Testing to test phase one for reopening. Well have more on that, here now the president in the rose garden taking media questions. Social distancing, yet were still seeing about 20,000 new cases a day, 12,000 deaths. Is there anything else the administration is planning to do to get these new cases under control . Because we seem to be on a plateau. Well, excuse me, 20,000 the numbers are way down from what they were two weeks ago. I mean, the numbers are really coming down and very substantially. This weekend was one of the lowest weve had. This is, you know, the numbers are coming down very rapidly all throughout the country, by the way. There may be one exception, but all throughout the country the numbers are coming down rapidity. I think you see that, admiral. [inaudible] 130,000 cases that go through august. Is that, do you agree with those models . Is that your expectation . Well, the models havent been exactly accurate. You look at some of the models, theyve been way off. A few
Provide an update on the Testing Capacity developed by the United States, the most advanced and robust testing system anywhere in the world by far. This afternoon i will also announce new steps we are taking to make tests even more widely available. To battle the virus, my administration marshalls every resource at our nations disposal, public, economic, scientific, all your disposal. We launched the largest manufacturing ramp up since the second world war. There has been nothing like it since. At the center of this industrial and scientific mobilization was the development or a of our coronavirus testing capabilities. In the span of just a few short months we have developed a Testing Capacity unmatched and unrivaled anywhere in the world and it is not even close. This is a core element of our plan to safely and gradually areened america, and we opening and starting and there is enthusiasm like i havent seen in a long time. Proudamerican should be of the amazing array of talent, skill,
Testing to test phase one for reopening. Well have more on that, here now the president in the rose garden taking media questions. Social distancing, yet were still seeing about 20,000 new cases a day, 12,000 deaths. Is there anything else the administration is planning to do to get these new cases under control . Because we seem to be on a plateau. Well, excuse me, 20,000 the numbers are way down from what they were two weeks ago. I mean, the numbers are really coming down and very substantially. This weekend was one of the lowest weve had. This is, you know, the numbers are coming down very rapidly all throughout the country, by the way. There may be one exception, but all throughout the country the numbers are coming down rapidity. I think you see that, admiral. [inaudible] 130,000 cases that go through august. Is that, do you agree with those models . Is that your expectation . Well, the models havent been exactly accurate. You look at some of the models, theyve been way off. A few
Testing to test phase one for reopening. Well have more on that, here now the president in the rose garden taking media questions. Social distancing, yet were still seeing about 20,000 new cases a day, 12,000 deaths. Is there anything else the administration is planning to do to get these new cases under control . Because we seem to be on a plateau. Well, excuse me, 20,000 the numbers are way down from what they were two weeks ago. I mean, the numbers are really coming down and very substantially. This weekend was one of the lowest weve had. This is, you know, the numbers are coming down very rapidly all throughout the country, by the way. There may be one exception, but all throughout the country the numbers are coming down rapidity. I think you see that, admiral. [inaudible] 130,000 cases that go through august. Is that, do you agree with those models . Is that your expectation . Well, the models havent been exactly accurate. You look at some of the models, theyve been way off. A few
Information. Getting results that are accurate is not easy, but its the kind of thing we need to know and the kind of thing we need to track. We appreciate it very much. Superintendent spearman is here with me today to make an announcement about the public schools, k12. As you know, by executive order, we closed those schools for a , a decision we made after much consultation with a comprehensive group of people including parents, teachers, health experts, and otherwise. We decided not to reopen the schools for the rest of the school year. Schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year. When i issue that order, which will be next week, it will provide a number of things. One of them is flexibility for the districts and the superintendent, and others involved to allow teachers for special needs classes for children to do some teaching of some kind, and other flexibilities that will allow things they need to do. The also dont present threat that opening schools backup would d