Be in ministrations forthcoming Strategic Plan that is now required under the package that was just passed and signed into law will that Strategic Plan on testing include specific numeric targets for Testing Capacity supply chain capacity and projection of shortages. Thank you for that question and statement senator murray yes we are as ive stated we continue to have a work in progress as we build the Testing Capacity we have established the targets with the state of over 12000000 tests over the next 4 weeks we think those targets are going to be good in may and june but as dr foushee said we really have to be evidence based we expect those targets to go up as we progress simply oping as communities go through phase one and then into phase 2 and certainly those numbers will need to go up significantly again in the fall when we potentially have influenza circulating with with co that so yes there will be targets the targets will need to change based on the evidence that we see but we ar
Orders an offensive against on groups after 34 people including newborn babies are killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban denies any involvement in the us whats being called a one in a 1000000 discovery a planet near the center of the galaxy that resembles our. Thank you very much for joining us we begin in the u. S. Way top Infectious Disease expert has issued us talk warning the leading member of the Coronavirus Task force has told Congress Rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths dr anthony found shes testimony to Congress Country contrast said with President Trumps repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy she said ignoring guidelines go trigger an outbreak that states may be unable to control it was among experts testified before senators who are reviewing trumps handling of the pandemic and discussing plans to lift lockdowns but feel if that occurs there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be
Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua. A lot going on in your markets. Happy monday. Asian stocks are advancing with the u. S. Index futures following a mixed section in asia. Investors move across growth to relax restrictions for coronavirus. I am looking at the dollar drifting higher against most of its major peers. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. In the u. S. Vice president pence is selfisolating after his press secretary tested positive for the coronavirus. He has tested negative everything a day. He has not been in quarantine. He plans to be back in the white house today. Threatening to sue in germany over the countrys constitutional court. Eu final word on ing eu law has infringement proceedings against germany are possible. Speak to the lawmaker later this morning. Saudi arabia has announced austerity measures. It is cutting allowances for government workers. The savings are valued at 27 billion. The coronavirus pandemic continues to hit oil demand. The
Hockey so night and day to get it right for the 1st time since recovering from cope at 19 the u. K. Prime minister addresses media on efforts to battle a pandemic that. Autumn months of protests a plan to tackle the financial woes but will it be enough to pull the country out of its economic spiral. And put those birthday parties been postponed South Koreans will have to wait until next month to celebrate. In the United States where the economic numbers just keep getting worse the u. S. Labor department has released yet another bleak unemployment report more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits in just the past week taking the total number of job listable them 30000000. 00 over the last 6 weeks the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3. 5 percent between december and. February this year but in march it jumps to a 2 of the hof year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly will than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies the easing lockdown measures more th
Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching al jazeera live from doha with our continuing coverage of the pandemic and its impact also ahead this hour the Economic News isnt any better in the eurozone its economy has shrunk by almost 4 percent and. Were past the peak and were on the downward slope. The u. K. Prime minister back at work after recovering from covert 19 promises to set out a lockdown exit plan next week. We begin with the impacts of the coronavirus on the worlds biggest economy almost another 4000000 people in the u. S. Apply for unemployment support last week meaning more than 30000000 have made a claim since march the Unemployment Rate hovered around 3 and a half percent between december and february but in march it jumped to 4 point. 4 percent some economists believe it could be as high as 20 percent when the figure for april is released as of next week hoping to begin clawing back some financial ground more than 2 dozen states moving ahead with plans to relax restrictions