Zealand changes his plea and admits to murdering 51 people. And the unique plan to protect the oceans around the seychelles. Im going to get your skill with the sport italian officials believe a Champions League football match could be partly responsible for the spread of coronavirus in one of its hardest hit cities well hear from both of those mayors and what people there are calling games 0. Now the french region west hit by coronavirus is struggling to cope and has now begun sending some of its sickest patients to other cities and even across borders the Eastern Region of bordering germany began and lifting patients to other countries on wednesday and now its moving others by train to hospitals and other french cities. Take a look this is the main station and strasburg 20 people 4 of them a seriously ill being transferred on specially equipped high speed trains the region has reported more than 500 deaths so far 99 of those just in the past 24 hours the number of confirmed cases in
Fact there has never been a time when humans were not affected during his time as a selfdescribed disease detective he has had his own brushes with viruses and wnfectious disease in contagion in 1995 he worked in zaire for the first a bola after 9 11 he was called to washington to prevent the spread of anthrax and in 2003 called to hong kong to help quarantines ours. These are some of the stories he chronicles in the next pandemic as a disease hunter and has been trying to prepare the public for Health Emergencies and he has seen it all. Telling us microbes will always be a problem he also writes that in all all epidemics and pandemics are inevitable in fact most can be mitigated if not prevented. But how do we have enough resources . To help a separate the hype from the facts what poses the greatest risk of what we need to do please join me on a Public Health journey by welcoming doctor kohn to the Carnegie Council this morning. [applause] thank you very much. Good morning everybody.
Public Health Threat to the United States of america. Were in the midst of not just a threat in our own country, but a global coronavirus pandemic. More than 173,000 cases nationwide and more than 7300 people have died. What you see today on the floor of the United States senate is exactly the opposite of what were being advised as a nation we need to do. What you see today on the floor of the United States senate are staff people, thank you for being here, protective forces outside the chamber, and others who are invisible to those coming and going that are part of the ordinary business of the United States senate. You see, we did today what the president has told america we should not do, what medical experts have told us we should not do. We have taken unnecessary Airline Flights to come here to washington d. C. I was on the plane this morning from springfield illinois to chicago, there were six passengers on the plane. Most people are listening to the advice of the medical experts
Leadership, on security and economic opportunity, on freedom and human rights issues. She is also the chair of the Institute Human trafficking advisory council. Mrs. Vicki kennedy as both an accomplished attorney and notforprofit did. Good. She is a Senior Fellow Council and she advises clients on common issues and regulatory issues. She is the present of the board and the cofounder of the edward m. Kennedy institute for the study of the senate, a nonpartisan nonprofit, dazzling beautiful building right here in boston that educates the public about the unique role of the United States senate in our democracy. And tonight they will both be in conversation with kerry healey who is the inaugural president of the center for advancing the American Dream at the milken they can Milliken Institute opening in 2022. Both of us in massachusetts know of are publicly searchable. She was former Lieutenant Governor, was president , college present as well and with price you is a former resident fello
Rights issues. Shes also chair of the institutes Human Trafficking advisory consults. This is vickie kennedy, an accomplished attorney and a nonprofit leaders. She advises government issues and regulatory issues. Shes the president of the board and the cofounder of the Kennedy Institute for the study of the senate and a nonpartisan and nonprofit, dazzling and a beautiful building here in boston that educates the public of the unique role of the United States senate in our democracy. Theyll be in conferring with gary hill. Those of us in massachusetts know of her public leadership and Lieutenant Governor, she was the president and a former resident fellow here at the institute. Join me welcoming Lieutenant Governor healy and mrs. Mccain and mrs. Kennedy. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for those kinds introductions. I am so excited to be able to have this conversation with both of you today. I think with the backdrop of everything that is going on with the country r