Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says the administration is working with congress on a spending package for National Coronavirus response. He testified before the house ways and Means Committee on President Trumps 2021 Budget Proposal and was asked about the governments response to the outbreak as well as its Economic Impact. We want to be able to take advantage of the opportunity this morning to give the secretary time for the give and take in the dialogue that were going tome brace here for the next couple of hours. To embrace here for the next couple of hours. Mr. Neal i think we can provide to the first issue so we can get to the chairman. It is of no controversy. So, first, let me call the ways and Means Committee to order. Good morning. Before turning to our hearing this morning. The committees annual budget on views and estimates for fiscal year 2021 in accordance with the requirements of section 301d of the congressional budget act of 1974. Members will find the letter in front
The flu is a respiratory disease like coronavirus, correct . How do you know you have the flu as opposed to coronavirus . The definitive test would be a test for the flu or a test for the coronavirus. You need a test . There are overlapping systems symptoms. Coronavirus is predominantly fever and a low respiratory infection as opposed to an upper respiratory infection starting off with and you might get a pulmonary involvement, which is flu. What is lower respiratory . As opposed to sneezing. When you have lung involvement, you can get that with flu, but usually it is upper respiratory. Fever and a cough . Fever and cough, it can be either of them. What should you do if you have fever and cough . It depends on the circumstance. If you are in the middle of flu season right now and you have fever and cough, you should see a physician, certainly if you are in a risk group. With an underlying condition, during the flu season. We do have antivirals for the flu and you could be helped by doi
Of county and city health almostls represents the 3000 local Health Departments across the country. Those are the folks on the front lines of the Coronavirus Response and so many of the other Public Health emergencies and crises that take place in communities across the country. Guest you heard the county executive talk about what is experienced. What arelarge the lessons that we could use in the United States at this time . Guest you get a great example of what it looks like in the ground on his community, and even those places that do not have confirmed cases are doing a lot of the same work. From the basic answering questions, there is a time of concern in the community ton of concern in the community, working with schools and others who are doing large gatherings. What should they be doing and what shouldnt they be doing. Health care providers, what they are looking for and how to get people in line for testing. They are also monitoring folks who may have symptoms while they are wa
[inaudible] we want to be able to take advantage of the opportunity this morning to give the secretary time for the give and take in the dialogue that were going to embrace here for the next couple of hours. I think we can proceed to the first issue so we can get to the chairman. It is of no controversy. No con. So, first, let me call the ways and Means Committee to order. Good morning. Before turning to our hearing this morning. The committees annual budget on views and estimates for fiscal year 2021 in accordance with the requirements of section 301d of the congressional budget act of 1974. Members will find the letter in front of them. Let me thank Ranking Member brady for working with me on this matter so that we are able to submit a consensus document to the Budget Committee that reflects the priorities of the ways and Means Committee as a whole. Without objection, the views and estimates will be considered as read and open for amendment at any point. And if there are no amendment
Studentcam. Org. The World Health Organization held a News Conference to provide the latest data unconfirmed coronavirus cases and the number of deaths worldwide. Officials also answered questions about testing them of vaccine development, and response efforts in europe, africa, and the middle east. Good afternoon, everyone. Delay, first. The welcome, everyone to this regular press conference on covid19. We are today in the executive boardroom of the World Health Organization. It is basically to give us a little bit more space so we can all follow the good practices of physical distancing. S, and iur regular guest you may leave at some point, but hopefully we will have questions for the other guests. Just to remark that we had some , we had someues meetings just a few hours ago and hopefully this will be sorted and everyone on our list including press releases and all the other communications. We will have an audio file as we always do. You. Ank good morning, good afternoon everybody.