What were going to do were going to begin with the latest numbers where theres some good news from some countries not so good news from other countries china and south korea for example seem at least according to reports be getting over the hump the infamous curve while other countries. Not so much right United Nations today declaring quote humanity is facing its greatest challenge since world war 2 meanwhile here in the United States as we report to you just a block from where we sit from where the white house is the new prediction for how Many Americans will die is now at 240000 member 100000 then 200000 now its 240000 but i want you to keep something in mind here you know how many people most of them elderly die annually in the United States on average 2800000 people die every year in the United States most of them older people obviously right old age is they say of course the difference is that they die of everything Heart Disease cancer and a lot of other ailments and their deaths
This is your fast and easy way to watch unfiltered coverage of the pandemic. Trump in the White House Coronavirus Task Force Made several announcements on the response the pandemic, theuding extending nationwide social distancing guidelines until april 30. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you. I appreciate everybody being here. Beautiful day in the rose garden. Tremendous distance between chairs. Social distancing, you practice it very well. We appreciate it. Thats great. I want to start today by highlighting several critical developments on both the testing and treatment that will help us win our war against the coronavirus. On friday, the fda authorized a new test developed by abbott labs that delivers lightning fast results, in as little as five minutes. That is a whole new ballgame. I want to thank abbott labs for the incredible work they have done. They have been working around the clock. Normally, this approval process from the fda would take 10 months, even longer, but we
Force made several announcements on the federal response to the pandemic including extending the nationwide social distancing guidelines until april 30. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you. I appreciate everybody being here. Beautiful day in the rose garden. Tremendous distance between chairs. Social distancing, you practice it very well. We appreciate it. Thats great. I want to start today by highlighting several critical developments on both the testing and treatment that will help us win our war against the coronavirus. On friday, the fda authorized a new test developed by abbott labs that delivers lightning fast results, in as little as five minutes. That is a whole new ballgame. I want to thank abbott labs for the incredible work they have done. They have been working around the clock. Normally, this approval process from the fda would take 10 months, even longer, but we did it in four weeks. Abbott stated they will begin delivering 50,000 tests each day, starting this week
Will help us win our war against the coronavirus. On friday, the fda authorized a new test developed by abbott labs that delivers lightning fast results in as little as five minutes. That is a whole new ballgame. Labs for thank abbott the incredible work they have done. They have been working around the clock. Normally this approval process from the fda would take 10 months and even longer, but we did it in four weeks. Willt has stated they begin delivering 50,000 tests each day starting this week. Even before this development, we have been doing more tests than any other country anywhere in the world. It is one of the reasons why we have more cases than other countries, because we have been testing. It is also one of the reasons we are just about the lowest in terms of mortality rate, because we have been doing more testing so we have bigger numbers to look at. Think the general of the army corps of engineers. Us general who is here with will say a few words in a little while. What th
Thank you. So thank you all very much and for the great job you are doing. It is real incredible frankly. Many of the states are stocked up. Some of them dont admit it, but they have we have sent just so much so many things to them including ventilators, even though theres a question as to hoarding ventilators, some hospitals and independent hospitals, and some hospital chains as we call them, they are holding ventilators. They dont want to let them up. We need them for certain areas. Theres big problems. Cant hold them if they think there might be a problem weeks down the road. So we delivered a lot, and this group has been really fantastic. We want to thank you. Ups and fedex, in particular, youve gone absolutely out of your way, so we appreciate everything youve done and delivered. The federal government continues to mobilize every resource to make sure our front line doctors and nurses have the equipment needed to save american lives. Yesterday i visited naval station norfolk as th