Trump invokes Defense Production Act In addition to using the legislation last week to compel GM to make ventilators, Trump has announced invoking the Act to ensure manufacturers including General Electric, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, Royal Philips, and Vyaire Medical can "secure the supplies they need to build ventilators needed to defeat the virus." More than 100,000 ventilators are being built right now or soon to be started, Trump said during the White House coronavirus task force briefing. 3M is also working on face masks as part of the Defense Production Act, and GM will begin production of ventilators "very soon," Trump added.
The schemes, sometimes known as NHS top-up plans, are a form of low cost insurance policy to help meet the cost of a range of non-urgent healthcare procedures and appointments - not just at the dentist but also at the optician and for osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropody and a visit to a chiropractor.
Apple reportedly planning to pay hourly contractors Apple has committed to paying its hourly contract workers, according to the Wall Street Journal. This reportedly includes janitors, bus drivers and other campus workers whose jobs have been suspended due to the spread of COVID-19.
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"It's a milestone for our country," he said. More than 2 million people tested in the US During a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, President Donald Trump said more than 2 million Americans have been tested for COVID-19. Vice President Mike Pence added that more than 100,000 tests are being conducted each day.
They carry public health messages, aiming to halt the spread of infectious diseases like syphilis and tuberculosis, and encouraging people to eat a good diet, exercise and seek advice on parenting techniques.
Jan Grenci, a reference specialist for posters at the Library of Congress, said the posters, created for a government agency called the Work Projects Administration (WPA) still have 'many admirers' as they are 'truly American in style.
Jan Grenci, a reference specialist for posters at the Library of Congress, said: 'The Library of Congress has more than 900 posters made by the WPA, which is the largest surviving collection of these beautiful, original prints, most of which are silkscreens.
Worldwide, the number of cases stood at 2.08 million and the number of deaths surpassed 138,000. The new figures arrived Thursday morning as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US topped 639,000, and the number of deaths was about to reach 31,000.
The Maharashtra Forest Department has recently been investigating the surprise seizure of the marine molluscs, which have a hard, protective outer case, and are found scattered across sea shores in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.
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Over 5.2 million new jobless claims filed in US In a fourth week of record jobless claims in the United States, 5,245,000 people applied for unemployment insurance in the week ending April 11. That brings the total since mid-March to 22 million seasonally adjusted applications, according to the US Labor Department.
The New Deal is the name retrospectively given to the domestic policies brought in by then-President Franklin Roosevelt between 1933 and 1938, which were brought in to revive the US economy after the Wall Street Crash in 1929.
Computer monitor sales are up twofold, mice and keyboard sales have grown by 10% and notebook sales are also up 10%. "Even as we are all stuck in our homes, sheltering in place or under quarantine, work demands continue," Stephen Baker, VP and industry advisor of NPD's Technology and Mobile, said. PC sales double as people work from home PC sales have doubled compared to this time last year, according to data from analyst firm NPD Group. "The shift to working from home has also breathed new life into categories that were in decline, such as web cameras."
Gavin Newsom announced in a press conference. California has successfully 'bent the curve,' unveils steps to reopen California's strict lockdown orders for the last month have been successful in bending the curve, Gov. The data models have changed as a result of residents staying at home, he said, adding the news is sober due to a record number of deaths overnight.
If the Games went ahead it would mean tens of thousands of competitors, officials, volunteers, diplomats and fans descending on Japan in just four months' time for the opening ceremony, despite the fact the world is in virtual lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.