I am joined by committee members. Also joining us today is president yee. Our clerk is miss linda wong. Madam clerk, any announcements today . Yes, madam chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employee exposes e board, th members will be participating remotely. This is pursuant to state and local orders. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participate as if they are physically president. Present. Sfg tv. Org is streaming across the tv. Opportunitpair call 415 65500. Again 145 2541827 and then press pound twice. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions and you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practises is to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. You may submit Public Comment to the budget and finance clerk at linda. Wong sof. Org. It will be forwarded to the supervisors and in
Colonial rule. China warns britain against interfering in Hong Kong Security law as prominent activists appear in court. Italian composer Ennio Morricone best known for his western film scores has died at the age of 91. Nearly 11 and a half 1000000 people are now confirmed to have all have had coronavirus around the world and thats forcing some countries to reimpose restrictions israel has announced its immediately closing all bars nightclubs gyms and event halls by minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its necessary to avoid a wider lockdown latin america now accounts for about hof of all new infections cases there after. Tripled in just a month with brazil mexico and venezuela the worst affected nations some countries are pushing ahead with the reopening kenyas president has announced International Flights will resume on august the 1st hes under pressure to restart the struggling economy after nearly 4 months of destructions more now in israel how the faucets and west to receive them he s
Tensions between the u. K. And china rise as the ambassador in london events his anger at gross interference in hong kong last. Long. The oscar winning composer Ennio Morricone best known for his spaghetti western scores dies aged 91. Below with more than 530000 people dead the coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowing but the focus of attention has shifted yet again as india surges past russia to become the furred hardest hit nation with nearly 700000 infections or their cases per capita remain low the outbreak there isnt expected to peak for several more weeks india is now only behind the u. S. And brazil which together have more than a 3rd of all the worlds cases and deaths meanwhile the limits of our understanding of the disease have been highlighted again as 239 scientists now say theres evidence airborne and can spread through smaller particles in the air they want the w. H. O. To revise its recommendations is about per annum begins our coverage from new delhi where som
So im justice delighted to have her join just delighted to have her join the department. So its a great announcement to make to you all today. And then i, again, i will go through the covid19 update as the next. The agenda item and i am prepared to take any questions. Clerk thank you, dr. Colfax. Commissioners, before you might have any questions. Number one, can i ask everyone except actually everyone to mute themselves except for dr. Colfax right now. I see a lot of microphones on and were hearing someone typing. So everyone would please mute yourselves. And then the Public Comment line, any Public Comment for the directors report . Lets give it one second. Im going to share the Public Comment line info real quickly. Okay. There are no questions from the public. Im going to put this line up quickly for that in case number is watching. Commissioners, if you have any questions for dr. Colfax on the directors report, please raise your hand. Commissioner chow this is dr. Chow. I cant rai
Www. Health. Senate. Gov is our website. I think it makes it possible for us to be table to attract witnesses who have very busy schedules on the same day such as today. Some senators are participating by videoconference. Senators may remove their masks since were 6 feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sarge want at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, our Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and then well turn to our witnesses who we thank very much for being with us today. Each witness we would ask that you summarize your remarks in five minutes, which will allow more time for the large number of senators who we expect to participate to present their testimony. Well have one round of questions for a five minute round. Less than four months ago on march 1st the coronavirus situation was about this. At the end of february there were 79,000 cases around the world, only 14 in the Uni