Next, a hearing on how federal agencies are working in response to the corona Virus Outbreak. Ken cuccinelli as acting deputy Homeland Security secretary and doctor Robert Kadlec is assistant secretary of Human Services. Topics include supplychain management, sick pay support and travel issues. Specifically how the coast guard is working with cruise line. This is just over two hours. This hearing will come to water. I want to thank the witnesses first and foremost for the efforts as related to the current i guess we have to call it a pandemic at this point in time with conv19, the corona virus. I do think its important we put everything in perspective and i would ask my Committee Members to include my pretend Opening Statement in the record. But we often times. Let me rattle off a couple figures here. Ebola total cases worldwide ended up being less than 29,000. I remember in a crisis we were talking about it spreading and could be a Million People which would have been a huge problem b
This hearing will come to water. I want to thank the witnesses first and foremost for the efforts as related to the current i guess we have to call it a pandemic at this point in time with conv19, the corona virus. I do think its important we put everything in perspective and i would ask my Committee Members to include my pretend Opening Statement in the record. But we often times. Let me rattle off a couple figures here. Ebola total cases worldwide ended up being less than 29,000. I remember in a crisis we were talking about it spreading and could be a Million People which would have been a huge problem because ebola had a mortality rate of 40 , but in the end because of effective action on the part of the world health organization, the Obama Administration and resources we prevented it from spreading some less than 29,000 contracted it and about 11,000 died. Weve had other outbreaks where we are Getting Better and weve developed some relatively effective vaccines to help protect Heal
Good morning. The committee on Health Education will come to order. I have one goal today and that is Accurate Information. Accurate information that can help americans understand what they can do and decide what else around the worl world is at f the multiple coronavirus is alarming. 90,000 cases and 65 countries, 3,000 deaths according to the World Health Organization and most people in the United States are at a low risk. Heres what the New York Times said on its front page todays ago on sunday in describing the situation in our country. Quote, much about the coronavirus remains unclear. Its far from certain that the outbreak will reach a severe see proportions in the United States or affect many regions that ones. With its topnotch scientists, modern hospitals and Public Health infrastructure, most experts agree the United States is among the countrys best prepared to prevent or manage such an epidemic. Thats from the front page of the New York Times two days ago describing where w
Shakes but rather waving. Voting centers are equipped with hand sanitizers. We have consulted with people that if they are sick they should stay home. While we are not recommending the Public Events be canceled, several Silicon Companies have changed their plans. The latest, and in person portion of a user conference is canceled Setting Health concerns of coronavirus. Event planned for the last week of march will be online only. The coronavirus and the flu had the same symptoms. Unless they get a test, we will not know what they have. The Largest School district says that it has not seen coronavirus, but is monitoring for it. It stresses the importance of prolonged handwashing. The Infectious Disease specialist here at stanford is hopeful about some of the drugs that are currently being tested. She also expects more testing to be available at clinics like this one by the end of the week. Thank you. The virus is spreading to new countries, with the first cases reported in malaysia, port
The competitors, but in this case they are different. This is something we want to get done very quickly. Vice president mike pence is scheduled to brief lawmakers on the coronavirus tomorrow. The house can start considering an 8 billion bill to fund the governments response by wednesday. Heres a look now at the cases in california. So far, 43 people have tested positive for covid19. 19 of those cases were not related to flights. Of those 19, you can see the breakdown behind me, 10 are travel related, five are person toperson, and for community transmissions. Bay area county has the most cases in santa clara and they have nine. Reporter the number of coronavirus patients in Santa Clara County have tripled over the weekend. There are now nine confirmed cases, all adults, four of them that required hospitalization. The majority of those hospitalize have Chronic Health conditions, and the others are i cited at home. Have to assume this is Community Spread now. It is still not in any kind