US, in discussions last night with Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Russia, trying to get Mexico "over the barrel" to do "100,000 fewer barrels," says @POTUS on #oil production.
US will help #Mexico along and reimburse it at a later date, @POTUS said he proposed.
"We have a tremendous energy, New Mexico" and "we want to keep those jobs," adds @POTUS.
"Clear signs that our aggressive strategy is saving countless lives" in the #coronavirus pandemic, according to @POTUS. "The numbers of deaths..is so horrible."
"We had a number of 100,000 lives (that would be lost)...that was the low end," says @POTUS if strong social distancing practiced. "I think we'll be substantially under that number."
"We'll see what it ends up being" but appears it'll be substantially below the forecasted low mark of 100,000 deaths, adds @POTUS.
"We've kept our fatality rate very, very low compared to other countries," according to @POTUS.
"We're leading the world now in testing by far and we're going to keep it that way," according to @POTUS.
Announcement on fate of @WHO funding from US "sometime next week," says @POTUS. "We have a lot to say about it. We'll hold it."
For first time in US "we're starting to level on the logarithmic phase," says Dr. Deborah Birx.
"We have not reached the peak," warns Dr. Birx.
Two companies now authorized to sterilize N95 masks, announces @SteveFDA. These "machines will be positioned around the country."
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