INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In an early-evening press conference, President Donald Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the United States response to the
COVID-19 outbreak that has spread through Europe, Asia and Latin America.The new coronavirus strain, which has infected about 81,000 people
around the world and killed 3,000, has already wrought havoc on the global economy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned yesterday that the United States will likely not be able to escape the spread of the
Disease Control on Tuesday
confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control, according to The New York Times
the virus had spread.Speaking alongside Pence; Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Anthony Fauci; and principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control Dr
Pence said that the White House would continue to work closely with state and local officials, add additional personnel and work with
Congress to ensure that the necessary resources are available
the spread of the virus in the United States while Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer have put an $8.5 billion price tag on the
coronavirus fight.Secretary Azar outlined five areas where the government would look to spend money including: monitor the spread of the
virus, cooperate with local governments, develop therapeutics, develop vaccines, and manufacture and purchase personal protective
to test for a potentially rapidly expanding number of cases in the United States Only 12 of the 100 public health labs in the United States
are able to diagnose the coronavirus because of problems with a test developed by the CDC, according to a Politico report.Better diagnostics
going to make contributions is in detection, monitoring, epidemiological predictions, sequencing, supply chain [and] distribution
and Drug Administration chief and an investor with New Enterprise Associates, has advocated for the expansion of Emergency Use
Authorizations from the organization he used to lead as a way to respond to the need for more, better diagnostic tests.The lack of effective
tests available to public health facilities calls into question exactly how prepared the government is for the potential health crisis
if this case could be COVID-19
We requested COVID-19 testing by the CDC, since neither Sacramento County nor (the California Department of Public Health) is doing testing
for coronavirus at this time
COVID-19 testing of the patient and the patient was put on airborne precautions and strict contact precautions
As drug use soared in the state during the opioid crisis, addicts in the county were also becoming infected with the virus because they were
Pence opposed a needle-sharing program, which could have limited the spread of the virus.Fears about how the new coronavirus would impact
