However, spokesman Dennis O'Malley stated that Pence, quote, "is not in quarantine," and plans to be at the White House Monday. He also said Pence has tested negative every day since his exposure. Meanwhile, three of the nation's top health scientists are self-quarantining because of exposure to Pence's aide: Dr. Anthony Fauci; CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield; and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn. Fauci has tested negative and will work from home. All three are expected to testify by videoconference before a Senate health committee Tuesday. It was also announced last night that the chairman of the committee, Senator Lamar Alexander, will also be participating by videoconference because he's self-quarantining after one of his staffers tested positive.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin advocated yesterday for the importance of beginning to reopen the economy, saying on Fox News Sunday, "If we do this carefully, working with the governors, I don’t think there’s a considerable risk. Matter of fact, I think there’s a considerable risk of not reopening. You’re talking about what would be permanent economic damage to the American public." After another 3.2 million U.S. workers applied for jobless benefits last week, for a total of 33.5 million over the last seven weeks, Mnuchin also said he expected the jobless numbers to, quote, "probably get worse before they get better." But also said he expects the economic numbers to improve in the second half of this year, and that 2021 will be a, quote, "great year."
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the number of new daily hospitalizations for the coronavirus in the state, which has been the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak, had returned to where it was when he issued a statewide shutdown on March 20th. There were 521 people newly hospitalized with the disease Saturday. There were also 207 deaths, which Cuomo said is back down to where it was about a week after the shutdown. Meanwhile, Cuomo also said nursing homes in the state must start testing staffers for the virus twice a week, and will no longer be sent coronavirus patients leaving hospitals. The governor had faced criticism for a March 25th state directive saying nursing homes couldn't refuse new or returning residents who'd tested positive for the virus, which was intended to help free up hospital beds for the sickest patients. Critics charge the order worsened outbreaks in nursing homes, which have been hard hit by the coronavirus.
In other developments:
There have been more than 79,500 people killed in the U.S. by the coronavirus as of last night, according to Johns Hopkins University's count. There have been more than 1,329,000 confirmed cases.
➤GEORGIA ASKS FEDS TO PROBE HANDLING OF ARBERY CASE; NEW VIDEO SURFACES: Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asked the U.S. Department of Justice Sunday to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was fatally shot after being pursued by two white men as he ran through their neighborhood in Brunswick.
Arbery was killed in February, but the arrests of 64-year-old Gregory McMichael and his 34-year-old son Travis McMichael on murder charges didn't take place until last week, after the public release of cellphone video of the shooting led to outrage. Carr said yesterday, "The family, the community and the state of Georgia deserve answers, and we will work with others in law enforcement at the state and federal level to find those answers." The McMichaels have said they thought Arbery matched the appearance of a burglary suspect who they said had been recorded on a surveillance camera some time earlier.
In another development a day earlier, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published video from a surveillance camera at a home near where Arbery was shot that showed someone who appears to be him walking into a home under construction. He then comes back out and runs down the street. After that, someone else comes out across the street from the construction site, and a vehicle drives down the street, near where Travis McMichael lives. Lawyers for Arbery’s family say the video supports their position that Arbery didn't do anything wrong. They wrote on social media: "This video confirms that Mr. Arbery’s murder was not justified and the actions of the men who pursued him and ambushed him were unjustified."
➤STUDY: FEW MLB EMPLOYEES TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODIES: A test done in mid-April of 5,754 Major League Baseball employees found that just 60 tested positive for having coronavirus antibodies, meaning they'd been infected in the past, according to study results released yesterday (May 10th). Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, which ran the study, said, "I was expecting a larger number," adding, "It's very clear that the epidemic is still in the early stages throughout the country." Of those who had antibodies, about 70 percent had been asymptomatic. MLB volunteered to participate in the study, the largest coronavirus-related antibodies study in the United States. The number of players involved in the study is unclear.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin advocated yesterday for the importance of beginning to reopen the economy, saying on Fox News Sunday, "If we do this carefully, working with the governors, I don’t think there’s a considerable risk. Matter of fact, I think there’s a considerable risk of not reopening. You’re talking about what would be permanent economic damage to the American public." After another 3.2 million U.S. workers applied for jobless benefits last week, for a total of 33.5 million over the last seven weeks, Mnuchin also said he expected the jobless numbers to, quote, "probably get worse before they get better." But also said he expects the economic numbers to improve in the second half of this year, and that 2021 will be a, quote, "great year."
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the number of new daily hospitalizations for the coronavirus in the state, which has been the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak, had returned to where it was when he issued a statewide shutdown on March 20th. There were 521 people newly hospitalized with the disease Saturday. There were also 207 deaths, which Cuomo said is back down to where it was about a week after the shutdown. Meanwhile, Cuomo also said nursing homes in the state must start testing staffers for the virus twice a week, and will no longer be sent coronavirus patients leaving hospitals. The governor had faced criticism for a March 25th state directive saying nursing homes couldn't refuse new or returning residents who'd tested positive for the virus, which was intended to help free up hospital beds for the sickest patients. Critics charge the order worsened outbreaks in nursing homes, which have been hard hit by the coronavirus. In other developments:
There have been more than 79,500 people killed in the U.S. by the coronavirus as of last night, according to Johns Hopkins University's count. There have been more than 1,329,000 confirmed cases.
Arbery was killed in February, but the arrests of 64-year-old Gregory McMichael and his 34-year-old son Travis McMichael on murder charges didn't take place until last week, after the public release of cellphone video of the shooting led to outrage. Carr said yesterday, "The family, the community and the state of Georgia deserve answers, and we will work with others in law enforcement at the state and federal level to find those answers." The McMichaels have said they thought Arbery matched the appearance of a burglary suspect who they said had been recorded on a surveillance camera some time earlier.
In another development a day earlier, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published video from a surveillance camera at a home near where Arbery was shot that showed someone who appears to be him walking into a home under construction. He then comes back out and runs down the street. After that, someone else comes out across the street from the construction site, and a vehicle drives down the street, near where Travis McMichael lives. Lawyers for Arbery’s family say the video supports their position that Arbery didn't do anything wrong. They wrote on social media: "This video confirms that Mr. Arbery’s murder was not justified and the actions of the men who pursued him and ambushed him were unjustified."
➤STUDY: FEW MLB EMPLOYEES TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODIES: A test done in mid-April of 5,754 Major League Baseball employees found that just 60 tested positive for having coronavirus antibodies, meaning they'd been infected in the past, according to study results released yesterday (May 10th). Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, which ran the study, said, "I was expecting a larger number," adding, "It's very clear that the epidemic is still in the early stages throughout the country." Of those who had antibodies, about 70 percent had been asymptomatic. MLB volunteered to participate in the study, the largest coronavirus-related antibodies study in the United States. The number of players involved in the study is unclear.
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