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About this right now. well, they are, and im glad that were able to speed it up. it will absolutely be before the end of the month. but we are — and im saying, over the coming weeks. remember, there are two kinds of test, one to show if youve had the virus after recovering, but the one these nhs staff are queueing up for at a superstore car park turned testing drive—through, records if you have the virus right now. if the drivers of these cars are negative, they could get back onto the despe...

Gives you an idea of do you have the virus now. matt hancock has talked about wanting universities and businesses to massively boost at test which is currently the main test which is currently the main test that we are using in the uk. the other test he mentioned is the antibody test where you can take a sample of blood and that tells you if you have had the virus in the past because you will demonstrate if you have had antibodies in your system. there can be no certainty is it with this but it ...

This had never been done. this is a terrible thing to do. and four weeks later, they were all saying were lucky we did it. >> meanwhile, house speaker nancy pelosi today announced a new select committee with subpoena power to scrutinize the response to this pandemic and the administrations management of this new gigantic $2 trillion economic rescue package. democratic congressman jim clyburn of south carolina will be its chairman. this afternoon, trump had this response to the speakers move. >> ...

Strategy, and there has been a slow delivery of that testing strategy. i say that in the spirit of constructive opposition at a time of national and international emergency. still in the press conference in the public statements, some lack of clarity about the five pillars of matt hancocks strategy and about the test —— that test see whether you have the virus now as opposed to the test coming down the strea m opposed to the test coming down the stream that may tell you whether youve had it ...

Carrier, the "uss theodore roosevelt" has been relieved of his dmacommand. the pentagon also confirming tonight that as death tolls skyrocket, fema has requested 100,000 body bags. its a very real problem in cities like new york that theyre being forced to confront. >> reporter: behind me is the site that some park avenue residents are waking up to this morning. let me describe it to you. there is, at the end, a tented walkway that comes out of the back of lenox hill hospital, and it goes to thi...

>> it is his main duty, right, in his letter, he said were not in combat, they werent on a wartime cruise, they didnt need to risk the lives of the sailors beneath him in his command. let me tell you something, 150 years ago, commanders of these vessels used to have to make decisions themselves about whether they had plague or the ship or whether they were going to ports that had other diseases, now they expect to have this permission come down from the acting secretary of the navy, notice i sai...

Have a clear picture of where covid-19 has spread making it much harder to get the virus under control. just yesterday, the presidents son-in-law had this to say about the ventilator stockpile. >> it was supposed to be our stock pile not supposed to be states stock piles were encouraging the states to make sure theyre assessing the needs and getting the data from the local and fill it with the supplies. >> he said the federal stockpile is their stockpile not the states stockpile. the navy capt...

30-day recommendations of the guidelines, thats essentially what it is. i mean i know its difficult but were having a lot of suffering, a lot of death. this is inconvenient from an economic and personal standpoint but we just have to do it. thats our major weapon against this virus right now. we dont have a vaccine thats deployable. this is the only thing we have. we can get through it. >> sandra: first responders have arrived in new york city from all over the country to tackle the unprecedente...

Good evening. it is eight oclock and this is for britains nhs workers, carers and everyone helping to fight this coronavirus pandemic and keep the country going. take a look and lets listen to the enormous gratitude being shown right now all over the uk. applause. iam in applause. i am in belfast with the firefighters of red watch and central station here, out to show

The us vice president has warned americans to expect a coronavirus scenario comparable to italy. the warning comes as america now has 200,000 confirmed infections, and over a,500 deaths. in new york alone, nearly a00 people died in the past 2a hours. britain has also recorded its worst one—day figure for coronavirus—related deaths: 563, a rise of nearly a third. the government is facing increasing pressure over its handling of the outbreak, amid criticism over shortages of protective equipme...