Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
A very different story in the original at the Center Chinese media showing images of people starting to venture out and have a province. Spains Prime Minister is putting his entire country into lockdown just like italy before it 46000000 people will be ordered to stay home starting monday unless they need food medicine or require to work frances shutting down restaurants cafes nightclubs and sentiments more europeans are being blocked from entering the u. S. Now the trump ministration has expanded its travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland and lets take a look at the the Global Pandemic picture this is from Johns Hopkins university more than 156000 people are infected 72600 of them have recovered the number of deaths is heading towards 6000 there is a lot of ground to cover lets begin with mike hanna and washington d. C. Members of the coronavirus tossed force walk into the Briefing Room in terms of a new protocol all in the president s proximity must have the temperature taken in
Thank you very much for joining us the white House Doctors says donald trump has tested negative for corona virus the u. S. President had potentially been exposed to it while meeting members of a brazilian delegation who later found out they were infected meanwhile trump has extended the european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland spains Prime Minister is putting his entire country into law down like its early before its 46000000. 00 people will be ordered not to leave home unless its absolutely necessary frances shutting down restaurants cafes nightclubs and cinemas now this is the overall pandemic picture from John Hopkins University more than 156000 cumulative infections globally almost 74000 have recovered the number of deaths is heading toward 6000 well begin our coverage with this report from mike hanna in washington. Members of the coronavirus toss of course walk into the Briefing Room in terms of a new protocol all in the president s proximity must have the temperature
The philippines capital goes into a corner by a slow. Thank you for joining us australia has joined a growing list of countries imposing south isolation for International Arrivals to try to curb the corona Virus Outbreak as of midnight on sunday people going into the country are asked to isolate for 14 days australia will also ban coup ships from foreign ports for 30 days. What weve seen in recent in recent waits is more countries having issues with the bars and that means that the source of some of those transmissions are coming from more and more countries bans have been very effective today and what this measure will do is ensure that particularly a stridency who are the majority of people coming to struggle now on these plots when they come back to. This so far civilization reporter and guys will do an effective job in flattening this as we go forward the u. S. Has expanded its european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland and in europe spains Prime Minister is putting his e
Coping as schools are shocked due to threats posed by the virus. Thank you for joining us the number of countries imposing drastic new restrictions to try to curb the spread of coronavirus is growing but he said soldiers in the philippines have started sealing off all entry points to the capital manila its 12000000 residents have been told to stay at home for a month with schools closed and Mass Gatherings banned australia meanwhile has joined the countries imposing south isolation for arrivals as of midnight on sunday people entering australia must isolate themselves for 14 days and in the United States President Donald Trump has expanded the european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland lets bring in sara clock for us in hong kong for us sara lets start with the whats happening in the philippines some incredible scene say you know with the military on the streets tell us about the restrictions and how it affects People Living in manila. Well it looks like manila is now startin