It's president just said We just completed the White House Corona Virus Task Force meeting in the situation room, and we continue to implement the president's vision, not just for a whole of government response to the Corona virus, but a whole of America approach the focus of our task force today on going forward is on implementing the president's public and private partnership on testing.

No focusing on ensuring that state and local authorities have the guidance and the support to ensure mitigation, particularly in areas where we've seen community spread.

And we're continuing to lean in at the president's direction, on addressing capacity issues in our hospitals and with regard to equipment.

Let me reiterate the president's gratitude not just for the team behind me and the team behind them.

All of our federal agencies that were literally working every day, um, to bring the whole of government approach to this.

But we also want to commend all of the governors across the country.

I'll be speaking again to all the governors, all 50 states and territories tomorrow.

But as the president said yesterday in the Rose Garden, we couldn't be more grateful for all of the governor's, particularly the in areas where we've had community spread for the seamless cooperation that's taking place.

And we commend local health authorities and all of those who are literally on the front lines.

Also grateful for all the businesses that you saw in high relief yesterday.

Businesses around the country in sports and entertainment and retail that are making decisions based on CDC guidelines and good common sense to protect the American people.

And lastly, as the president also said, we just want to thank the American people for listening to local authorities listening to recommendations from the CDC.

We'll hear more about that in just a moment from Dr Fauci on Dr Burke's.

But but as as we're seeing, not surprisingly, as we've seen in the past, that the American people are all responding to look after not only their own health but their families and their communities.

And one story after another is truly inspiring to the president and to all of us.

As you know, it's been a brisk a few days, President declared a national emergency yesterday.

Freeing up significant federal resource is for state and local authorities as well as our national response, the president announced that unprecedented public and private partnership on testing.

And let me say that at five tomorrow we will be detail ing the progress that our team is making.

I can tell you they're literally working around the clock with private companies.

We are very pleased that Thermal Fisher was just approved last night by the FDA in record time toe also be providing what's called a high throughput test that will actually increase the capacity of this public and private partnership.

But again, details on that in terms of when the local sites will be available at CVS and Walgreens and Wal Mart and other locations.

What communities Those will initially be available in when the website will go online, as well as how this will continue to roll out 5 p.m. Tomorrow.

Eastern Standard Time will detail that.

Last night the House of Representatives passed legislation which addressed the priorities that President Trump had laid out for the American people in the weeks before that.

I want to join President Trump in thanking Speaker Pelosi leader McCarthy, the Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives who has the president said earlier today pulled together, uh, pulled together to pass legislation that meeting this moment in the bipartisan health First Spirit that the American people, I would expect the secretary of the Treasury will will detail the legislation.

But to be clear the deal that passed the House last night we'll head to the Senate early next week.

Next week delivers on the president's plan for strong health and economic support, particularly focused on those most impacted, including hard working blue collar Americans who may not currently have paid family leave.

Today, it provides free of Corona virus testing for uninsured Americans.

And it builds on the decisions that President Trump made expanding coverage for Medicare, Medicaid and also getting a commitment from private health insurance companies to join with us to waive all co pays on Corona virus testing.

So now testing will be free for every American.

Those who have insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, other programs and even the uninsured legislation also establishes tax credits that Secretary of the Treasury will described it will provide paid sick and family medical leave for Corona virus related employment interruptions.

I expect Dr Dr Burke's and Dr Fauci will reiterate this if you are sick now you need not be concerned.

If you're an hourly wage earner in America, you need not be concerned about staying home.

If you're sick, stay home.

You're not gonna miss a paycheck because of this Legislation that's moving through the Congress will make sure that that your employer, including small businesses, have the ability to provide paid leave to you.

This also provides funding and flexibility to ensure that senior citizens, women, Children, low income families have access to emergency nutritional assistance, and it incentivizes states to ease access to employment benefits.

Again, the president and I are profoundly grateful for the bipartisan spirit that drove this legislation.

And let me also say how grateful we are with Secretary of the Treasury and the long hours that he put in negotiating this measure.

Um, let me say, also last night at midnight, the department Homeland Security implemented the president's decision to suspend all travel from Europe, passing through 13 airports.

As acting secretary, Wolf will detail the implementation of that to be clear countries where we have suspended travel under Section 2 12 F Americans may still return to the United States.

Legal residents may still return.

They are being screened at some 13 airports as we speak.

If they are identified as being symptomatic for any illness, there is an additional response on site.

But those Americans are being encouraged to return home and self quarantined for 14 days.

That was that started at midnight last night on the secretary will a detail it.

In a few moments, I'll ask Dr Fauci to update us on cases as well as current CDC guidance for all Americans.

And, uh, all of you are already aware that this week we issued specific guidance to about 1/2 a dozen states where we've seen community spread.

Dr.

Burkes will.

We'll touch briefly on the public private partnership testing plan and also speak about what the data is showing at this moment about the best guidance for every American acting secretary.

Wolf and I both want to join the president in commending the cruise line industry.

They made a decision yesterday, 85% of all the domestic cruise lines announced that they would be suspending cruise line operations for a period of 30 days, and, uh uh, Chad Wolf will explain to you the importance of that decision.

We want to commend the cruise line industry for working with us.

And as we met last week on this day with cruise line, industry executives were gonna be working very vigorously over the next 30 days to implement new policies that will ensure that that when the cruise lines start back up, they'll be safer and healthier places than ever before.

But a great industry.

American people love it and enjoy it, and we're gonna make sure that it's there for many, many years to come.

Also, as the president just foreshadowed in our task force meeting today, the president has made a decision to spend all travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland, effective midnight Monday night.

Eastern Standard time.

Chad Wolf will describe the details of that.

But again, as the president just suggested, all of our health experts presented information.

Dr.

Fauci will reflect on some of those numbers, made a unanimous recommendation to the president that we suspended all travel from the UK, uh, and Ireland that will be effective midnight Monday night.

Eastern Standard time again, Americans in the UK or Ireland can come home.

Legal residents can come home, but as the secretary will detail, they will be funneled through specific airports and process.

We continue to emphasize that the risk of serious illness for the average American remains low.

But the data shows that seniors with serious underlying health conditions are most vulnerable population, the people most susceptible to serious medical outcomes.

Seema Verma In a few moments, we'll talk about the president's decision yesterday to restrict all visitors in all nursing homes around the country and other measures that we have taken.

But it's so important, so important for all of us.

All of us who are blessed with having senior citizens in our family like my 88 year old mom is.

Let's look after seniors with serious underlying health conditions and make sure that every American around them is practicing the best kind of hygiene, the best kind of measures to ensure that they're not exposed.

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