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President Trump continues to mobilize American industry to ensure all Americans have access to supplies and resources to protect their health, safety, and economic opportunity. Yesterday, President Trump traveled to Michigan to hold a listening session with African-American leaders and visit the Ford Motor Company Rawsonville manufacturing plant, which is currently producing PPE and ventilators.
- President Trump has utilized the Defense Production Act to spur unprecedented private sector action to produce resources needed for coronavirus response.
- As a result of the President’s efforts, all Americans have access to a ventilator if needed and 1,300 ventilators have been shipped to allies overseas.
Today, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a briefing at 2:00pm ET.
Additional Guidance (as of 5.21, 5 p.m.):
· WH - Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery (Click here)
- HHS - Trump Administration’s Operation Warp Speed Accelerates AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine to be Available Beginning in October (Click here)
· HHS - HHS Provides $225 Million for COVID-19 Testing in Rural Communities (Click here)
· HHS - Providers Must Act by June 3, 2020 to Receive Additional Relief Fund General Distribution Payment (Click here)
- CDC - Caring for Children (Click here)
- CDC - CDC releases resources to assist states to open (Click here)
CDC - Performing Facility-wide SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Nursing Homes (Click here)
· CDC - Considerations for Institutes of Higher Education (Click here)
· CDC - Considerations for Youth Sports (Click here)
· CDC - Travelers Prohibited from Entry to the United States (Click here)
- CDC - For Parents: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 (Click here)
- FDA - FDA Provides Promised Transparency for Antibody Tests (Click here)
· FDA/USDA - USDA, FDA Strengthen U.S. Food Supply Chain Protections During COVID-19 Pandemic (Click here)
· DHS - Acting Secretary Wolf’s Statement on Non-Essential Travel (Click here)
· DHS - Acting Secretary Wolf’s Statement on the Extension of Title 42 (Click here)
· DHS - COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season (Click here)
· DHS-CISA - CISA Guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers, ver. 3.1 (Click here)
· DHS-FEMA - Updated Nursing Home PPE Fact Sheet (Click here)
- DHS-FEMA - Three Food Banks to Benefit from $5.7 million in FEMA Funding to the State of Kansas (Click here)
- USDA - USDA to Provide $1 Billion in Loan Guarantees for Rural Businesses and Ag Producers (Click here)
· USDA - SNAP Online Purchasing to Cover 90% of Households (Click here)
· USDA - USDA Approves Program to Feed Kids in Kentucky, Tennessee, and DC (Click here)
- DOE - U.S. Department of Energy Announces $53 Million for Small Business Research and Development Grants (Click here)
- SBA - Opinion: Public-private partnerships will lead recovery (Click here)
- Federal Reserve - Introductory Remarks for the Fed Listens panel on the COVID-19 pandemic (Click here)
- DOD - Army's Aberdeen Test Center Uses Innovation to Fight COVID-19 (Click here)
- DOD - COVID-19 Takes Air Guard Chaplain's Ministry to Soldiers' Home (Click here)
- DOD - Georgia National Guard Assists COVID-19 Testing Facilities (Click here)
· DOD - Dover AFB to Serve as Key Hub in COVID-19 Fight (Click here)
· DOD - Army Depot Shifts Gears to Assist Local Health Care System (Click here)
· DOD - Changing of Health Protection Condition Levels During COVID-19 (Click here)
· State - UPDATE: The United States Continues to Lead the Global Response to COVID-19 (Click here)
· State - Delivering on American Commitments in the COVID-19 Response with Additional Foreign Assistance (Click here)
· ED - Providing Services to English Learners During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Click here)
· ED - Frequently Asked Questions about the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (Click here)
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Safely Opening Up Our Country Again is Critical for the Wellbeing of the American People
PROMOTING THE WELLBEING OF ALL AMERICANS
- For the wellbeing of all Americans, it is critical that we move towards safely reopening the country as soon as we are able.
- It is vital that we consider the toll a long-term shutdown would have on Americans’ health and wellbeing.
- Estimates suggest a clear increase in suicides and opioid deaths as the unemployment rate rises.
- Many Americans have had to forego important preventative health services like breast cancer screenings.
- Americans across the country have made hard sacrifices to slow the spread and save lives. Now we must honor their sacrifices by moving toward a safe reopening.
SAFELY REOPENING THE COUNTRY
- President Trump and his Administration are committed to helping provide states with the information and resources they need to safely reopen.
- The President has laid out a phased approach under the Opening Up America guidelines that will enable to states to reopen based on the situation on the ground.
- President Trump’s efforts to ramp up testing across the country have built up enough testing capacity to enable states to move toward phase one of reopening.
- Recently, multiple states have reported their testing capacity has now outpaced demand.
- The Trump Administration has launched Operation Warp Speed, a historic effort that is working to develop therapeutics and vaccines in record time.
- The President’s mobilization of the private sector has provided states with critical medical supplies – including ventilator supplies that exceed demand.
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