Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who is also helping lead the White House’s coronavirus task force, called President Trump’s decision to keep the government’s current social distancing guidelines in place through the end of April a “wise” one. 

“We feel that the mitigation that we’re doing right now is having an effect. It’s very difficult to quantitate it because you have two dynamic things going on at the same time,” Fauci said a press conference outside the White House on Sunday. 

“You have the virus going up, and you have the mitigation trying to push it down,” he continued. But Fauci added that Trump’s decision “to extend this mitigation process until the end of end April … was a wise and prudent decision.”

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“Dr. Birx and I spent a considerable amount of time going over the all the data, why we felt this was a best choice of us, and the president accepted it,” Fauci continued, referring to White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx.

Fauci, who warned earlier on Sunday that millions in the U.S. could be infected by the virus in the coming weeks given the rapid pace of the COVID-19 outbreak, added that the possibility of the number of cases ballooning in the country played “a role in our decision in trying to make sure that we don’t do something prematurely and pull back when we should be pushing.” 

Trump drew headlines last week after he floated the idea of lifting restrictions in certain areas of the country in efforts to boost the economy, as a number of states have ordered nonessential business to close in recent weeks to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

“You can destroy a country this way, by closing it down, where it literally goes from being the most prosperous,” Trump said then.

Shortly after his comments on Tuesday, Fauci also said Trump’s timeline should be “flexible.”

“You can look at a date, but you’ve got to be very flexible and on a literally day-by-day and week-by-week basis. You need to evaluate the feasibility of what you’re trying to do,” Fauci said.

However, in his remarks on Sunday, Trump said the White House would keep its social distancing guidelines in place to limit the spread of the virus in the U.S., which has reported more than 139,000 confirmed cases so far, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

“Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the war is won,” Trump said. “That would be the greatest loss of all.”

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Whole Foods workers are set to strike on Tuesday to protest what they say is a lack of employee protections amid the spread of the coronavirus.

Workers at the national grocery chain will call out sick to demand guaranteed sick leave to employees who self-isolate, reinstatement of health care coverage for part-time workers, double hazard pay, a commitment to ensuring workplaces stay clean and the closure of any store where a worker tests positive.

The strike had originally been scheduled on May 1.

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“As this situation has progressed, our fundamental needs as workers have become more urgent,” Whole Worker, a labor movement within the grocery chain, wrote in a statement.

“COVID-19 poses a very real threat to the safety of our workforce and our customers. We cannot wait for politicians, institutions, or our own management to step in to protect us.”

Cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, have been reported at Whole Foods locations in Chicago, New York City and Huntington Beach, Calif.

All of those locations have remained open.

In response to the pandemic, Whole Foods has boosted wages for U.S. and Canadian workers by $2 per hour. It also promised workers diagnosed with COVID-19 or quarantined two weeks of paid leave.

The Hill has reached out to the chain for comment on the planned strike.

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Tuesday’s sickout at Whole Foods, which is owned by Amazon, would be the latest in a wave of worker activism amid the pandemic.

Amazon workers in Staten Island walked out Monday after their warehouse was kept open despite at least one positive case of COVID-19. The company said that the building has been cleaned.

Instacart shoppers also stopped accepting deliveries Monday in protest of the grocery delivery service’s worker protections.

Twitter has in the last week taken down multiple posts from public figures promoting an anti-malaria drug as a way to treat coronavirus.

On Friday, the platform removed a tweet from President TrumpDonald John TrumpCuomo grilled by brother about running for president: ‘No. no’ Maxine Waters unleashes over Trump COVID-19 response: ‘Stop congratulating yourself! You’re a failure’ Meadows resigns from Congress, heads to White House MORE‘s personal attorney Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiHillicon Valley: FCC chief proposes 0M telehealth program | Twitter takes down posts promoting anti-malaria drugs for coronavirus| Whole Foods workers plan Tuesday strike 12 things to know today about coronavirus Twitter takes down posts promoting anti-malaria treatment for coronavirus MORE claiming that hydroxychloroquine is a safe way to treat COVID-19, the disease resulting from the novel coronavirus.

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A spokesperson for the platform confirmed that the tweet was removed for violating its rules on coronavirus misinformation.

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Twitter earlier this month said it would begin removing coronavirus-related posts that deny expert recommendations, promote fake treatments and prevention techniques, or misleadingly claim to be from authorities.

Giuliani’s now-deleted post included direct quotes from a tweet by conservative activist Charlie Kirk that has also been removed for violating rules.

A March 20 tweet from Fox News’s Laura IngrahamLaura Anne IngrahamHillicon Valley: FCC chief proposes 0M telehealth program | Twitter takes down posts promoting anti-malaria drugs for coronavirus| Whole Foods workers plan Tuesday strike Twitter takes down posts promoting anti-malaria treatment for coronavirus Trump team fiercely debates how long coronavirus restrictions should stay in place MORE claiming that hydroxychloroquine was in use “at many hospitals” and was showing “very promising results” was no longer available on the platform as of Monday. A spokesperson for Twitter declined to comment on whether Ingraham deleted the tweet herself or was compelled to do so but did confirm that the post fell under the platform’s health misinformation policy. 

Twitter has taken action against similar tweets internationally as well.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had a post praising hydroxychloroquine removed this weekend for violating the platform’s coronavirus misinformation policy, the Twitter spokesperson confirmed to The Hill.

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Hydroxychloroquine has been floated as a treatment for COVID-19 since a small French study released earlier this month indicated positive results in treating the disease.

However, health officials have warned that not enough is known about the effects of the drug on COVID-19. Dr. Anthony FauciAnthony FauciFauci says task force ‘argued strongly’ with Trump to extend coronavirus guidelines Fauci says April 30 extension is ‘a wise and prudent decision’ Governors, health experts warn coronavirus restrictions must stay in place MORE, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said during a press briefing earlier this month that much of what is known about the drug is based on “anecdotal reports.”

The unproven treatment got a big boost earlier this month when Trump tweeted that hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, an antibiotic, “taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine.”

Twitter did not respond to questions about why that tweet remains on the platform despite the other removals.

The Pentagon has ordered military bases and combatant commands to withhold coronavirus case numbers, citing operational security concerns.

“As we continue to grapple with the novel nature of COVID19, we are constantly assessing and adapting not only how we respond to combatting the virus, but also how we share critical public health information with our communities,” Pentagon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah said in a statement on Monday.

“We will not report the aggregate number of individual service member cases at individual unit, base or Combatant Commands. We will continue to do our best to balance transparency in this crisis with operational security.”

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Farah said that the Defense Department and each military service will continue to offer a daily, public update of the full number of cases in all services and of civilians, contractors and dependents. 

Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperFirst US service member dies from coronavirus Pentagon orders military bases to stop releasing specific COVID-19 numbers Overnight Defense: Pentagon orders bases to stop reporting coronavirus numbers | Hospital ship arrives in NY | Marines pause sending new recruits to boot camp | Defense bill work delayed MORE last week told Reuters that he wants the Pentagon to withhold “mission-specific information” to protect operational security.

“What we want to do is give you aggregated numbers. But we’re not going to disaggregate numbers because it could reveal information about where we may be affected at a higher rate than maybe some other places,” Esper said. 

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And Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly last week told reporters that his service was “trying to be as responsive and transparent as possible” but must weigh that “against operational concerns as well as privacy concerns.”

“I think it’s important that people understand where we are, how it’s impacting us,” Modly said of coronavirus cases in the Navy. “So we will follow the direction of the secretary of defense in terms of this, but from our perspective, from my perspective, being as transparent as possible is probably the best path.”

As of Monday morning, 569 active-duty service members have contracted the illness, as had 220 civilian personnel, 190 family members and 64 contractors. 

The Brazilian winger ruled out a return to Brazil as he hopes to continue on in England

Willian says that he hopes to remain in the Premier League as the winger enters the final months of his contract with Chelsea.

The Brazilian star has made over 300 appearances for the Blues, winning a pair of Premier League titles, the Europa League and FA Cup since joining from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013.

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However, his contract is set to expire at the end of the current season, leaving his future up in the air heading towards the summer. 

How the European Parliament spends its annual budget is being brought to public attention in a way never seen in the institution’s history. The degree of transparency and public scrutiny is long overdue.

Bart Staes, a Flemish Green MEP, is drafting a report for the budgetary control committee on how the Parliament spent its 2008 budget. He has highlighted the ease with which the Parliament can shift funds to pet projects and ensure that none of the €1.6 billion that the Parliament is allocated goes unspent.

Other MEPs are asking additional questions about the reliability of internal controls, highlighting such eyebrow-raising practices as handing envelopes of cash to leaders of visitors’ groups.

Internal and external reports

Critical reports by both the Parliament’s internal and external auditors have forced MEPs to pay back €3.34 million in incorrectly claimed allowances since 2007.

The cumulative impression is that the Parliament does not have an adequate system of internal controls. Yet it will not have escaped the notice of other EU institutions that MEPs have been insisting for years on ever- higher standards for the European Commission and member states.

Last Thursday (25 February) MEPs voted to hire 150 extra staff and increase the monthly allowance for assistants by €1,500 to €19,040. The cost of the extra staff and the increase in the allowances will be €13.4 million.

The official justification for the changes is that MEPs face a heavier workload because their powers are extended under the Lisbon treaty and they need expert advice in a wider range of policy areas.

Budget changes

These changes will be put into a proposal by the Commission to amend the EU’s overall budget, to be published in mid-March. So will there then be a show-down between the Parliament and the other EU institutions? If not, why not?

There will not – primarily because the Parliament has so much money that it can pay for the extra staff and allowances by moving funds from elsewhere in its total budget for 2010, mainly by running down a reserve for buildings.

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Both the Staes report and the staff increases show that the Parliament enjoys much greater freedom than the Commission or the Council of Ministers to alter its budget. The Parliament decides to take on an extra 150 staff while insisting that the Commission has a zero-growth recruitment policy. Last year, the Parliament used the threat of withholding approval of the Council secretariat’s spending in 2007 to force the Council of Ministers and the presidency to provide more information about the Council budget.

Member state irritation

The national governments of the EU’s member states are becoming increasingly irritated by the Parliament – and not just over the budget. They were annoyed that the Spanish government, which holds the presidency of the Council of Ministers, caved in to the Parliament’s demands that MEPs should be given passes to enter the Council’s buildings. They feel that Commission President José Manuel Barroso made too many concessions when he promised to give MEPs the documents that the Council receives, at the same time.

Nevertheless, the view in the Council is that this is the wrong time for a show-down with the Parliament. MEPs are just discovering and flexing powers acquired under the Lisbon treaty. The decision to vote down an EU-US deal on sharing data on bank transfers was an uncomfortable reminder of how they can make life yet more difficult. The Council will need the agreement of MEPs on changes to the staff and financial regulations if the European External Action Service is to be set up and start work on time. The thinking in the Council is that a major inter-institutional clash now would undermine the argument that passing the Lisbon treaty was essential for the EU to work more effectively.

All of which means that, for the moment, the Parliament is likely to get its way on its budget. There is unlikely to be a fight at this stage over the Parliament’s spending plans. The 39-year-old deal that allots to the Parliament a 20% share of all the EU’s administrative spending is unlikely to be challenged by the Council of Ministers. But the MEPs may yet be storing up trouble for themselves.

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Click Here: new zealand rugby team jerseysCliquez ici pour nous alerter !Dans une publication partagée 44 000 fois sur les réseaux sociaux selon Check News, on voit un bateau de croisière avec une immense tâche brune dans son sillon. Des internautes ont donc pensé qu’il s’agissait de déchets relâchés par le bateau, rapporte Martin Baumer sur le plateau du 20 Heures. Mais la photo a été prise en Uruguay dans la baie de Maldonado. Une photo similaire avait été prise il y a quelques années et le préfet local avait réagi pour expliquer la situation : “C’est dû au sable déplacé par les moteurs du bateau lors des manœuvres”, avait-il ainsi déclaré. “Ce n’est pas du tout étonnant”En effet, les fonds sont très peu profonds dans la baie, comme le confirme la navigatrice Isabelle Autissier. “Cela paraît plutôt ressembler effectivement à deux grands coups d’hélice, pour stopper le navire par exemple. Si c’est bien la baie de Maldonado, il y a très peu de fonds donc, ce n’est pas du tout étonnant, c’est un peu comme si vous vous preniez une tornade sur la figure, cela vous décoifferait”, explique-t-elle. Il ne s’agit donc pas de déchets rejetés par le bateau sur cette photo. Cependant, la manœuvre effectuée n’est pas bonne, car aujourd’hui, les fonds de la baie sont raclés par les bateaux. Le JT

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“Nous, au FLN, on n’acceptera jamais qu’Abdelaziz Bouteflika sorte par la petite porte, a déclaré mardi 2 avril Saïd Lakhdari, le chef du groupe parlementaire du parti présidentiel, au lendemain de l’annonce de sa prochaine démission. La meilleure solution c’est de démissionner, comme ça, il va sortir par la grande porte et avant de sortir, il va prendre quelques décisions qui vont faciliter la transition démocratique en Algérie”, poursuit-il. Abdelaziz Bouteflika “a sacrifié toute sa vie pour son pays”, estime Saïd Lakhdari puisqu’il “est aux commandes depuis 1957”, rappelant qu’il a été tour à tour ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports et ministre des Affaires étrangères, avant d’être président de la République pendant vingt ans. Alors que son maintien au pouvoir est controversé, notamment depuis son AVC en 2013, Saïd Lakhdari rappelle qu’Abdelaziz Bouteflika “a beaucoup donné pour son pays, il a fait énormément de choses. Lorsqu’on est au pouvoir pendant une vingtaine d’années, c’est tout à fait normal que ça nous arrive de faire des erreurs.”Le chef du groupe parlementaire du FLN fait confiance au président pour prendre des décisions importantes d’ici sa démission : “Vous pensez qu’il va partir comme ça et laisser peut-être l’Algérie dans le chaos ? Je ne pense pas, donc il y aura d’autres décisions qui vont venir et je suis sûr que, d’ici le 28 avril, l’Algérie trouvera la meilleure solution pour sortir de cette crise inédite”, après plus d’un mois de manifestations régulières.Click Here: New Zealand rugby store

Two major U.S. health insurers, Cigna and Humana, are waiving all out-of-pocket costs for coronavirus treatments nationwide.

“Two of the country’s largest health insurers, Humana and Cigna, are announcing that they will waive co-pays, which is a big deal. For anybody who understands insurance, they don’t waive co-pays easily, but we’ve asked them to do it, and they’ve done it,” Trump announced at a Sunday press briefing in the Rose Garden.

The news was later confirmed by the CEOs of the two companies in a joint interview with Bloomberg. Cigna CEO David Cordani and Humana CEO Bruce Broussard told the news outlet they would take steps to avoid patients being dissuaded from seeking treatment due to cost or concerns that doctors or hospitals were not covered by their health insurance.

“We’re stepping in as aggressively as we can to support care access and peace of mind,” Cordani said.

The two reportedly declined to answer how the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 130,000 in the U.S., would affect their business or the broader health care industry in the months ahead.

Press representatives for Cigna and Humana did not immediately return requests for comment on the president’s remarks.