Changed the world as we know it. Coming to you from my neighborhood on the outskirts of mumbai for all of us and 202019 isnt life changing event impacting every system and process on our planet and theres no single visual that can summarize this for the history books millions have been left with no profit income on the one hand on the other it has never been cleaner during my lifetime how does the lockdown change the habitat lets take a closer. In march crowded mumbai became a ghost city that its a desert didnt could never have even dreamed of. India underwent one of the most rigorous lock downs of the corporate crisis as 1300000000 people were placed under curfew with 4 hours notice. On the surface it seemed like nature in indian cities was catching its breath as roads were almost empty and industries shut down. However environmentalists say that this is only temporary and the cause of a crisis has exposed some surprising findings. Now despite when there was there was no transport on
Word signup box. While the house of representatives remains out of session due to the coronavirus pandemic, members of the House Appropriations subcommittee met on capitol hill to look at the virus. The hearing included testimony from former cdc director tom frieden and caitlin rivers from the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security. This is 2. 5 hours. The hearing will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to the labor, health, and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee. Todays hearing is on the nations ongoing response to the coronavirus. Like all other efforts on the supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including my friend and Ranking Member congressman tom cole. Our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the cdc. From 2000 92016. Dr. Caitlin rivers, featured scholar at the Johns Hopkins center
Coronavirus. Like all other efforts on the supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including my friend and Ranking Member, congressman tom cole. Before you begin of what to extend a very warm welcome to our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives, and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention. The cdc, from 20092016. And dr. Caitlin rivers, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security, and assistant professor in the department of Environmental Health and engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Frieden in his testimony will provide a perspective based on 30 years of fighting epidemics including leaving the cdcs response to ebola, where we are and what we need to do to protect americans. Dr. Rivers makes a case why in the months and years to come will we need additional capacities and diagnostic testing, Contact Tracing an
Pandemic, members of the House Appropriations subcommittee and on capitol hill to look at the virus. The hearing included testimony from former cdc director tom frieden and caitlin rivers from the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security. This is 2. 5 hours. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to thend labor, health, and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee. Todays hearing is on the nations ongoing response to the coronavirus. On thether supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle clouding my friend and Ranking Member. Before i begin, i want to extend a very warm welcome to our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the cdc. From 2000 92016. Dr. Caitlin rivers, featured scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security and assistant professor in the department of Environmental Health and engineerin
Fields. So many things are happening. It is a very exciting time for, for medicine. Cheryl talk more about that later. Questions about the virus are growing from our kids to home surfaces. Well separate fact from fiction for you. All of that and a lot more coming up on making money. Cheryl our top story, the White House Coronavirus task force wrapping up another briefing today on a roller coaster day for these markets. Blake burman at the white house. He has a lot more. Blake . Reporter cheryl, we rant into the Vice President s chief of staff, marc short. There are a lot of questions about the phase three stimulus program, the trillion dollar package the white house is trying to put together to coordinate with capitol hill. He told us they believe this could potentially put together and signed by next week. As you heard the treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin tell Maria Bartiromo earlier this morning, part of that package entails 500 billion worth of direct payments to americans. The trea