Here’s the latest:Vice President Mike Pence and his wife tested negative for coronavirus, a spokeswoman said.In the United States, there are at least 25,000 cases across all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington D.C. At least 323 have died from the virus.Globally, coronavirus deaths have topped 11,000.Officials in New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut are ordering residents to stay at home. Secretary of State confirms restricted travel order to Canada and Mexico.Hawaii will quarantine all arrivals to the state, both visitors and returning residents, for 14 days.Hawaii to quarantine all arrivals to the state for 14 days Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, has instituted a mandatory 14-day self quarantine starting Thursday of all people traveling to the state as part of efforts to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus.The order applies to returning residents as well as visitors. It applies to all arrivals at Hawaii airports from the continental U.S. and international destinations and extends to other private and commercial aircraft.“With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state,” Ige said in a statement. “This plan was developed in collaboration with our county mayors and Hawaiʻi’s business, community and visitor industry leaders.”VP Pence, wife test negative for virusUnited States Vice President Mike Pence and his wife have tested negative for coronavirus, his spokeswoman announced Saturday evening.Pence announced he and his wife would be tested Saturday afternoon after a staff member at his office tested positive for coronavirus. Federal Bureau of Prisons reports first coronavirus caseAn inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn has tested posted for the coronavirus, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. This is the first known case of an inmate detained in the federal prison system to contract the virus. The inmate initially complained about chest pains and was taken to local hospital, where he was tested for coronavirus, according to a news release from the Bureau of Prisons.”On March 20, 2020, he was discharged back to MDC Brooklyn and immediately placed in isolation. Today, the BOP was notified his test results for COVID-19 were positive,” the release said.” Two Bureau of Prison staff members, one at Leavenworth, Kansas, and another in Grand Prairie, Texas, tested positive for the virus and are the only known staff members to be infected at this point.Florida Governor considers isolation shelter solutionFlorida Governor Mike DeSantis is considering moving people who have COVID-19 coronavirus or could likely infect others, to isolation shelters, rather than returning to their homes, to diminish the risk of them transmitting the virus, the Miami Herald reports.Shelters could include hotels, convention centers or other unused facilities.The move would mark a dramatic uptick in prevention efforts. Many states have begun, or will soon start, shelter-in-place orders to prevent further spread.Vice president, wife to be tested for coronavirus after staffer tests positiveVice President Mike Pence said Saturday during a news conference that he and his wife Karen would be tested for the coronavirus.Pence said that more than 195,000 Americans have been tested for the virus, a number that does not include tests from county hospitals or health care labs around the country.Currently, only 19,343 tests have come back positive, Pence said.Earlier Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters that Congress is close to reaching a deal on a proposal for the next stimulus bill to deal with the pandemic.On Saturday, congressional and administration negotiators entered a crucial day in the effort to deploy more than $1 trillion in emergency stimulus to a staggering economy, with a growing consensus on a final agreement, but a handful of significant hang-ups still needed to be resolved.Several states order residents to ‘shelter-in-place’New orders poured in this week from local and state leaders as U.S. health officials issued stark warnings about the spread of the coronavirus.About 75 million Americans were told to stay home after Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, New York, New Jersey and California directed all non-essential workers to sequester — with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker saying the step was necessary to “avoid the loss of potentially tens of thousands of lives.”Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said the social distancing order will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday and last until April 6 unless it is extended.At a Saturday press conference, Parson said:Missourians should avoid gatherings of more than 10 people.Avoid eating or drinking at restaurants, bars, or food courts. The use of drive-through delivery or pickup is allowed.No visiting nursing homes, long-term care facilities, retirement homes or assisted living homes unless it is to provide “critical assistance.”All schools will remain closed.New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced the latest statewide stay at home order to go into effect at 9 p.m. Saturday. There are 1,327 confirmed COVID-19 cases in New jersey with 16 deaths in total, Murphy said at a press conference.There were 400 more COVID-19 confirmed cases since yesterday, Murphy added.While California Gov. Gavin Newsom said police will not be regulating the statewide order, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said residents of his state could be fined for choosing to ignore the directions.The sweeping measures follow similar directives throughout the week issued by both city and state leaders urging residents to stay put. Those came on top of a slew of orders across the country demanding bars and restaurants convert to only take-out and delivery services in certain areas.St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson issued a mandatory “stay at home order” for city residents beginning 6 p.m. Monday “to prevent further spread” of coronavirus.The new restrictions will last for 30 days, Krewson said at a press conference Saturday. Thirty days was chosen because it spans the approximate length of two Covid-19 incubation cycles. 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I don’t have the perfect day for you, we’re assessing all the time but it is a day, two weeks from now or three weeks from now where we must, by then, have had a very substantial resupply.In new guidance this week, the CDC said facilities facing a “crisis” should consider options to combat shortages that “are not commensurate with U.S. standards of care.”That includes re-using masks as well using “homemade ones” from materials like bandanas and scarves.Hospitals from across the country have already reported they’ve had to get creative with how to make more masks and make them last longer.Some have gotten creative with hospital facilities too — with one Washington state community getting ready to open a 200-bed hospital on a soccer field.And de Blasio said the city will use “every building we can… to become essentially annexes to hospitals.””Supplies are a major issue — (personal protective equipment), gloves, gowns, mask suppliers,” Cuomo said Friday. “I am now asking all product providers, all companies who are in this business, we will pay a premium for these products.”W2lmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZDJjbXZicTdzeHgzM2ouY2xvdWRmcm9udC5uZXQvZW1haWwvcHJvZF9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1c19pZnJhbWVfYXJ0aWNsZS5odG1sIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQxNCIgc3R5bGU9IndpZHRoOjEwMCU7Ym9yZGVyOm5vbmU7b3ZlcmZsb3c6aGlkZGVuIiBzY3JvbGxpbmc9Im5vIiBmcmFtZWJvcmRlcj0iMCIgYWxsb3dUcmFuc3BhcmVuY3k9InRydWUiXVsvaWZyYW1lXQo=Pence announced Saturday during the coronavirus task force meeting that the Department of Health and Human Services has placed a huge order for N95 masks needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic.”I am pleased to report to the President today that HHS just placed an order for hundreds of millions of N95 masks made available to health care providers across the country,” Pence said.Pence then addressed the need to postpone certain medical procedures across the U.S. out of precaution.”On behalf of the President, we do renew the call for Americans to postpone elective medical procedures, including dental services, and this is another way to make sure that the medical supplies are available, by postponing elective medical procedures, you are freeing up medical supplies for those dealing with the coronavirus,” he said.Some facilities, including in New York, have also drastically upped their orders for ventilators.Michael Dowling, president and CEO of the Northwell Health, was picked by New York’s governor to lead a hospital surge team. He said he wants to purchase as many as 500 ventilators, which can cost $20,000 to $40,000 a machine.CNN contributed to this report.
Here’s the latest:
- Vice President Mike Pence and his wife tested negative for coronavirus, a spokeswoman said.
- In the United States, there are at least 25,000 cases across all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington D.C. At least 323 have died from the virus.
- Globally, coronavirus deaths have topped 11,000.
- Officials in New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut are ordering residents to stay at home.
- Secretary of State confirms restricted travel order to Canada and Mexico.
- Hawaii will quarantine all arrivals to the state, both visitors and returning residents, for 14 days.
Hawaii to quarantine all arrivals to the state for 14 days
Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, has instituted a mandatory 14-day self quarantine starting Thursday of all people traveling to the state as part of efforts to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The order applies to returning residents as well as visitors. It applies to all arrivals at Hawaii airports from the continental U.S. and international destinations and extends to other private and commercial aircraft.
“With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state,” Ige said in a statement. “This plan was developed in collaboration with our county mayors and Hawaiʻi’s business, community and visitor industry leaders.”
VP Pence, wife test negative for virus
United States Vice President Mike Pence and his wife have tested negative for coronavirus, his spokeswoman announced Saturday evening.
Pence announced he and his wife would be tested Saturday afternoon after a staff member at his office tested positive for coronavirus.
Federal Bureau of Prisons reports first coronavirus case
An inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn has tested posted for the coronavirus, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. This is the first known case of an inmate detained in the federal prison system to contract the virus. The inmate initially complained about chest pains and was taken to local hospital, where he was tested for coronavirus, according to a news release from the Bureau of Prisons.
“On March 20, 2020, he was discharged back to MDC Brooklyn and immediately placed in isolation. Today, the BOP was notified his test results for COVID-19 were positive,” the release said.”
Two Bureau of Prison staff members, one at Leavenworth, Kansas, and another in Grand Prairie, Texas, tested positive for the virus and are the only known staff members to be infected at this point.
Florida Governor considers isolation shelter solution
Florida Governor Mike DeSantis is considering moving people who have COVID-19 coronavirus or could likely infect others, to isolation shelters, rather than returning to their homes, to diminish the risk of them transmitting the virus, the Miami Herald reports.
Shelters could include hotels, convention centers or other unused facilities.
The move would mark a dramatic uptick in prevention efforts. Many states have begun, or will soon start, shelter-in-place orders to prevent further spread.
Vice president, wife to be tested for coronavirus after staffer tests positive
Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday during a news conference that he and his wife Karen would be tested for the coronavirus.
Pence said that more than 195,000 Americans have been tested for the virus, a number that does not include tests from county hospitals or health care labs around the country.
Currently, only 19,343 tests have come back positive, Pence said.
Earlier Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters that Congress is close to reaching a deal on a proposal for the next stimulus bill to deal with the pandemic.
On Saturday, congressional and administration negotiators entered a crucial day in the effort to deploy more than $1 trillion in emergency stimulus to a staggering economy, with a growing consensus on a final agreement, but a handful of significant hang-ups still needed to be resolved.
Several states order residents to ‘shelter-in-place’
New orders poured in this week from local and state leaders as U.S. health officials issued stark warnings about the spread of the coronavirus.
About 75 million Americans were told to stay home after Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, New York, New Jersey and California directed all non-essential workers to sequester — with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker saying the step was necessary to “avoid the loss of potentially tens of thousands of lives.”
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said the social distancing order will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday and last until April 6 unless it is extended.
At a Saturday press conference, Parson said:
- Missourians should avoid gatherings of more than 10 people.
- Avoid eating or drinking at restaurants, bars, or food courts. The use of drive-through delivery or pickup is allowed.
- No visiting nursing homes, long-term care facilities, retirement homes or assisted living homes unless it is to provide “critical assistance.”
- All schools will remain closed.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced the latest statewide stay at home order to go into effect at 9 p.m. Saturday.
There are 1,327 confirmed COVID-19 cases in New jersey with 16 deaths in total, Murphy said at a press conference.
There were 400 more COVID-19 confirmed cases since yesterday, Murphy added.
While California Gov. Gavin Newsom said police will not be regulating the statewide order, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said residents of his state could be fined for choosing to ignore the directions.
The sweeping measures follow similar directives throughout the week issued by both city and state leaders urging residents to stay put. Those came on top of a slew of orders across the country demanding bars and restaurants convert to only take-out and delivery services in certain areas.
St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson issued a mandatory “stay at home order” for city residents beginning 6 p.m. Monday “to prevent further spread” of coronavirus.
The new restrictions will last for 30 days, Krewson said at a press conference Saturday. Thirty days was chosen because it spans the approximate length of two Covid-19 incubation cycles.
Related video: Cities across the US hope to slow coronavirus by ‘flattening the curve’
Makeshift masks and hospitals
But as numbers climb, healthcare workers and state leaders have sounded the alarm on medical supplies that have begun running short.
In New York City, now the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S., Mayor Bill de Blasio called on Trump for help and said supplies could only last for the next few weeks.
“I said very clearly that for the month of March, we have the supplies that we need, the city has very strong reserves of the kind of supplies that I talked about,” he said. “It is going into April that I’m worried about. I don’t have the perfect day for you, we’re assessing all the time but it is a day, two weeks from now or three weeks from now where we must, by then, have had a very substantial resupply.
In new guidance this week, the CDC said facilities facing a “crisis” should consider options to combat shortages that “are not commensurate with U.S. standards of care.”
That includes re-using masks as well using “homemade ones” from materials like bandanas and scarves.
Hospitals from across the country have already reported they’ve had to get creative with how to make more masks and make them last longer.
Some have gotten creative with hospital facilities too — with one Washington state community getting ready to open a 200-bed hospital on a soccer field.
And de Blasio said the city will use “every building we can… to become essentially annexes to hospitals.”
“Supplies are a major issue — (personal protective equipment), gloves, gowns, mask suppliers,” Cuomo said Friday. “I am now asking all product providers, all companies who are in this business, we will pay a premium for these products.”
Pence announced Saturday during the coronavirus task force meeting that the Department of Health and Human Services has placed a huge order for N95 masks needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
“I am pleased to report to the President today that HHS just placed an order for hundreds of millions of N95 masks made available to health care providers across the country,” Pence said.
Pence then addressed the need to postpone certain medical procedures across the U.S. out of precaution.
“On behalf of the President, we do renew the call for Americans to postpone elective medical procedures, including dental services, and this is another way to make sure that the medical supplies are available, by postponing elective medical procedures, you are freeing up medical supplies for those dealing with the coronavirus,” he said.
Some facilities, including in New York, have also drastically upped their orders for ventilators.
Michael Dowling, president and CEO of the Northwell Health, was picked by New York’s governor to lead a hospital surge team. He said he wants to purchase as many as 500 ventilators, which can cost $20,000 to $40,000 a machine.