Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams: 'One thing we should all consider, especially our millennials and Gen Z, is donating blood... one donation can save up to three lives... Social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement.”
Trump announced FEMA would take over the government's coronavirus responseMcConnell unveils"phase three" of economic stimulus packages which includes a proposal to send relief checks directly to AmericansState Department tells Americans"Do Not Travel" abroadTrump visits FEMA, says he’s considering block grants to states
Vice President Mike Pence had announced at the White House briefing earlier that FEMA would now take the lead in the federal government’s national response."Our nation's response, through FEMA, will be locally executed, state-managed, and federally-supported," Pence said. “I got a feeling that if somebody has a chance to sell to you or to sell to me,” he continued, “that I’m going to lose every one of those.”
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn, left, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House, March 19, 2020, in Washington. "The president's right, with an off-the-shelf drug we do have a lot of information about the side effects of the drug. That really helps in terms of expediting," Hahn explained."I don't want to speculate about a timeline at this point."The president opened his daily news briefing on the coronavirus by again blaming China.
A close up of President Donald Trump's notes shows where the word corona in "Corona Virus" was crossed out and replaced with "Chinese" as he appears with his coronavirus task force during a briefing at the White House on March 19, 2020, in Washington.Later, Trump was asked if he has reason to disbelieve China, which reported Thursday that for the first time no new cases had emerged in the last 24-hour period in the hard-hit city of Wuhan.
Expected to be one of the largest emergency spending packages in American history, the $1 trillion"phase three" that the White House and Republicans are proposing breaks down to: $500 billion for two rounds of $250 billion of direct payments for Americans to go out around April 6 and May 18; $300 billion to help small businesses meet payroll; $50 billion for the airlines; and $150 billion for loans and loan guarantees for other parts of the economy.
Trump signed"phase two" of coronavirus economic relief Wednesday night after the Senate overwhelmingly passed the House-backed bill. It ensures free COVID-19 testing, paid leave for some workers, bolsters unemployment insurance, increases spending on health insurance for the poor and adds $1 billion in food aid.
Asked then in the White House Briefing Room why not invoke the Defense Production Act immediately, Trump said it's unnecessary since the nation's governors are supposed to be doing a lot of this work. When pressed on the availability of masks given complaints about a severe shortage, Vice President Mike Pence insisted,"they are available now."
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