Thank you. So thank you all very much and for the great job you are doing. It is real incredible frankly. Many of the states are stocked up. Some of them dont admit it, but they have we have sent just so much so many things to them including ventilators, even though theres a question as to hoarding ventilators, some hospitals and independent hospitals, and some hospital chains as we call them, they are holding ventilators. They dont want to let them up. We need them for certain areas. Theres big problems. Cant hold them if they think there might be a problem weeks down the road. So we delivered a lot, and this group has been really fantastic. We want to thank you. Ups and fedex, in particular, youve gone absolutely out of your way, so we appreciate everything youve done and delivered. The federal government continues to mobilize every resource to make sure our front line doctors and nurses have the equipment needed to save american lives. Yesterday i visited naval station norfolk as th
Very nicely. Thank you for being here and update you on the progress weve made after a week of extraordinary mobilization. Its our war against the virus. Governors, mayors, businesses, charities, and citizens are working with urgency and speed toward one common goal. That is saving american lives. We are in communication with foreign countries. Now at 148 foreign countries. Can you believe that . You talk about a spread, a violent spread. 148 countries. Not even believable. There has been a week of National Action and Great National solidarity. People are getting along. Democrats, independents, liberals, conservatives. Its a very nice thing to see. We are all one beautiful american family. That is taking place right now. Last night, i approved a major disaster declaration for the state of new york. I work very closely with governor cuomo. Is the first time in our nations history that a president declared a major disaster and response to a Public Health crisis. Never happened before. Im
Watch briefings and hearings with Public Health specialists anytime, unfiltered next, President Trump leads a briefing by the Coronavirus Task force updating the governments response to the pandemic. He was joined by Vice President pence as well as other medical health professionals. Pres. Trump thank you. A lot of things going on. We are going to be going over the hill. We are having a lot of meetings. From the financial, this is a medical situation, not a financial situation. Financial is moving along very nicely. Thank you for being here and update you on the progress weve made after a week of extraordinary mobilization. In our war against the virus. Governors, mayors, businesses, charities, and citizens are working with urgency and speed toward one common goal. That is saving american lives. We are in communication with foreign countries. Now at 148 foreign countries. Can you believe that . You talk about a spread, a violent spread. 148 countries. Not even believable. There has bee
I also spoke with our nations governors. This afternoon we are announcing new guidelines for every american to follow over the next 15 days as we combat the virus. Each and everyone of us has a Critical Role to play in stopping the spread and transmission of the virus. We did this today. This was done by a lot of very talented people some of whom are standing with me, and thats available. Dr. Birx will be speaking about that in just a few minutes. Its important for the young and Healthy People to understand that, while they may experience milder symptoms, they can easily spread this virus and they will spread it indeed, putting countless others in harms way. We especially worry about our senior citizens. The White House Task force meets every day and updates guidelines based on the fast evolving situation that this has become all over the world. Its incredible whats happened in such a short period of time. In consultation with governors, we have made the decision to further toughen the
And understanding enough about the virus to start putting together diagnostics and begin the process of developing vaccines and other countermeasures. It is a long process but we have enough knowledge to get on that pathway. Host what is the most important thing to learn about the virus . What termsnderstand mean. We are throwing words around. Because they are technical terms, they have a different meaning to people working in epidemiology and Public Health than when they might be echoed in different settings. The most important thing to moststand is we think young, otherwise healthy people, are at risk of infection, but not necessarily at risk of severe disease. People who are older, who have underlying conditions, cardiovascular disease, heart appear, diabetes, they to be at higher risk of more severe disease. Those are the people who seem to be at highest risk of severe pneumonia. That is what we clearly understand right now. When we throw around terms of case fatality rate of 2 , 3