Wyden and klobuchar are so right. Also for a democracy many will be returning their 2020 census forms. We leave this program and go live now to virginia or Governor Ralph Northam is about to give an update on the states response efforts to the coronavirus pandemic grid this is live coverage on cspan2. Good afternoon and i hope everybody had a nice weekend and to all the mothers across the commonwealth a belated happy mothers day. Today i want to talk about Northern Virginia regional pace to ease restrictions. Petersburgs water, d b and our elections here in the commonwealth. First we reported doing 9801 tests yesterday which is a great step as we work to ramp up testing. That has not shown up on the datas website yet but it will in the next day or two. Now i want to give virginias an update on where we are with our eta metrics. You saw these slides on friday they were all so available on the Virginia Department of health website. This is our confirmed positive cases by the date they we
Coronavirus. Contact your local Health Care Provider we intice a page in the new york area that your local Health Care Provider will make the decision whether you are transferred to the Javits Center and in all cases simply look to the guidance of your local governors about how best to receive the care that every american every american is entitle to have. Beyond that let me say that we have been working through famous acquisition process not only to deploy but to to gather up personal protective equipment and in just a few moments you will hear from admiral john polow of check about the extraordinary progress that we have made in deploying not just the Strategic National stockpile but also in identifying on the commercial marketplace around america and around the world literally millions of n 95. 00 mass surgical gowns gloves protective equipment and at this point weve distributed as some 7600 ventilators and youll hear today specifically about the states that have received those vent
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
Pres. Trump ok, thank you very much. Good to be with you all. Phase in a very critical in our war against the coronavirus. It is vital that every american follows our guidelines on the 30 days to slow the spread, the sacrifices we make over the next four weeks will have countless american lives saved. We are going to save a lot of american lives, and we are in control of our own fate, very much so, maintaining social distance, practicing vigorous hygiene, and staying at home are your most effective ways to win the war and to escape danger. While you are fighting this battle at home, we are working with the best doctors, scientists, and researchers anywhere in the world. We are racing to develop new ways to protect against the virus as well as therapies and ultimately a vaccine, and we are making a lot of progress. Medically, a lot of progress. At the same time, we are racing to get relief to American Workers and Small Businesses, as you know. I want to remind all Business Owners across
For Health Care Workers, his conversations with governors, partnerships with private sector companies, and whether there was a chance for the virus to return in the fall. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you. Very comfortable here. A lot of room. And we appreciate you being here. Yesterday i announced we would be extending our social distance guidelines through the end of april. This is based on modeling that shows the peak in fatalities will not arrive for another two weeks. The same modeling also shows that by very vigorously following these guidelines, we can save more than one million american lives. Think of that. One million american lives. Our future is in our own hands, and the choices and sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this virus and really the fate of our victory. We will have a great victory. We have no other choice. Every one of us has a role to play in winning this war. Every citizen, family, and business and make the difference in stopping the virus.