Experts talked about the latest research into the development of a Coronavirus Vaccine, as well as safety concerns and the need for global participation. As of this morning, there were over 27 million global confirmed cases of covid19, and 892,000 deaths. Point 3. S. We have six million confirmed cases and we are approaching 190 thousand deaths. We have seen significant economic disruption to businesses and families, and normal daytoday activities have been vastly altered. Leadingexperts experts have said we need a vaccine, which is why the topic is so critical. We will also discuss the lessons that we are learning now in developing a covid19 vaccine, and the implications for if used future Vaccine Development. We have a short amount of time and a number of really terrific speakers, so why do we not get started . Mark, why dont we begin with you. About vaccines under development from pfizer, astrazeneca, in partnership with the university of oxford, all of which are in phase three Clin
Inessential workplaces and believe that they, too, should be protected by system of justice. Im going to stand with them and hope of the members of the senate will join me. Madam president , i yield the floor. Madam president , after a few weeks of working remotely to flatten the coronavirus curve were back in washington to continue our Coronavirus Response and address other important issues. Its been in public difficult couple of months for our country. In fact, for most of the world. More than 1 million americans have contracted the coronavirus and thousands have died. Our economy has taken a huge hit. Millions of americans are out of work and businesses are struggling to stay afloat. And americans are worried. They are worried about their own health. They are worried about the health of their families and their loved ones. And theyre worried about their finances. My colleagues and i know that americans are suffering. And our overriding priority over the past twodi months has been re
Finances. My colleagues and i know that americans are suffering. Our overriding priority for the past few months has been responding to the coronavirus iscrisis. We passed several major response bills and provided substantially more than 2 trillion. We have funded medical care, personal protective equipment for frontline medical personnel and Treatment Development hate sickly of Unemployment Benefits direct relief payments to american citizens, forgivable loans for Small Businesses and much more. Our goal has been to provide a comprehensive responses addressing not just the medical priorities but also the Economic Impact of viruses have on so Many American families. There is more work to be done. Right now a big part of the work is monitoring the implementation of the legislation we have already passed. We provided a tremendous amount of money and we need too made sure its getting word needs to go as quickly as possible and its being spent in the most effective way. Monitoring the impl
Florida, as well as a handful of others. For senator Bernie Sanders, based upon my reporting, i can tell you two things. They are trying to develop some type of operation for a contested invention that has been in the works for several months, but two, to try to change the trajectory and dynamics of the race it what increasingly feels like a unified Democratic Party be fined behind joe biden. David many thanks to Kevin Cirilli reporting from washington. A lot of this market is about testing. Hhsust had alex a czar, the saying 75 thousand by the weekend. Now they say they will not get that out. Drew with an Infectious Disease like this, the key message we have in our arsenal is to try to stop this is to say identify people who are infected and stop them from spreading into other people i saying stay home or be in the hospital or whatever, depending on how sick they are. Ifyou cannot ask people you cannot test people, you cannot do that. We are seeing these afterthefact cases where someb
[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be you aroffere conroy. Lain, father chaplain conroy merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The members of the peoples house as they work toward the difficult and task of funding our government in a fair and equitable manner amid the other matters being considered at this time. May they negotiate with one in good faith and trust nd a shared love for our nation. We pray that all that is done be and our greater honor glory. Amen. Father. Ker thank you, pursuant to section 7a of house journal of 58, the the last days proceedings is approved. Will bege of allegiance led by the gentleman from new morrelle. Mr. Morrelle