Johns Hopkins School of Public Health's Tolbert Nyenswah discusses how successful contact tracing efforts can combat and contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and Wilson Center's Robert Daly discusses China's role in the pandemic.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discussed the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy during a virtual discussion with the Atlantic Council. She described the pandemic as causing an unprecedented economic crisis with 170 countries having negative income growth. She also explained why the economic decline could get worse with a second wave of the virus.
David Weiner, director of the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, joined to talk about multiple efforts, in the U.S. and around the globe, to develop a vaccine and immunotherapies to prevent and treat COVID-19. He also discussed some of the challenges in developing a vaccine or therapy to treat COVID-19 infections and answered viewer questions on those efforts.
Greg Ferrara, president & CEO of the National Grocers Association, joined to talk about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. grocers and the nation's food supply amid a number of shutdowns of meat processing and packing plants as a result of worker infections. He also answered viewer questions and calls on the U.S. food supply.
Rep. French Hill (R-AR) joined via Skype to talk about the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in his state, and about how he and his family were coping with the pandemic.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) joined AFSCME President Lee Saunders on a teleconference to advocate for aid to states and localities in the next coronavirus aid package.
Dr. Rich Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control, joins to talk about the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also joining is Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL).
Dr. Rich Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control, joins to talk about the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also joining is Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL).
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discussed the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy during a virtual discussion with the Atlantic Council. She described the pandemic as causing an unprecedented economic crisis with 170 countries having negative income growth. She also explained why the economic decline could get worse with a second wave of the virus.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discussed the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy during a virtual discussion with the Atlantic Council. She described the pandemic as causing an unprecedented economic crisis with 170 countries having negative income growth. She also explained why the economic decline could get worse with a second wave of the virus.
David Weiner, director of the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, joined to talk about multiple efforts, in the U.S. and around the globe, to develop a vaccine and immunotherapies to prevent and treat COVID-19. He also discussed some of the challenges in developing a vaccine or therapy to treat COVID-19 infections and answered viewer questions on those efforts.
Greg Ferrara, president & CEO of the National Grocers Association, joined to talk about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. grocers and the nation's food supply amid a number of shutdowns of meat processing and packing plants as a result of worker infections. He also answered viewer questions and calls on the U.S. food supply.
Rep. French Hill (R-AR) joined via Skype to talk about the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in his state, and about how he and his family were coping with the pandemic.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) joined AFSCME President Lee Saunders on a teleconference to advocate for aid to states and localities in the next coronavirus aid package.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) held a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Lamont updated the state's positive case numbers and the latest death toll. He also said the hospitalization rate continues to decrease. The governor announced Connecticut's contact tracing program saying the state will be partnering with Microsoft to trace the virus's spread among residents.
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was joined by Hillary Clinton on a virtual town hall, held via streaming video, focused on the impact of COVID-19 on women. Toward the beginning of the event, she officially endorsed Mr.Biden in his 2020 run for president. She said she knew him well through their mutual work in the Obama Administration as well as in the Senate, and said he was the leader the U.S. needed as it sought to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Later, the two continued to discuss the pandemic's impact on women who worked as essential workers and out of their homes.
