Good. The steering will come to order. I want to thank you witnesses for your efforts as they are wed to the current have to call it a pandemic at this point with covid19 karate coronavirus. I think it is important we put ever in perspective. I asked my Committee Members to include my Opening Statement in the record. Fail towe often recognize and put this in proper perspective. Let me battle off a couple figures. Worldwideal cases ended up being less than 29,000. In the mist of that crisis, we were talking about this spreading and it could be a Million People. Which would have been a huge problem because ebola had a mortality rate of already percent. In the end, because of effective action on the part of the world health organization, Obama Organization administration, we prevented that from spreading. Less than 29,000 people contracted that. We have had other topics of ebola where we are Getting Better at it. We have developed effective vaccines that helped protect Health Workers and
Coronavirus. Well have live coverage here on cspan3 wednesday afternoon at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. It will also be online at cspan. Org and you can also listen live on the free cspan radio app. Today, federal Health Officials answered questions. Good morning. The committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will please come to order. I have one goal today and that is Accurate Information. Accurate information that can help americans understand what they should do about the coronavirus and Accurate Information to help members of congress to decide what else we ought to be doing about the coronavirus. Around the world, the spread of the Novel Coronavirus is alarming. 90,000 cases in 65 countries, 3,000 deaths according to the World Health Organization. But most people in the United States are at low risk. Here is what the New York Times said on its front page two days ago on sunday in describing the situation in our country. Quote, much about the coronavirus remains unclear and it is
Hello,yo welcome. Are watching outside source. As the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide, the who has no country should assume it will not get cases. That could be a fatal mistake. He are 80,000 cases now in 44 cou around the world implementing tougher restrictions. We will have the verlatest. Heathrow airport are in disarray after a court says they are unlawful because expansion didnt take climate commitments into account. It is the latest episode of the brexit saga and the plot feels strangely familiar. The u. K. Says it is for her to walk away this summer so that no deal is back on the table. East africa is devastated by a giant swarm of locusts. We are live in kenya. Hello welcome. He asoronavirus continues to spread, governments around the world are implementing tougher restrictions to contain. Some of the look at fferent ways various countries are dealing with this particular outbreak. First, lets go to japan. As of next week, all schools will be closed. Now lets turn to i
She also addressed some democrats concerned about the possibility of Bernie Sanders being the democratic nominee. Speaker pelosi good morning, everyone. This morning, leader schumer and i put out a statement on the coronavirus threat. Probably is in your inbox, but in case you dont look there, we said the United States government must address the spread of this deadly coronavirus in a smart, strategic, and serious way. We stand ready to work in a bipartisan fashion in congress and with the administration to achieve the necessary goal. Lives are at stake. This is not a time for namecalling or playing politics. The first step that Congress Must take is to ensure that the government has the resources needed to combat this deadly virus and keep americans safe. Then we go on to some of the provisions that we think we need to go with it, but thats, again, in your inbox. Earlier this week, yesterday, actually, i said that the American People need a coordinated, whole of government, fully fund
A march for their rights on International Womens day. In School Friends a ban from bahrain one race of the coronavirus. From the womens teacher if you walk upright against india in front of the packed vote in progress. Hello welcome to the news hour our top story its only a suffered another shop spike in deaths from coronavirus this on the day of 60000000 people thats a quarter of its population under lockdown 366 people are now known to have died from the virus an increase of 133 from saturday making it the country with the highest official death toll outside china more than 7000 infections have also been confirmed. Well the lockdown includes the entire region of a long body where 267 of the deaths were recorded home to 10000000 people and the Financial Capital milan no one can move in or out of the area the lockdown has also been imposed on 14 other provinces including venice affecting another 6000000 people those restrictions are set to remain in place until early april sonia begins