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  • >>> WELCOME BACK.

  • >>> WELCOME BACK. RIGHT NOW VICE PRESIDENT PENCE

  • RIGHT NOW VICE PRESIDENT PENCE SPEAKING AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR

  • SPEAKING AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE DAILY BRIEFING ON THE

  • THE DAILY BRIEFING ON THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE.

  • CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE. LET’S DIP IN.

  • LET’S DIP IN. >> THE COMMON SENSE PRACTICES

  • >> THE COMMON SENSE PRACTICES THAT I JUST DESCRIBED ARE ALL

  • THAT I JUST DESCRIBED ARE ALL AVAILABLE AT CDC.GOV.

  • AVAILABLE AT CDC.GOV. TODAY WE HAD A SERIES OF

  • TODAY WE HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

  • MEETINGS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND ON CAPITOL HILL.

  • AND ON CAPITOL HILL. WE MET WITH EXECUTIVES OF THE

  • WE MET WITH EXECUTIVES OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, THE EXECUTIVES

  • AIRLINE INDUSTRY, THE EXECUTIVES OF COMMERCIAL AVS AND NURSING

  • OF COMMERCIAL AVS AND NURSING HOMES AND MET WITH THE

  • HOMES AND MET WITH THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT CAUCUSES

  • REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT CAUCUSES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  • IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND WE WERE PLEASED TO LEARN

  • AND WE WERE PLEASED TO LEARN THAT JUST SHORTLY AGO THE HOUSE

  • THAT JUST SHORTLY AGO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A

  • OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A FEDERAL FUNDING BILL BY

  • FEDERAL FUNDING BILL BY VIRTUALLY UNANIMOUS MARGIN AND

  • VIRTUALLY UNANIMOUS MARGIN AND NOW MOVES TO THE SENATE AND

  • NOW MOVES TO THE SENATE AND IMPLEMENTS THE PRESIDENT’S

  • IMPLEMENTS THE PRESIDENT’S VISION THAT NOT ONLY DO THE

  • VISION THAT NOT ONLY DO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE THE

  • FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND THE

  • RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND THE STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS HAVE

  • STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS HAVE THEIR SUPPORT AND MY

  • THEIR SUPPORT AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH GOVERNORS

  • CONVERSATIONS WITH GOVERNORS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON I KNOW

  • THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON I KNOW THEYRE GRATEFUL FOR THE

  • THEYRE GRATEFUL FOR THE BIPARTISAN SPIRIT THAT’S

  • BIPARTISAN SPIRIT THAT’S CHARACTERIZED THIS FUNDING BILL

  • CHARACTERIZED THIS FUNDING BILL AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK

  • AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

  • THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, WERE

  • AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

  • ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND HE DEPLOYED A WHOLE OF

  • AND HE DEPLOYED A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH BUT THANKS

  • GOVERNMENT APPROACH BUT THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP

  • TO THE PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP IT’S DEVELOPED INTO A WHOLE OF

  • IT’S DEVELOPED INTO A WHOLE OF AMERICA APPROACH AND THE

  • AMERICA APPROACH AND THE MEETINGS TODAY WITH INDUSTRY

  • MEETINGS TODAY WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS IS A REFLECTION OF THAT.

  • LEADERS IS A REFLECTION OF THAT. AS DR. BIRX WILL INDICATE IN

  • AS DR. BIRX WILL INDICATE IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS WITH SOME OF

  • JUST A FEW MOMENTS WITH SOME OF THE DATA WE ARE EVALUATING FROM

  • THE DATA WE ARE EVALUATING FROM AROUND THE WORLD IT DOES APPEAR

  • AROUND THE WORLD IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE ELDERLY ARE THE MOST

  • THAT THE ELDERLY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE.

  • VULNERABLE. AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH

  • AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES.

  • SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES. AT THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECTION, AS

  • AT THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECTION, AS A RESULT WELL DESCRIBE THAT THE

  • A RESULT WELL DESCRIBE THAT THE CENTERS FOR MEDICAID AND

  • CENTERS FOR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SERVICES ISSUED NEW

  • MEDICARE SERVICES ISSUED NEW GUIDELINES OR NURSING HOMES

  • GUIDELINES OR NURSING HOMES NATIONWIDE.

  • NATIONWIDE. WE HAVE RAISED THE BAR REGARDING

  • WE HAVE RAISED THE BAR REGARDING INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL AT

  • INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL AT OUR NURSING HOMES AND IN

  • OUR NURSING HOMES AND IN ADDITION ADMINISTRATOR WILL

  • ADDITION ADMINISTRATOR WILL EXPLAIN HOW TO FOCUS ALL OF OUR

  • EXPLAIN HOW TO FOCUS ALL OF OUR ENSPEX

  • ENSPEX INSPECTION RESOURCES FOR THE

  • INSPECTION RESOURCES FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WITH

  • FORESEEABLE FUTURE WITH COMPLIANCE OF INFECTION CONTROL

  • COMPLIANCE OF INFECTION CONTROL STANDARDS.

  • STANDARDS. GENERALLY WE MONITOR OUR NURSING

  • GENERALLY WE MONITOR OUR NURSING HOMES FOR ABUSE AND NEGLECT BUT

  • HOMES FOR ABUSE AND NEGLECT BUT AT THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECTION WE

  • AT THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECTION WE ARE GOING FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON

  • ARE GOING FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON ENSURING THAT THOSE IN NURSING

  • ENSURING THAT THOSE IN NURSING HOMES, PEOPLE OPERATING THE

  • HOMES, PEOPLE OPERATING THE NURSING HOMES LIKE MANY THAT WE

  • NURSING HOMES LIKE MANY THAT WE MET WITH TODAY ARE COMPLYING

  • MET WITH TODAY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE NEW STANDARDS TO KEEP

  • WITH THE NEW STANDARDS TO KEEP OUR ELDERLY SAFE.

  • OUR ELDERLY SAFE. PRESIDENT ALSO MET TODAY WITH

  • PRESIDENT ALSO MET TODAY WITH AIRLINE EXECUTIVES AND I’LL

  • AIRLINE EXECUTIVES AND I’LL REITERATE AS THE PRESIDENT SAID

  • REITERATE AS THE PRESIDENT SAID OUR PROFOUND GRATITUDE TO OUR

  • OUR PROFOUND GRATITUDE TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE AIRLINE

  • PARTNERS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.

  • INDUSTRY. THEY HAVE WORKED WITH US IN --

  • THEY HAVE WORKED WITH US IN -- AS WE SAY FLOWING AMERICANS

  • AS WE SAY FLOWING AMERICANS THROUGH PARTICULAR AIRPORTS, THE

  • THROUGH PARTICULAR AIRPORTS, THE SCREENING, WERE WORKING VERY

  • SCREENING, WERE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH AIRLINES ON CONTACT

  • CLOSELY WITH AIRLINES ON CONTACT INFORMATION.

  • INFORMATION. IF A PERSON IS TESTED AS

  • IF A PERSON IS TESTED AS POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS

  • POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS WERE WORKING WITH THE AIRLINES

  • WERE WORKING WITH THE AIRLINES TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION, NOT

  • TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION, NOT JUST ABOUT THAT PERSON, BUT

  • JUST ABOUT THAT PERSON, BUT ABOUT WHO THEY SAT NEXT TO AND

  • ABOUT WHO THEY SAT NEXT TO AND WHO ELSE WAS ON THE FLIGHT AND

  • WHO ELSE WAS ON THE FLIGHT AND THE PRESIDENT AND I ARE VERY

  • THE PRESIDENT AND I ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

  • GRATEFUL. AS WE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY, I’M

  • AS WE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY, I’M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT AS OF

  • PLEASED TO REPORT THAT AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING IN ADDITION TO

  • YESTERDAY MORNING IN ADDITION TO THE TRAVEL BAN FROM CHINA, WEVE

  • THE TRAVEL BAN FROM CHINA, WEVE SUSPENDED ALL TRAVEL COMING IN

  • SUSPENDED ALL TRAVEL COMING IN FROM CHINA.

  • FROM CHINA. WE HAVE SUSPENDED ALL TRAVEL

  • WE HAVE SUSPENDED ALL TRAVEL COMING IN FROM IRAN AND EVEN

  • COMING IN FROM IRAN AND EVEN FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO VISIT

  • FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO VISIT EITHER WITHIN OF THE COUNTRIES

  • EITHER WITHIN OF THE COUNTRIES ARE BARRED FROM COMING INTO THIS

  • ARE BARRED FROM COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY FOR 14 DAYS.

  • COUNTRY FOR 14 DAYS. BUT WE ALSO ESTABLISHED A TRAVEL

  • BUT WE ALSO ESTABLISHED A TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR ITALY, PORTIONS OF

  • ADVISORY FOR ITALY, PORTIONS OF ITALY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH

  • ITALY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH KOREA OVER THE WEEKEND.

  • KOREA OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT EVEN AS IMPORTANTLY AS OF

  • BUT EVEN AS IMPORTANTLY AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING WE FULLY

  • YESTERDAY MORNING WE FULLY IMPLEMENTED A SCREENING PROCESS

  • IMPLEMENTED A SCREENING PROCESS ALL DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM ALL

  • ALL DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM ALL AIRPORTS IN SOUTH KOREA AND

  • AIRPORTS IN SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY ARE NOW BEING SUBJECT TO

  • ITALY ARE NOW BEING SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE SCREENS BEFORE

  • MULTIPLE SCREENS BEFORE PASSENGERS BOARD TO COME TO THE

  • PASSENGERS BOARD TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE DEPARTMENT WORKED VERY

  • STATE DEPARTMENT WORKED VERY VIGOROUSLY TO BRING THAT ABOUT

  • VIGOROUSLY TO BRING THAT ABOUT AND WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE

  • AND WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE COOPERATION, THE GOVERNMENTS OF

  • COOPERATION, THE GOVERNMENTS OF ITALY, GOVERNMENTS OF SOUTH

  • ITALY, GOVERNMENTS OF SOUTH KOREA AS WELL AS OUR AIRLINE

  • KOREA AS WELL AS OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS IN MAKING THAT A

  • PARTNERS IN MAKING THAT A REALITY.

  • REALITY. FINALLY, WITH REGARD TO TESTING,

  • FINALLY, WITH REGARD TO TESTING, WE HAD A MEETING TODAY THAT GAVE

  • WE HAD A MEETING TODAY THAT GAVE US GREAT HOPE FOR GREAT PROGRESS

  • US GREAT HOPE FOR GREAT PROGRESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON EXPANDING

  • IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON EXPANDING TESTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  • TESTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO YET AND I’M

  • WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO YET AND I’M PLEASED TO REPORT AS WEVE BEEN

  • PLEASED TO REPORT AS WEVE BEEN ABLE TO CONVEY TO STATE

  • ABLE TO CONVEY TO STATE GOVERNMENTS, GOVERNORS AROUND

  • GOVERNMENTS, GOVERNORS AROUND THE COUNTRY, IS THAT THANKS TO

  • THE COUNTRY, IS THAT THANKS TO THE GOOD WORK OF THE FDA AND

  • THE GOOD WORK OF THE FDA AND STEVE HAHN HERE WITH US TODAY

  • STEVE HAHN HERE WITH US TODAY ALL STATE LABORATORIES, ALL

  • ALL STATE LABORATORIES, ALL UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES AT THE

  • UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES AT THE STATE LEVEL CAN CONDUCT

  • STATE LEVEL CAN CONDUCT CORONAVIRUS TESTS.

  • CORONAVIRUS TESTS. WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL ASSETS OR

  • WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL ASSETS OR RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL

  • RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

  • GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE THE FDA APPROVED TEST.

  • THEY HAVE THE FDA APPROVED TEST. THEY CAN CONDUCT THE TEST ALL

  • THEY CAN CONDUCT THE TEST ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN ALL THE

  • ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN ALL THE STATES.

  • STATES. BEYOND THAT, AS WE ANNOUNCED,

  • BEYOND THAT, AS WE ANNOUNCED, THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF HHS,

  • THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF HHS, 2,500 KITS OF TESTS ARE GOING

  • 2,500 KITS OF TESTS ARE GOING OUT THIS WEEK.

  • OUT THIS WEEK. OF 2,500 KITS INCLUDING TESTS

  • OF 2,500 KITS INCLUDING TESTS HAS GONE OUT THIS WEEK, ROUGHLY

  • HAS GONE OUT THIS WEEK, ROUGHLY 1.5 MILLION TESTS THAT WILL BE

  • 1.5 MILLION TESTS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK.

  • AVAILABLE THIS WEEK. WELL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT

  • WELL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT NUMBER BUT PERHAPS MOST

  • NUMBER BUT PERHAPS MOST SIGNIFICANTLY THANKS TO DR.

  • SIGNIFICANTLY THANKS TO DR. BIRX’S EFFORTS AND LEADERSHIP WE

  • BIRX’S EFFORTS AND LEADERSHIP WE BROUGHT TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE

  • BROUGHT TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE THE LEADERS OF ALL OF THE

  • THE LEADERS OF ALL OF THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL LABORATORIES

  • LARGEST COMMERCIAL LABORATORIES IN THIS COUNTRY.

  • IN THIS COUNTRY. COMPANIES OF -- LIKE QWEST WITH

  • COMPANIES OF -- LIKE QWEST WITH PROLO GISTICS AND TESTING

  • PROLO GISTICS AND TESTING CAPABILITIES AND PLEASED TO

  • CAPABILITIES AND PLEASED TO REPORT TODAY THEY HAVE CREATED A

  • REPORT TODAY THEY HAVE CREATED A CONSORTIUM TO SHARE INFORMATION

  • CONSORTIUM TO SHARE INFORMATION AND TO SHARE RESOURCES AND

  • AND TO SHARE RESOURCES AND LITERALLY HAVE TOLD US THAT AS

  • LITERALLY HAVE TOLD US THAT AS THEY GO THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED

  • THEY GO THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED THE VALIDATION PROCESS ON

  • THE VALIDATION PROCESS ON TESTING THAT BY NEXT WEEK

  • TESTING THAT BY NEXT WEEK INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES WILL BE

  • INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES WILL BE ABLE TO DO AS THEY SAID TO ME

  • ABLE TO DO AS THEY SAID TO ME THOUSANDS OF TESTS OF

  • THOUSANDS OF TESTS OF CORONAVIRUS IF THEY ARE NEEDED

  • CORONAVIRUS IF THEY ARE NEEDED AND REQUIRED.

  • AND REQUIRED. AND MANY, MANY MULTIPLES MORE OF

  • AND MANY, MANY MULTIPLES MORE OF THAT IN THE NOT DISTANT FUTURE.

  • THAT IN THE NOT DISTANT FUTURE. OUR OBJECTIVES HERE AS DR. BIRX

  • OUR OBJECTIVES HERE AS DR. BIRX RAISED WITH THE TASK FORCE IS WE

  • RAISED WITH THE TASK FORCE IS WE HAVE GOT HOSPITALS IN AFFECTED

  • HAVE GOT HOSPITALS IN AFFECTED AREAS AND THOSE REQUESTING KITS.

  • AREAS AND THOSE REQUESTING KITS. WE HAVE UNIVERSITIES AN STATE

  • WE HAVE UNIVERSITIES AN STATE LAB THAT IS CAN NOW PERFORM THE

  • LAB THAT IS CAN NOW PERFORM THE TEST ON A REQUESTED BASIS BUT

  • TEST ON A REQUESTED BASIS BUT OUR OBJECTIVE ULTIMATELY AND AS

  • OUR OBJECTIVE ULTIMATELY AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS TESTS

  • QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS TESTS MADE THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL

  • MADE THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL LABORATORIES AND COMMERCIAL

  • LABORATORIES AND COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS THAT YOUR LOCAL

  • PROVIDERS THAT YOUR LOCAL DOCTOR, YOUR CVS, YOUR MED CHECK

  • DOCTOR, YOUR CVS, YOUR MED CHECK IS ABLE TO HAVE A CORONAVIRUS

  • IS ABLE TO HAVE A CORONAVIRUS TEST.

  • TEST. AND THAT ISN’T THERE YET.

  • AND THAT ISN’T THERE YET. WERE WORKING TO MAKE THAT A

  • WERE WORKING TO MAKE THAT A REALITY BUT AGAIN IT IS ONE MORE

  • REALITY BUT AGAIN IT IS ONE MORE EXAMPLE, NOT JUST A WHOLE OF

  • EXAMPLE, NOT JUST A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH BUT A WHOLE

  • GOVERNMENT APPROACH BUT A WHOLE OF AMERICA APPROACH AND WHETHER

  • OF AMERICA APPROACH AND WHETHER IT BE THE NURSING HOME INDUSTRY,

  • IT BE THE NURSING HOME INDUSTRY, THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, WHETHER IT

  • THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, WHETHER IT BE OUR COMMERCIAL LABORATORIES,

  • BE OUR COMMERCIAL LABORATORIES, I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF

  • I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE ENTIRE

  • PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE ENTIRE TASK FORCE WHEN I SAY WE ARE

  • TASK FORCE WHEN I SAY WE ARE PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THE

  • PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SPIRIT THAT’S BEING REFLECTED BY

  • SPIRIT THAT’S BEING REFLECTED BY COMPANIES ALL AN I CROSSCROSS TH

  • COMPANIES ALL AN I CROSSCROSS TH STATES OF AMERICA AND GRATEFUL

  • STATES OF AMERICA AND GRATEFUL FOR THE STATE LEVEL AND THE

  • FOR THE STATE LEVEL AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE

  • AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONFIDENT THAT THAT SPIRIT OF

  • CONFIDENT THAT THAT SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP IS GOING TO CONTINUE

  • PARTNERSHIP IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS AT EVERY LEVEL AS

  • TO DRIVE THIS AT EVERY LEVEL AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH.

  • WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH. DEALING WITH THE CORONAVIRUS IN

  • DEALING WITH THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE UNITED STATES.

  • THE UNITED STATES. WITH THAT, I’M GOING TO

>>> WELCOME BACK.

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