Politics get in the way of Public Health we talked to a specialist in taiwan about whether the World Health Organization missed an opportunity to draw on type a success in combat virus outbreak. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us we start in the United States where the death toll from covert 19 now exceeds 3000 more than a 3rd of those victims are from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers andrew cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far out 80000 former medical professionals have answered well most call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hospitals. A welcome sight for new york. As the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point weve all been through a lot these last few weeks. And we needed this roost we
Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents should be provided to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the march 10 board of supervisors agenda. [agenda item read]. Chair mar supervisor fewer, thank you for joining us this morning as the sponsor of this hearing. The floor is yours. Supervisor fewer thank you, committee. I call this hearing today after discussions with ifpte local 21 because i am concerned about the use of Civil Service exclusions and the impact it has on our Civil Service industry. I realize that discussions have been ongoing between the department of Public Health and local 21 regarding a process of conversion for these positions since the last hearing that we called on this issue in april 2019. Since that time, this agenda at the time that this agenda was posted for todays meeting and this morning, an agreement has been confirmed between d.
Early by the one a Virus Outbreak and managed to keep things under control will be talking to a Public Health specialist in taipei and a new date for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics its in 2021 parker calendars july 23rd this after the games had to be postponed because of the global coronavirus and. Im called aspen thanks for joining us we begin in the United States where the death toll from copan 1000 now exceeds 3000 over a 3rd of those victims were from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers Governor Andrew Cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far an 80000 for medical professionals have answered cuomo call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys overwhelmed hospitals. A welcome sight for new york. As the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already
Deal with the violence. And far from the bed of roses thousands of workers at sound farms and kenya lose their jobs. And people simply to school to european football focus is on a restart in july. Everybody needs to play their part in this National Effort and that means premier League Football is to put pressure grows on millionaire players in england to take a pay cuts as coronavirus leaves them also playing stuff out of food. Not the United States has suffered the worlds worst single day of the pandemic with close to 1200 deaths on thursday the total number of fatalities there has now passed 6000 the number of reported infections well why it is also now more than a 1000000 wartime powers are now being used in the us to. Gently needed equipment to hospitals President Donald Trump has invoked the defense production act ordering private companies to make masks ventilators and other medical equipment our White House Correspondent can be how it has more on these range of new measures anno
Emerge stronger from the crisis and. For help from a woman in jordan renews concerns around the global. Violence many victims suffer in silence and in isolation whats being done to help them. Its good to have you with us britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in a London Hospital after his coronavirus symptoms reportedly worsened johnson tested positive 10 days ago he was taken to the hospital over the weekend because his symptoms were not getting any better he tweeted earlier today that he was in good spirits and he has remained in touch with his. But at the hospital in Central London the symptoms tonight got worse johnson is now said to be conscious and receiving some oxygen support. Our. Correspondent. There what more can you tell us about the condition of the Prime Minister well the Prime Minister has been brought to sing Thomas Hospital just across the river from downing street so very close to where he self isolated for the past 11 days in downing