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tom hanks coronavirus, In the United States, Walgreens, Home Depot, Lowe's and True Value Hardware are reporting a sharp uptick in sales over the past several weeks and told The Associated Press they are scrambling to get more from suppliers. Two U.S. officials reportedly told Reuters that the Trump administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Protection Act to rapidly expand the domestic manufacturing of protective gear to help combat coronavirus. The use of the Act, passed by Congress in 1950 at the beginning of the Korean War, would signal that the administration is ramping up its response to the crisis. The law would grant the president the power to expand its industrial production of key materials or products for national security purposes.
tom hanks coronavirus - During an inter-agency call between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS Sec. Alex Azar told lawmakers this week that the U.S. needs a stockpile of about 300 million N95 face masks for medical workers. All of this comes as both sides of the aisle squabble over emergency funding numbers and procedures. To date, there are over 83,000 confirmed cases of the virus worldwide with over 78,000 cases in mainland China. The United States has recorded 60 cases and 33 of those 60 have been in the state of California. At least 2,800 people have died.
tom hanks coronavirus, CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP I think there's no question the American consumer now understands, Pirro added. This is a classic example that affects everyone. There isn't anyone who isn't talking about the coronavirus. Do I need to get the survival freeze-dried food? Do I need to fill my basement with water? Do I need to get a mask? What kind of mask? Whether it was, you know, the Moly-99 which I've talked about 100 times because I'm a breast cancer survivor, that we need to have this stuff and this medication...along with this created in the United States, she added.
tom hanks coronavirus - We shouldn't rely on other countries. Because in the end, when there's a pandemic, you can't count on them to help America, she concluded. The Associated Press and The New York Times contributed to this report.
tom hanks coronavirus - The CDC is sending personnel to California to assist in the investigation and track down anyone who was in contact with the patient; Claudia Cowan reports from Sacramento. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has transferred a repatriated patient to San Mateo County, Calif., after the individual tested positive for coronavirus. Officials from San Mateo County Health did not say where or when the patient had tested positive, nor where they were evacuated from, and said on Thursday that they would not be releasing any more information.