Vaccine development and efforts to address disparities in minority communities. This is abouttwo hours 45 minutes. This hearing will come to order. First i would like to welcome our witness, doctor robert redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to main
Being locked indoors for 40 days because of the corona virus. And as Fitness Studios reopen in some parts of germany take a look at how new hygiene and social distancing rules work that. Im told me a lot of people have you with us after weeks of lockdown borders are starting to reopen across europe the German Government has announced that it will begin relaxing border controls with other e. U. Member states this coming weekend at the same time the European Commission has unveiled a plan to revive the battered torahs an industry and make it possible for people to take a summer vacation. Border checks were supposed to be a thing of the past in europe change in zone germans were used to freedom of movement but the coronavirus put a stop to that cross border travel to neighboring austria switzerland and france was limited to those with an urgent reason to move now the interior minister has announced a road map to get the roads open again. That is simply that if people continue to show disc
A grants to malaria scientists discover a microbe the prevents mosquitoes getting infected. The fight against the corona virus has been given an 8000000000 dollar boost leaders from the e. U. And other nations pledged to cash in a Video Conference on monday it will be used to help speed up research into a vaccine and treatments by the United States where almost 70000 people have died didnt take part john holl has more. Coronavirus isnt going away so the world must find ways to live with it better ways of testing for it more effective ways of treating it most importantly eventually a vaccine against it. The patents are many the goal is one to defeat this virus and e. U. Led virtual pledging conference aims to channel billions of dollars into the Global Response its not just about pouring money into research but also about pooling resources and expertise for the common good it really measurable sense and. It will be. Now. Some. Why. The u. S. Isnt involved and while china is offering to
Okay, the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my opening statement, i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician. And we asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these. And while he is not mandated their use, he did share that, and i quote, my preference is that members retain their face covers when speaking as speaking is an activity which can release virus particles, especially if the speaking is of high spirited nature. And ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a high spirited nature. So were going to leave it up to individual members to decide. But i think i will to be cautious here, im going to keep mine on. Others will be mindful of the reason why there is guidance on this issue. It has been roughly three months since the First Community transmission of covid19 was discovered in the United States. Since that time, our world has changed dramatically. There are now more than 1. 3 million
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