Character that we are seeing that a lot of people are talking about it were 141 countries from what theyre telling me and some of those countries are really working in a unified manner and theyre working very unified with us almost i could say good a good number of them doctors and nurses are working nonstop to heal the sick citizens and churches are delivering meals to the needy truckers are making the long d haul to keep shelves stocked weve been dealing with the big stores and the big chains walmart theyve been fantastic and others theyve all been fantastic weve made it much easier for them to stock in terms of travel and travel restrictions were lifting restrictions so they can get their trucks on time youre seeing very few empty shelves and yet the amount of volume that theyre doing is unprecedented because people want to have. What they have to have what they feel they have to have and theyre also buying in slightly smaller quantities which is good because were not going anywhere were going to be here so one of thank all of those very Great Companies for working so well americans from every walk of life are coming together and thanks to the spirit of our people we will win this war we are were winning and were going to win this war america will triumph and america will rise higher than ever before will be stronger than ever before and weve learned a lot weve learned a lot weve learned a lot about relying on other countries and i can say that i think in both a very good and a very bad way some good things came out of it and some not so good things came out of it so id like to move now to invite our team to provide information on the new measures to prevent viral spread at our borders and ill start by i have skin secretary of state pump a 0 to speak is doing a fantastic job and like everyone else hes been working very very long and very very hard and hes doing the other more normal jobs of a great secretary of state but he got he got tied into this like everybody else and hes been really doing a fantastic job mike please. Thank you mr president before i address the efforts that weve been engaged in to push back against the chinese virus i want to assure the American People that as President Trump just said the state department your entire National Security team is staying focused on the other diplomatic challenges around the world those include reducing risk to america from Afghanistan Holding the Iranian Regime accountable for its mine activity and our counterterrorism efforts against isis remain a priority for our team are number one priority across those missions that remains the protection of the American People the president our team or very focused on it. To take this low to thank my Team State Department team who is working long hours all around the world to take care of americans who are stuck in place around the world to talk about that more in just a minute youve all seen dr works with me state Department Officials doing great work but i want to i want to give a shout out to all of the state Department Team here in washington around the world that are working overtime to help us push back against this pandemic under the president s leadership this week weve taken 2 important steps 1st this present trump announced on wednesday the United States and canada jointly agree to restrict all nonessential traffic across our border this is asian goes into effect tonight at midnight. The restriction to be reviewed after 30 days and they exclude traffic and Movement Across the border for work or other essential reasons were grateful to have such an outstanding friend to the north who is committed as we are to defeating this virus i also wanted out today that the United States and mexico have agreed to restrict nonessential travel across our shared border both our countries know the importance of working together to limit the spread of the virus to ensure that commerce that supports our economy continues to keep flowing here to the United States is at glad to have a friend who is working side by side by side as in the fight. Secretary wolf will talk a little bit more about the details of how were working alongside our partner in mexico to keep our southern border safe and secure as well on another note yesterday the state department issued a level 4 Global Travel advisory this means that all D International travel from u. S. Citizens should be avoided in countries where commercial departure options remain available u. S. Citizens who reside in the United States should arrange for immediate return to the United States unless theyre prepared to remain abroad for an extended time if you choose to travel internationally or travel plans may well be severely disrupted. And finally i want to talk about the dissent from ation that people are saying but on twitter around the world some of it coming from government some of it coming from other individuals just search every what if theyre saying information information that one time suggests about this virus emanated from the United States army this information of information about lockdowns that are taking place every american indeed people all around the world should ensure that where they turn to for information is reliable source and not a bad actor trying to create and flow information that they know is wrong this is a tough fight the American People are tougher our diplomatic teams are working around the clock to help them keep safe both home and abroad and were showing once again the Global Leadership that america has always delivered its been great to see countries around the world well rallied behind what President Trump and our team are doing thank you thank you thank you. And well take questions right after his jet will resign. Let me start off by thanking the president and the Vice President for their continued leadership and commitment for protecting the American People during this crisis early on the president again took unprecedented actions to restrict travel from areas affected with the coronavirus and today d. H. S. S. Screened over 200000 individuals coming back from those affected countries this is a been an immense undertaking but one that the men and women of v. H. S. Have successfully accomplished todays announcement is yet another example of the extraordinary steps the administration is taking to ensure the safety of the American Public. Before i comment on the c. D. C. Order that im sure secretary h. R. Relator elaborate on let me 1st address the progress as secretary pompei and others have made with our canadian and mexican partners regarding cross border travel as we continue to evaluate common sense measures that reduce risk and prevent further spread it only makes sense that we have looked at to look at the measures that our neighbors to the north and south are undertaking and so weve been working closely with those partners since the earliest days of this virus in the outbreak and again as the president said earlier this week and saturday pompei we do share greatly if an agreement with both canada and mexico to a limb to limb and nonessential travel across our land borders. Let me be clear that neither of these agreements with canada or mexico applies to lawful trade or commerce essential commercial activities will not be impacted we will continue to maintain a strong and secure economic supply chain across our borders a few examples of essential travel include but certainly are not limited to individuals traveling for medical purposes to attend educational institutions for Emergency ResponsePublic Health services and individuals and gauge unlawful cross border trade. As the secretary said the agreements with both canada and mexico will go into effect on saturday march 21st furthermore were also working collaboratively with canada and mexico to take decisive joint action regarding individuals seeking entry between our ports of entry the c. D. C. Order directs the department to suspend the introduction of all individuals seeking to enter the u. S. Without proper travel documentation thats for both the northern and southern border c. D. C. Director as determined at the introduction and spread of the corona virus and the departments Border Patrol stations and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants are frontline agents and officers and the American People so its important to note that the department currently apprehends foreign nationals from over 120 Different Countries around the world the vast majority of those having cried a virus cases. Many of these individuals arrive with little or no identity travel or medical documentation making Public Health risk determinations all but impossible its also important to note that the outbreak on our southern border would likely increase the strain on Health Systems in our border communities taking away important and lifesaving resources from american citizens tonight again at midnight we will execute the c. D. C. Order by immediately returning individuals arriving without documentation to canada mexico as well as a number of other countries without delay so again cv c. B. P. Is position to execute these measures as we continue to keep our borders secure and safe before i conclude let me just wrap up by thinking the brave men and women of v. H. S. Specifically c. B. P. And across the government for the work that they do day in and day out to keep the American People safe from the Coronavirus Department has a number of frontline officers that have been tested positive as well as others who are self quarantining and that i am doing everything that i can to protect these patriots as they continue to defend our homeland during this crisis thank you thank you. Thank you. Todays announcement is just the latest in a long line of bold decisive actions the president has taken to protect americans from the krona virus spreading across our borders in january within 2 weeks of chinas notifying w. H. O. About the virus and with only 45 cases in china we began screening travelers for move on then over time as the outbreak of all of the present restricted travel from china or iran and europe our Health Experts say that these measures have been truly effective at slowing the viruses spread to our shores just think about this italy and the United States both saw their 1st travel related case of corona virus around the exact same time the last week of january and yet we have had precious time to continue our work around vaccines therapeutics and other preparations well italy has tragically been overwhelmed with critical patients for several weeks now. The president today is taking action to slow the spread of Infectious Disease via our border under section 362. 00 of the Public Health service act the c. D. C. Is suspending the entry of certain persons into the United States because of the Public Health threat that their entry into the United States represents this order applies to persons coming from mexico and canada who are seeking to enter the country illegally and who would normally be held in a congregate setting like a customs and Border Protection station it does not apply to u. S. Citizens or lawful permanent residence during this pandemic a number of Health Challenges arise when Illegal Immigrants arrive at our northern and southern borders and are taken into immigration custody were talking about significant numbers of Illegal Immigrants from this past october through february d. H. S. S. Process more than 21000 inadmissible aliens at the northern border and more than 151000 inadmissible aliens at the southern border c. B. P. Facilities were never designed to hold large numbers of people and to protect agents and migrants from infection during a pandemic nor to treat them for a novel virus if large numbers are infected would help at border facilities these migrants responding the virus to other migrants to c. B. P. Agents and Border Health care workers and even the United States population as a whole. In such circumstances the kind of social distancing measures the c. D. C. And the president have recommended are simply not possible on top of that any resources that we are using to reduce the risk of infection among c. B. P. Agents Health Care Workers and migrants in these facilities or drawing on american an American Health care system that is already fighting the coronavirus endemic thats why the president and his administration are taking these important steps to keep americans and our immigration system safe from these health risks as part of our whole of government approach to combating the Coronavirus Thank you mr president for the work that youve been doing throughout this crisis to slow the spread of the coronavirus and to keep our country safe thank you thank you. Thank you mr president so we continue terra view the data very carefully from around the globe as i know many of you are we continue to see signs that again individuals under 21000 and under may have severe disease but majority in all have recovered to date we still see that same trend and frankly from italy where seeing and there another concerning trend that the mortality and males seems to be twice in every age group of females this should alert all of us to continue our vigilance to protect our americans that are in nursing homes. This requires all of the community and when you see the sacrifices that Many Americans have made the sacrifices that the Service Industry has made to close their restaurants close their bars and so that the spread is just continued and then you really understand how all of americans must make the same sacrifice we continue to ask you to follow the president ial guidelines of no groups coming together of more than 10 and if anyone in the household is sick that everyone quarantines in the household together and that we continue to focus on those who have the most vulnerability to this illness now to the moms and dads out there that have children with him you know deficiencies are other medical conditions we dont know the level of risk and i know you also protect them in the same way there just is not enough numbers at this time to really tell them if theyre at additional risk or not in the same way that adults are i dont have any new data i can see the look on your face is saying shes never burks is the White House Coronavirus response coordinator speaking at the white house before her aleksei as other secretary of health Chadwell Heath the acting secretary of Homeland Security and before them it was secretary said my pompei and President Donald Trump both referring to the chinese virus in a movie called out on it it seems the more day to side to used that term the focus today it seems to be mostly on immigration donald trump talking about deals struck with both the u. S. And canada he was keen to say that both borders were being treated equally and that they would be a restriction of all non essential travel across that border it comes into effect midnight tonight. With canada and then working on that with mexico as well lets check in with mike hanna a correspondent in washington d. C. Who was listening along to all of that a lot of praise for President Trump in the way hes apparently handled this but as i say the focus really on immigration and. It fell to times mike curtain if im wrong that i would sort of. Do you know i talked to felt as just about to speak sorry michael come back here in a 2nd lets hear from you. Just a week ago or so i said the 2 pillars the 2 elements of our capability to contain the infection and the and the surge of infections in this country rely on 2 things keeping infections from coming in from without and weve been very successful in doing that with china and with europe now we have the northern and southern border issues theres a fundamental Public Health reason for doing that because we cannot be preventing people from coming in from one area when they can actually go into the other so thats an important reason understand that theres a Public Health reason for doing that the 2nd thing i think is really important is what happened in new york today what Governor Cuomo mentioned about an hour ago some rather strong issues that have been addressed with his recommendations not recommendations essentially orders now we have a group of of recommendations and guidelines that are applicable to the entire country you know that weve been over them yet there are places regions states cities in this c