Into the fourth makeshift medical station. Hospitals in the bay area want to be ready to handle an increase in serious patients. Here in california theres 9800 confirmed cases of covid19 and 215 have died. 774 patients are in intense ive care. Thats the a 16th increase. Reporter i spoke to the julie change, her husband is in ici tonight. Julie and jimmy were planning a Family Vacation for spring break. But the crisis hit home for them. Julie is a nurse and jimmy a nursing manager. They thought they took me cautions. He texted me and said i have a fever. Julie left work and the next day jimmy got a test for covid 19, it came back positive. His symptoms got worse, he was on tylenol at that point. The diagnosis unexpected. Jimmy is in his mid40s and no Previous Health problems. Now hes in the icu. Hes in an isolation room, they are gowned up and in their ppe equipment and hes alone with the high flow oxygen. The heartache shared with the family and friends on social media. Its been met ar
Petro currencies not doing so well. Guy . N europe, lets look yeah, at what is happening in europe youat least the dollar is down. Dollar is not continuing to rocket fire as it has been the last few days. We are waiting, as you say, to find out what is happening on capitol hill. We think of what will happen around noon eastern. The vote will happen around in eastern. To session highs before fading again. We have a bit on the euro today, that is good news to the pound has been pummeled. Germany out with a big stimulus package earlier on today. It is going to be issuing more debt. That is the reaction in the bond market. We got a bid on the german bund today, which is good news. Equities and bonds are moving in different directions. They are acting as a bit of a counterweight to each other, which wasnt happening at some point last week. That is the good takeaway today. Vonnie exactly. Purchase of agency, Mortgage Backed securities, it is a new vehicle for this to happen from the Federal
Good morning, i am the 113th president of the National Press club. The executive producer of the public broadcasting series. The spread of coronavirus is now affecting everything from travel and major events to the stock market, in addition to the human toll. Government, community, faithbased and corporate organizations across the country and around the world are meeting, monitoring and urging people to take precautionary measures, including washing your hands frequently, using hand sanitizer, social distancing on site and staying home if you are not feeling well. We are here this morning to learn more about how our local cities and counties are preparing for possible outbreaks. Do local Health Officials have enough protective equipment, including masks and gloves on hand . Are Hospital Personnel and First Responders trained up to deal with coronavirus patients . Are tests for the virus readily available . What is being done to educate the public in our local communities . To help answ
But we are moving to what i would say is virtual recruiting. I have a broader question. Experts say you can anticipate the spread of the virus will will likelyate, and not exclude the military. I am wondering what worstcase scenario you see for the army in terms of how you will have to adjust. We are taking this day to day. A lot of this is looking at the trend data as to how great it will go. Things we learned from general generaln your riba abrams and another general is that you create safety bubbles and keep uniform formations intact and ultimately see if you can ride this out. Will this be a seasonal flu . Will it reverberate or boomerang in the fall . So we are keeping the formations intact and will adjust as we learn more. You dont have a specific worstcase you are planning for . Secretary mccarthy we are learning more every day and looking at options, but we need to collect more data. I would add to the secretary, what we found in italy and korea were very strong measures where
Is this who wants to be a millionaire . It is running a lot better right now. Phone,ave folks on the is that right . What i will do is for all of the folks on the phone, this is ryan mccarthy. I will start with some opening comments. Q a we will do an open up to answer questions. Weve got to get out of here no later than 1600 and get back to the office. Let me make a couple remarks. Thank you for coming. We are trying to bring an update on the covid19 response efforts to protect our people, maintain Mission Readiness and support the government effort. To provide these updates as routinely as we can. We will work out a rhythm that is appropriate. Our goal is to be as transparent as possible and keep an open line of communication about what the army is doing. On march 19, currently the u. S. Army has 45 cases. This number includes 21 soldiers, six da civilians, eight family members, and 10 contractors. Crisis,ng in times of helping restore peace in times of chaos, and organizing against