the virus and that has been changing very fast. Nothing we say can substitute for the advice of your doctor and your specific situation. One thing we do know, coronavirus does not discriminate. It is affecting everyone from heads of households to heads of state. Justin trudeau Just Announced he is selfisolating and working from home because trudeaus wife is being tested. She started showing symptoms after returning from a speaking engagement in london. Here at home, stocks are plunging again. Investors are concerned both about an economic slowdown and about what the government might do to help. This morning, trading paused for the second time this week. You can see the dow is trading down just over 5 right now. Its been trading down just minutes after
Dr. Fauci said testing procedures are not adequate. The system that was built the cdc when they made their test is more from a Public Health type of response. They gave the test to local and state Public Health groups. That works well for other situation. When you need a much broader display of tests throughout the country, you have to have a different system. Fox team coverage. The travel ban from new york, liberty, new jersey. The push for a relief bill. But jonathan live in atlanta. Good morning. The pga tour is cancelling the players championship and other events in the coming weeks. Thousands of fans waited to get into this australia grand prix. The opening race was cancelled after a member of one racing team tested positive for covid19. We are all disappointed to not have it. These are challenging times. The brazilian president wore a face mask as he talked about getting tested for coronavirus after a senior staffer tested positive. Both attend aid weekend event in florida with P
Guidance to protect those most vulnerable. Thank you, mr. Vice president. As the president and Vice President said, we did take action last night to indicate that Nursing Homes should restrict all visitors effective immediately. And that includes all nonessential personnel. There are some exceptions for end of life. We are also canceling all Group Activities and communal dining, and there is active screening of Health Care Workers that are in the facility. The Emergency Declarations dr. Fauci said is also very important to our health care workforce. Theres a lot more flexibility that they have. For example, they can have workers from across state lines. Doctors and nurses that can help them. Hospitals have the ability to move patients around. So thats also going to be very helpful as they go forward with this. Also with the Nursing Homes, we talked about this a couple of weeks ago that we had a call to action for all Health Care Facilities to double down around Infection Control practi
Economy, into the system right now that is i guess really at the heart of trying to deal with this coronavirus outbreak. One thing i could tell you, jake, ive just been told that dr. Anthony fauci, the top Infectious Disease expert with the administration is on the Coronavirus Task force that he is expected to be here at this press conference. He was alerted to come down to the white house just a short while ago. So he is en route for this press conference. In terms of what is going to be asked at this press conference, with we should point out there arent any teleprompters set up for the president , unlike the other night when he was in the oval office. Hes speaking extemporaneously and taking questions from reporters but we expect the top questions for this president to be where are the tests . That is been a question all week. And speaking of dr. Fauci, the president was saying earlier this week that everything is going smoothly with the tests as dr. Fauci described it as a failing
Where the situation aboard a u. S. Navy Aircraft Carrier is deteriorating by the hour. Thanks for joining me at this hour. Of course we continue to watch the rapid increase in the amount of people infected with the coronavirus. The numbers have rapidly risen. We know a Million People around the world have tested positive. Globally more than 47,000 people have died so far. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university, a figure that is expected to go far, far higher in the coming weeks. So the u. S. Has some of the sharpest daily increases anywhere as you can see from this graph, and it is certainly taking a heavy toll on medical professionals. Dr. Frank ebron was an Emergency Room Physician in new jersey who knew the dangers he faced yet he refused to quit treating those who needed him. A week ago he contracted coronavirus and then on tuesday he died in his husbands arms. A friend of the doctor tells cnn he only died because he lacked the proper equipment to protect himself. And as these