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
Refugees strtrgling to s surviv. Good to have your company. Italy has overtaken china as the country which has suffered the most deaths from the coronavirus. Italians have recovered fear than half the infections of china, but now have the biggest death toll. 427 people died in italy in the past 24 hours, taking italys total to 3405. That is 156 more deaths than china. Rapidly,rs arriving more than 100 dead in the past days. While irans Health Minister says in the past 24 hours, in average on average one person dies every 10 minutes. The chief brexit negotiator has tested positive for covid19. The 69yearold said he is doing well and following the necessary instructions. On a positive note, china has recorded its first day with no persontoperson infections. Our correspondent reports. Anchor correspondent the head of the World Health Organization has called coronavirus the enemy of humanity. In this intensive care unit, it is easy to see why. The footage filmed by the head doctor shows a
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