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Indoor public settings in the city of philadelphia. although hospitalizations in the city remain low and also case counts are still averaging low, about 142 per day. city health officials say covid cases nevertheless rose 50% over 10 days and it suggests to them they may be seeing the beginning of a new wave. >> wearing masks, we should continue to go about our daily lives and take part in the life of our city without contributing to increasing transmission of covid-19. >> several universities have reinstated indoor mask mandates. the white house new covid-19 response coordinator says the cdc ...

So this is news. elon musk will no longer join twitter's board of directors. the ceo posted a message on sunday saying it was supposed to be official on saturday but musk shared he no longer wished to be on the board. musk also the ceo of tesla and spacex still twitter's largest shareholder now and twitter says they will remain open to his input. >> he's very active on twitter. >> yeah. the new white house covid response coordinator said the cdc will have an update on the transportation mask mandate some time this week. they're working on a scientific framework that approaches april 18th. br...

The seal. you have to have a community worker escort you to pick up food deliveries, if you're lucky enough to get them and to get the distributions if they're lucky enough to come. it is bizarre. >> two years for you. remarkable reporting. thank you for being with us this morning. >> reporter: thanks, john. the new white house covid response coordinator. nice to see you. congratulations on your new post. this morning is the big media rollout for you. there is a rise in the mid atlantic and washington, d.c. and in the northeast. will that mean any kind of a change in response? >> reporter: f...

Which includes a $137 million contract for a new testing strip factory. the facility won't be finished for another three years. while americans right now are forced to wait for hours in line for a covid test. republican senator rick scott calling out the president. >> joe biden is a hypocrite. first he says that -- he wants these mandates. this guy is a complete hypocrite. so they need to treat all the seats the same. >> the white house covid response coordinator says the free at-home test the president wants to send to every american won't start shipping for weeks. >> on testing in the half b...

Here's the white house coronavirus response coordinator. >> today, we're taking additional actions including sending 5 million free rapid tests to schools each month. and providing another 5 million lab-based tests each month. these ten million additional tests available each month will allow schools to double the volume of testing they were performing in november. >> education secretary miguel cardona was asked this morning about the feasibility of providing schools with ten million free tests each month. >> the president made it clear that through the defense act that there's going to be hig...