#HappeningNow: White House Daily Briefing 4/20/20

- 30 states have 1 case per 1000
- 30 mill American Jobs affected by Paycheck Protection Plan; hope to have Senate vote by tomorrow
- US is filling up its oil reserves- 75 mill barrels to be added on top of current levels

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President Trump:
- States have now tremendous capacity for testing
- Gov Cuomo agrees with Administration that states should lead on the testing front
- Gov Cuomo to visit @WhiteHouse, 4/21
- US in a great position to help other countries with ventilators (10k in US stockpile)

President Trump:

- Pandemic has affirmed vital need to keep manufacturing/supply chains here in the US
- Especially pharmaceuticals
- Sending Army Corps of Engineers / Medical teams nationwide
- Fake News refuses to cover any of this correctly; but Americans know the truth

Admiral Giroir on Testing Capacity
- We have focused on every minute detail regarding the supply chain for testing
- Dr. Birx has devised an elegant model for handling this problem now and in the future
- Coordinating testing, technology, FDA regs, a vital step to current success

Dr. Birx on different lab machines for testing available now:
- Accessible to states thru 5k différent lab sites

. @VP on the weekly conference call with nation’s governors:
- Reviewed updated Guidelines, answered questions
- By connecting governors w/labs, states are well on their way toward sufficiently addressing testing needs
- Recommended to other states FL’s public health website

General Semonite, US Army Corps of Engineers:

- Coordinated w/ HHS, FEMA, TaskForce

- Constructed major hospitals across the country

- 16k bed capacity

- Assessing sites in collaboration with mayors and governors

- Building Wall on southern border, 4K contractors on ground