Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf joins New Jersey Gov. Murphy in call for COVID-19 relief package Share Updated: 11:07 AM EST Dec 14, 2020
Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf joins New Jersey Gov. Murphy in call for COVID-19 relief package Share Updated: 11:07 AM EST Dec 14, 2020
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Show Transcript But before I turn it over to the governors to talk about this, I want to briefly set the scene. We are in the middle of a once in a century catastrophe that s impacting our public health and economy. The United States continues to lead the world with more than 16 million cases, and we almost certainly going to reach 300,000 deaths today. We re at a point where every day we re seeing a nine eleven s worth of new deaths. Our hospitalizations are our hospitals are full and people are being turned away and on the economy every week. Since this crisis hit back in March, at least 700,000 Americans have filed for unemployment. Last week it was around 850,000. That is gr