7 states join consortium including PA, Philadelphia
7 states join consortium including PA, NJ and Del to buy medical equipment
An increasing number of cases had lead to the scarcity of medical equipment in many states. To solve this issue, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware will be joining a multi-state consortium which is aimed to provide supplies of medical equipment through regional supply chains.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, and Delaware Gov. John Carney announced on Sunday in a news conference hosted by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that they will be joining the cooperation. These three states will also be joined by New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
All these seven states will jointly work to develop a supply chain of medical equipment, including PPE, ventilators, and testing kits.
The shortage of medical equipment had been a problem for the entire U.S., with states complaining about bidding wars against each other for equipment.
Carney highlighted the problems with purchasing these for small states.
“If we’re going head-to-head with New York, we’re not going to get [the medical equipment],” Carney said. “If we’re along shoulder-to-shoulder with [Gov. Cuomo] and with Gov. Murphy and Gov. Wolf, we’ve got a good chance of getting a better price and of getting the product that we need.”
Wolf also appreciated the benefits of the combined market as this can encourage manufacturing what we need and even manufacturing test kits.
Governors also highlighted that the consortium not only aims to purchase the equipment but also try to manufacture our stuff.
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Girl raped and murdered, culprit died
Man who raped and murdered 14 years old girl with his girlfriend has sentenced death with the charge of raping, strangling, and dismembering on Thursday from a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Jacob Sullivan, who was his girlfriend, died of natural death at Einstein medical centre Montgomery.
Jacob Sullivan was the mother of a 14-year-old girl who was murdered and raped. Pennsylvania department of human services was satisfied with this life sentence.grace done the sexual abuse of a child and should be given the life sentence.
This was the most necessary justice for people who do child sexual abuse.
9 men charged for shooting the trooper
State trooper named detective Richard Hershey has been shot in new jersey on last Saturday night. Tremaine trooper one of the culprits has been arrested on May 1. Hadden of Bridgeton and Najzeir Hutchings also arrested and charged. Seven others were also associated with the murder of the trooper. This incident took place at Harding woods mobile home park on Harding highway at around 10:40 p.m. The trooper was there for some investigation around 6:15 p.m. He shot when he was investigating the area. These people came in the car, and one of the people might pull his gun and shot the trooper.
We can't afford violence against the law enforcement officers said by Grewal. Trooper underwent surgery on Sunday morning at the cooper university hospital and is now stable.
New budget makes everyone depressed
Mayor Kenney has proposed the new budget in which the taxes of property, parking and non-resistant wages are increased.
About $600 million budget deficit has to be arranged to fight with coronavirus. It was shocking budge every introduced by the mayor. Early the budge was going to announce in march before the virus hit. The expected revenue is $500 million less . the proposal is trying to balance the lost by the city so that the economic crisis does not hit them hard. Everyone in town is in depression as there is no of earning, and this taxes prices hit them from all the directions.
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A MUM FROM PHILLY WANTS TO HELP YOU
'BE WELL' BY SIMULATED DIET AND EXERCISE
Staying at home poses a multitude of safety and wellness problems for everyone.
A mother from South Philly addresses the concerns of new mothers, individuals with health problems, and those who only want to be their true selves in an interactive platform tailored for actual people with everyday lives.
Beth Auguste, director of Be Well With Beth, quit her work 2 years ago after raising her baby Camille. Upon finding a shortage of valuable food services for new mothers as well as those with hectic schedules, she launched Be Well With Beth.
The endeavor spread to exercise lessons and other activities for Mommy and Me. She was pressured to switch to a completely automated system when COVID-19 struck.
Beth offers free tips, exercises, and other resources from its IG account. Beth also developed an entirely immersive platform to support the family who are overwhelmed with diet and exercise. Registration is now available for this program.
PHILLY LAUNCHED NEW ONLINE SITE INCLUDING 'FOOD FINDER' FEATURE
The City of Philadelphia has introduced a new tool on its site, entitled 'food finder.'
The platform offers an easy-to-use program where people can quickly check for food and meal locations.
The platform integrates the answer to meal access from the City's COVID-19 with services for families, students, and senior citizens.
Users will scan for the pages by form and position in 5 various languages.
It also has an accessible map.
The U.S. will need billions to deal with the pandemic
On Thursday oval office meeting was done with President Donald Trump. In this, they stated that the U.S. will need at least $20 billion to$30 billion to deal with this pandemic COVID-19. This money is for all those worriers who are working day and night and fighting against the pandemic.
The ventilators and other equipment which are not in use will be given to other states. Murphy had an operation of cancer in march. The state is working to increase all the equipment required, and they are also working on testing kits to do more and more testing in a day. New Jersey already had 116000 positive cases with 6770 deaths till now. People who are not much affected by this virus will soon discharge, but those who are not able to like adult and people with other problem will have a hard time.
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Great 48! Organized a rally to support reopening of small businesses in Arizona
Great 48! is a Facebook group that aims to reopen businesses and let them stay open. It is gaining massive popularity amongst small businesses and has quickly garnered nearly thousands of Facebook members.
Hundreds of people joined from all over the city in the rally organized by the group Great 48!. the rally was held at Wesley Bolin Plaza outside of the Arizona Capitol Building, demanding that Arizona Governor Doug Ducey release orders for reopening of small businesses in the state and also urged small business people to open their businesses defying the law.
"Don't even wait until tomorrow. Go to your bars, go to your restaurants," said Thomas Evans of Great 48! "The individuals will show up, and we'll back you."
Leaders at Great 48! say that the governor's orders are too broad and indefinite to be followed and are even against the constitution.
"It's no question, he has to open up the state," said Ryker Martin, one of the founders of Great 48!
Governor Doug Ducey is allowing all the retail stores to provide their services either through delivery, curbside pick up, or online, which will begin on Monday, May 4.
Tempe gym owner had to defy the orders and reopen the gym to manage expenses
Many business owners are patiently waiting for the stay at home order to expire, and then they can reopen their businesses safely. But one businessman in Tempe opened its opposing rules.
Hitsquad Ninja Gym Co-owner Lee Cates said, "We didn't want to go to jail. We don't have any money to get slapped with a fine."
According to Lee, they have to pay $7,000 a month after closure. They have no money to pay this, and neither they had received any help from the government.
Co-owner Brian Rambo says, "We let our clients know, hey, if you can still pay and you're financially set. A lot of them did, but I can't ask them to do it again."
Cates said that he had realized that the future is uncertain.
"We put a certain amount of money aside for emergencies, but emergencies aren't supposed to last for three months. If we don't open by the 15th, I don't know."
With the hope that the customers will appreciate the reopen and return to businesses, a business owner needs to wait for new orders to come.
Cates says, "The light's there. We just need to see it together."
First-grader supplies smile to health care workers by serving ice cream
A local first-grader had taken a mission to spread smiles on the faces of health care workers in Houston.
London and her brother Tj Boyce distributed Bluebell Ice Cream mini sandwiches to all the staff members at LBJ Hospital, and London is even the new face of this ice cream.
London's family owns a Boyce Ice Cream truck, and she and all her siblings work on the truck.
London is very passionate about making others happy, and she got this idea of serving ice cream to health care workers to make them smile. She got this idea when she saw many health care staff working rigorously.
London and Tj will distribute free ice creams and popsicles to hospital staff at Houston Methodist Hospital on Monday.
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Great 48! Organized a rally to support reopening of small businesses in Arizona
Great 48! is a Facebook group that aims to reopen businesses and let them stay open. It is gaining massive popularity amongst small businesses and has quickly garnered nearly thousands of Facebook members.
Hundreds of people joined from all over the city in the rally organized by the group Great 48!. the rally was held at Wesley Bolin Plaza outside of the Arizona Capitol Building, demanding that Arizona Governor Doug Ducey release orders for reopening of small businesses in the state and also urged small business people to open their businesses defying the law.
"Don't even wait until tomorrow. Go to your bars, go to your restaurants," said Thomas Evans of Great 48! "The individuals will show up, and we'll back you."
Leaders at Great 48! say that the governor's orders are too broad and indefinite to be followed and are even against the constitution.
"It's no question, he has to open up the state," said Ryker Martin, one of the founders of Great 48!
Governor Doug Ducey is allowing all the retail stores to provide their services either through delivery, curbside pick up, or online, which will begin on Monday, May 4.
Tempe gym owner had to defy the orders and reopen the gym to manage expenses
Many business owners are patiently waiting for the stay at home order to expire, and then they can reopen their businesses safely. But one businessman in Tempe opened its opposing rules.
Hitsquad Ninja Gym Co-owner Lee Cates said, "We didn't want to go to jail. We don't have any money to get slapped with a fine."
According to Lee, they have to pay $7,000 a month after closure. They have no money to pay this, and neither they had received any help from the government.
Co-owner Brian Rambo says, "We let our clients know, hey, if you can still pay and you're financially set. A lot of them did, but I can't ask them to do it again."
Cates said that he had realized that the future is uncertain.
"We put a certain amount of money aside for emergencies, but emergencies aren't supposed to last for three months. If we don't open by the 15th, I don't know."
With the hope that the customers will appreciate the reopen and return to businesses, a business owner needs to wait for new orders to come.
Cates says, "The light's there. We just need to see it together."
