To hear about the virus response in American Samoa, northern mariana islands, guam, puerto rico, and virgin islands. More portly, we want to receive the perspective about how congress can help local governments adequately address this world pandemic. And for the territories, i think they have a better understanding when we say world pandemic as opposed to just trying to keep it to the mainland here. The territories face unique challenges. Based on geographic location, the unequal treatment under federal programs, and the dire financial situation. And so the islands having been hit by actual disasters in turn including hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes. Now those are we getting the Health Care Infrastructure as covid19. And so local governments has been working to recover and we build under these events. But i believe there is more than needs to be done. And one of the things that this virus has provided all of us is and i hope it provides everyone in congress, is a perspective. But as
The Palestinian Authority. Thousands of palestinian workers are returning to their work in israel after a agreement has been made to allow them to go there and stay there for a couple of weeks this has been a daily commute for many workers but after the outbreak of coverage 19 an agreement has been made for them to stay in israel a similar agreement was made a couple of weeks ago but some of those workers said that they couldnt find suitable accommodation so they came back according to this agreement around 40000 palestinian workers are expected to cross into israel on sunday and monday they are workers in the agriculture industry and construction sectors they are important for the israeli economy and theyre also important for the Palestinian Economy they generate around 2 and a half 1000000000. 00 into the palestinians weak economy every year so its been a tough decision for the Palestinian Authority to make on the one hand around 74 percent of infractions have come from workers and t
Were also fully committed to continuing to expand the supply of this medicine we started investing in this back in january as soon as we became aware of the chrono virus this is a long time to manufacture it used to be 12 months its now 6 months our scientists have brought that down and so as we get into the 2nd half of this year were able to have many more supplies available to patients and were fully committed to working mr president with you here ministration to make sure that patients and you can get this important new medicine mike hanna has more now from washington. It has been given an emergency use flagged by the f. D. A. Which means that it can be used under very tightly controlled conditions which will be part of the ongoing survey into the thick a c. Of the drug now within the u. S. The f. D. A. Some urgency rissa lucian was given on the basis of a single trial in which patients were shown to recover 4 days quicker from the corona virus than those who were given a placebo wi
Different set of drugs then you might need at later point in the disease. Not to make too complicated rep. Mccarthy i want to thank you all for joining me and before we begin, i want to continue to pray for everyone who has lost loved ones on this virus. I also want to thank all those from the medical community, to the Truck Drivers to the farmers to the grocery clerks two people who take out food, everyone making sure the country is still working through this. We cannot thank them enough, especially on the front lines, all those in the medical community as well. Ofave put together a group slide decks since we cannot be in person with one another, i thought i thought that could work better. Is first slide decks i go to some of the data we have from Johns Hopkins. We are still suffering from the virus, but we are making progress. On a gottlieb said today plateau, there are a couple things i take from this Johns Hopkins numbers from a positive sense of where i look at it, we have a downw
Treatment under federal programs, and the financial situation. And so the islands having been hit by actual disasters in turn including hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes. Now those are we getting the aslth care infrastructure covid19. Local governments has been working to recover and rebuild under these events. But i believe there is more than needs to be done. Things that this virus has provided all of us is a perspective that as we go through and talk about recovery and relief, that there is a cumulative effect. And theres not been enough resources. Suddenly you are drowned economically and in terms of Health Response this very deadly virus. So it becomes a cumulative effect. Disparity at the beginning, and then you put disparity on top, you demand a response that is already taxing local communities and local governments. So i welcome this discussion. I think it is important. I think my colleagues, vice chair sablan of the full and internal affairs in. Particular. Thank you very, muc