.jonkarl presses Pres. Trump on whether everyone who needs a ventilator will get one. “Look, don’t be a cutie pie,” Trump responds, claiming “we’re in great shape.”
7:59 p.m.: Pence says over 685,000 tests done
The 25-year-old had been self-quarantining. The victim's body was found Wednesday in a home in La Quinta, officials said. A GM spokesperson said,"Ventec, GM and our supply base have been working around the clock for over a week to meet this urgent need. Our commitment to build Ventec’s high-quality critical care ventilator, VOCSN, has never wavered. The partnership between Ventec and GM combines global expertise in manufacturing quality and a joint commitment to safety to give medical professionals and patients access to life-saving technology as rapidly as possible.
Medical workers at the drive-through coronavirus testing site at Bergen County Community College, March 20 2020, in Paramus, N.J.New Jersey will offer exclusive COVID-19 testing to health care workers and first responders this weekend, Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday. Yellow caution tape surrounds the Venice Beach boardwalk on March 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.Los Angeles County beaches are all closing to the public immediately because the crowds there last weekend"were unacceptable," said LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn.The county is also closing public trails and beach bike paths.2:18 p.m.
Pope Francis delivers an extraordinary "Urbi et Orbi" blessing to the city and the world - normally given only at Christmas and Easter - from an empty St. Peter's Square, as a response to the global coronavirus disease pandemic, at the Vatican, March 27, 2020.Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation Friday to move the state's presidential primary from April 28 to June 2.
A medical worker looks out onto a line of patients waiting for COVID-19 testing outside Elmhurst Hospital Center, March 27, 2020, in New York during the coronavirus pandemic."The reason why the number is going up is because some people came into the hospital 20 days, 25 days ago and had been on a ventilator for that long a period of time," Cuomo said."When somebody is on that ventilator for a prolonged period of time, the outcome is usually not good.
Hospitalman Jeremiah Lewis organizes medical supplies aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy off the coast of southern California, March 24, 2020. Health workers in protective gear peer at people lining up to enter a tent which was constructed to test people for the coronavirus disease outside the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York City, March 27, 2020.
A view of parked ambulances in front of NYU Langone hospital amid the coronavirus outbreak, March 26, 2020, in New York City. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio projects"over half the people in this city will ultimately be infected."
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