29, when hundreds of american citizens were evacuated from wuhan and quarantined in california. Since then we have been doing everything in our power to protect their personnel, families, and the American People during this challenging time. I would like to provide an the response to the pandemic. S big over 50,000 Service Members are working tirelessly to help protect the American People. We continue to stay ahead of and remain responsive to the requests of state and local authorities so we meet the need as the situation changes around the country. Our most important resource in this fight continues to be the brave men and women of the u. S. Military. To date we have employed over 4000 doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel across all components to bolster the capacity of some of the nations most severely affected areas. I have had numerous conversations with both Governor Cuomo and mayor de blasio, as we continue to surge resources into new york city and make adjustments to our
[inaudible] i hear you. Punctuality. Man. We have everybody . Do we have folks on the phone again . Yes, sir. Ok, i will just let you know ,ho is here, Ryan Mccarthy chief of staff of the army, surgeon general, director of operations and plans, director of the Army National guard bureau and Sergeant Major of the army. The chief will make some opening remarks, and then we will open up to your questions. I think we have a hard stop at 1400, right . Ok. Thank you, mr. Secretary. The army has 288 confirmed cases of covid19 as of this morning. 100 of soldiers. 64 department of the army civilians. 5 are dependents nine are cadets. 50 are army contractors. This week, the secretary of defense signed orders for three Army Hospitals to deploy to new york and Washington State. Fortive 31st hospital for campbell, kentucky, and the night hospital for fort hood, texas, will deploy to new york city. An advanced party is on the ground as i speak. The main party will arrive at joint base mcguire, dix,
A term we have heard talking about essential frontline federal employees. Give us an idea of who some of those employees are. What are their jobs . Guest some of those employees would be tsa. Some of our Veterans Administration workers. Would be some of our prison workers. Some of those would be essential personnel. Guest what are you hearing from those frontline workers during the crisis . Guest more than anything is , protection. They feel that they are inadequately protected. While they have to and they want to do their job, just want to be protected. Our main concern is making sure that those employees that we represent are protected. Host do you have any idea of how many of your members have contracted covid19 . Guest i dont really have an accurate number. I do know that within the tsa is about 170 so far and in the Veterans Administration, i think the last count i had was about 189. Can i give you a little background of why we feel so strongly about the fact we need the protectio
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