The Pentagon is seeking to obtain100,000 body bags for federal emergency officials in preparation of expected increasing numbers of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and an expert serving on President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, has been assigned a security detail after receiving multiple threats, according to news reports.
The Treasury Department issued guidelines Tuesday about the $349 billion paycheck protection program, part of the $2 trillion economic bailout package signed into law last week.
The president's remarks came hours after a news report said that a U.S. intelligence brief said China deliberately underreported the extent of its COVID-19 outbreak.
Doctors warned that wearing masks in public could create a "false sense of security," making people less likely to follow more effective coronavirus prevention measures.
The American Investment Council, a lobbying group for private equity firms, has said the industry should qualify for all means of relief granted by the $2 trillion bill.
Domestic violence programs and shelters in New York, the state with the most coronavirus cases, are seeing a decline in at-risk clients, who are staying home as the disease spreads.
"I still think big manufacturers are stuck in the mindset that 'my supply chain is in Asia and I'm dead in the water' until they come back on line, said Pindel CEO Bill Berrien.
The American Investment Council, which lobbies on behalf of the private equity industry, spoke to congressional leaders and Treasury Department officials, sources said.
"We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors," wrote Capt. Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.