Undergoing repairs. There are 623 crew members on board, but no passengers. Health officials tested the crew after one of them tested positive on monday. The o Officials Say nonone of t3 people infected are known to be in serious condition. They also say theyre working with the Central Government to disinfect the vessel. Now, april is the start of the new Academic Year here in japan, and some Elementary Schools in the central part of the country resumed classes earlier this month, but they closed last week after four children and a teacher in one class were found to be infected. Tokyo tops the list of prefectures in the number infections with over 3,400 after 132 new cases were reported. The total number of confirmed cases in japan now exceeds 11,800, more than 700 cases have alalso beenn linked to the diam princess cruise ship, which is quarantined near tokyo in february. A total of 307 people have died in japan, including 13 from the diamond princess. A japanese medical expert says t
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President trump thank you very much. Thank you. Beautiful day in the rose garden. Appreciate everybody being here. Today i would like to provide an update to the American People on several decisive actions we are taking our vigilant effort to combat and ultimately defeat the coronavirus. We have been working very hard on this. We made tremendous progress. When you compare what we have done to other areas of the world, it is pretty incredible. A lot had to do with the early designation and closing of the borders. Justu know, europe was designated as the hotspot. We closed that border a while ago. Luck, call it what you want. Through collective action and shared sacrifice, national determination, we will overcome the threat of the virus. Announced wednesday night following the advice of our medical professionals that we appreciate very much that we are suspending the entry of foreign nationals who have been to europe in the last 14 days from entering the u. S. Citizens, permanent residen
The committee will come to order. The company is leaving today to receive testimony on confronting the coronavirus, without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee and recess at any point. Today the committee is meeting to hear from medical experts about how our country can best confront the coronavirus. Americans are justifiably concerned about the virus. It is spread around the world and claimed lives of thousands. Understandably, there questions about how how it may affect them, their loved ones in their communities. Our concern how concerned we need to be about the virus. It is most at risk. What can communities do to prepare. What can americans do to protect themselves and their families. What is the fellow government doing. What more should be doing. When might we have a vaccine or other treatment. My constituents are looking to the federal government for leadership, guidance and expertise and i share my colleagues constituents two. I am concerned that the Tru
Of county and city health almostls represents the 3000 local Health Departments across the country. Those are the folks on the front lines of the Coronavirus Response and so many of the other Public Health emergencies and crises that take place in communities across the country. Guest you heard the county executive talk about what is experienced. What arelarge the lessons that we could use in the United States at this time . Guest you get a great example of what it looks like in the ground on his community, and even those places that do not have confirmed cases are doing a lot of the same work. From the basic answering questions, there is a time of concern in the community ton of concern in the community, working with schools and others who are doing large gatherings. What should they be doing and what shouldnt they be doing. Health care providers, what they are looking for and how to get people in line for testing. They are also monitoring folks who may have symptoms while they are wa