Some important/funny/epic statements, orders, comments by various people around the world:
1. Indian Prime Minister Naender Modi
PM Modi urged all the citizens of the country to stay off the roads and public places, Janata curfew, from 7am to 9pm on Sunday March 22.
For the past two months, millions are working day and night in hospitals and airports and are not taking care of themselves. On Mar 22, 2020 at 5 pm, we should stand on our doorways, balconies, in our windows and keep clapping hands and ringing the bells for five minutes to salute and encourage them-PM Modi said.
Anyone going outside is risking inviting the coronavirus inside their homes,
To save India and every Indian, there will be a total ban on venturing out of homes.
If the country fails to manage the next 21 days, it could be set back by 21 years.
We observed that people think they are safe from corona virus but this is not true, we should not take it lightly. I appeal to all people to go out only for essential things.
During lockdown, nation proved that it can come together and fight against corona. This is the time of lockdown, we are in our houses but no one among us is alone. Strenght of 130 crore people is with every individual. We believe that public is a form of Ishwar. We have to continue traveling towards light amidst this darkness of corona pandemic. We have to move towards light and certainty from corona darness and uncertaintly. To defeat this corona darkness, we have to spread light in all directions. On 5th April,Sunday, at 9pm, I need 9 minutes of 130 crore people. Lit Candles, diya, torch or mobile flashlight and turn off home lights. We are not alone, everyone is a part of strenght of 130 crore people. Never cross laxman rekha of social distancing. This is the only Ramband treatment of breaking corona chain. Let us come together, defeat corona and make Bharat victorious.
2. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
March 18th--Coronavirus is enemy against humanity
3. President Donald Trump
There is a theory that, in April, when it gets warm, historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So, we do not know yet, we are not sure yet. But, that is around the corner.
It is going to disappear. One day, it is like a miracle, it will disappear.
And we are prepared and we are doing a great job with it, and it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.
We can not have the cure be worse than the problem.
If it were up to the Doctors, they may say, Let's keep it shut down, Let's shut down the entire world.
The world is paying a very big price for what China did. If people would have known about it, it could have been stopped right where it came from- China.
Chinese virus
March 26th---Sometimes hidden enemy is tougher than someone starring at your face.
March 26th--We may not still shake hands.
Invisible enemy
March 31--Going to be very painful 2 weeks for the US in fight against corona virus.
April 1st As governments and nations focus on the coronavirus, there’s a growing threat that cartels, criminals, terrorists, and other malign actors will try to exploit the situation for their own gain. We will never let that happen.
Every day new planeloads are landing in cities such as New York, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Additional flights have been scheduled and we are adding more and more. The amount of usage is something that nobody has ever seen before. We are getting so much, but no matter how much we get, we seem to use it up very quickly.
Newly available medical equipment is being taken directly to hospitals and not put in the national stockpile. Starting pretty much now, but especially a few days from now, things are going to be horrific.
April 3- States should not rely on Federal stockpile. We are not an ordering clerk. It is up to Governors to issue stay-at-home orders.
April 4- Hydroxychroloquine- if it works, it is a gift from heaven. Keep following our guidelines on slowing the spread
April 6--As a Governor, he has not done well--For J B Pritzker. For HCW--We pledged to them our eternal gratitude and everlasting support. I am beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Schumer is a disgrace. Economy is artificially stopped by virus. We love to see vaccine and we love to see therapeutics. USA can get more than back to normal. On Joe Biden-He had suggetions but it does not mean I agree to those. Wherever Monster(Covid 19) goes, we move with it, We have the capability to do that. This is a military operation.We have the strongest military, we ever had. For India--We’d appreciate you(Modi) allowing our supply to come out, If he(Modi) doesn’t allow it to come out, that would be okay but, of course, there may be retaliation,why wouldn’t that be?
April 8th- Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends. Thank you India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten! Thank you Prime Minister @NarendraModi for your strong leadership in helping not just India, but humanity, in this fight!
April 13 Wuhan Virus. Administration close to finishing plan to reopen economy.
April 14-We can see the rays of light. WHO failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable.Silence of WHO on disappearances of scientific researches and doctors is deeply concerning. It would have been so easy to be truthful. So many deaths could have been prevented. May be WHO will reform, may be not. Governors requested unreasonable sums. I instructed my team to move heaven and earth. We are introducing 'Dynamic ventilator Preserve' program. We want to get our sports back. We have done more testing than anyone else in the world. We have a great system now, we inherited a broken system. Our country has to get open and it will open safely and quickly. If Governors do not do a good job, we have to come down on them very hard.
April 15- Today I am instructing my administration to hold funding of W.H.O, while a review is conducted to assess W.H.O. role in severely mismanaging and cover up of corona virus. W.H.O. funding has beed suspended. Farmers will get China teriff fund. We have best tests in the world. We have the right to do whatever we want, but we will not do that. When someone is President of US, the authority is total and that is the way it's got to be. You have a couple of bands of democratic governors but they will agree to it. If house will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of congress. The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony proforma sessions is a derilection of duty that the American people can not afford during this crisis. It is a scam, what they do.
April 16- We will bring the economy back, bigger, stronger and better than ever before. We will bring our country back, bigger, better and stronger. National lock down is not a long term sustainable option. Reopening is going to be quicker than what peoplw think but it got to be safe. We have tremendous testing capacity
April 17-- There is nothing like us, there is nobody close to us. Liberate Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota. Governer Cuomo Should spend more time 'doing' and less time 'complaining'. Get on there and get the job done.Stop talking!
April 20 Some Governors have gone too far with 'stay at home' orders.
April 22- Other than me, we are taking care of our seniors.
April 23- Team that worked on ventilators was incredible. Team that is working on testing is incredible.
To CNN correspondant--CNN is fake news. Do not talk to me.
On Russia and impeachment--It was a illegal witch hunt.
May 13- Dr. Fauci wants to play all sides of the equations when it comes to reopening the schools. Covid 19 death toll is likely inflated.
4. New York Governor Cuomo We are now looking at a bullet train
March 27, 2020 If you do not pay rent for 90 days, you can’t be evicted.
It is going to be a long, hard, ugly, sad day. It is a rescue mission to save lives. As hard as we work, we are not going to be able to save everybody. What is even more cruel is that this enemy does not attack the strongest of us, it attacks the weakest of us, it attacks most vulnerable, which makes it even worse in many ways, because these are the people that every instinct tells us to protect, that we are supposed to protect. These are our parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and every instinct tells to help them, protect them, because they need us.
To national guards- I will never ask you to do anything which I will not do myself and I will never ask you to go anywhere that I won’t go myself. We are going to do this and we are going to do this together.
You are living in a moment in history this is going to be one of those moments they’re going to write about, talk about for generations. This is a moment that is going to change this nation. This is a moment that forges character, forges people, changes people, makes them stronger, makes them weaker. Ten years from now you will be talking about today to your children, to your grandchildren, and you will remember the lives lost, faces, names, and how hard we worked, but you will be proud. You will be proud of what you did, you showed up. When other people played it safe, you had the courage to show up. You have the skills and professionalism to save lives.
April 1st- The virus has been ahead of us from day one. No one is choosing dollar bill over life. We must make sure, the change is positive. We must learn and grow. Get up smarter.
April 4- We need Doctors, We need Nurses
April 7th On deaths in NY-- Behind these numbers are individuals. A father, a mother, a bother, a sister. We need federal assistance to restart the NY economy. NY pause is working. Remember it is about "we"... not "me" Life is bigger than us- now is the time to live this. My health is in your hands and your health is in my hands. We are responsible for healthcare workers also.
April 13 Trump has delivered for NY. The optimum is a geographycally coordinated plan. This virus does not understand geographical boundaries. There is no on/off switch
April 20- What we do today will determine what will happen tomorrow. I propose hazard pay for frontline workers. 50% bonus
April 23- Facts should dictate the action. Do you want states to declare bankruptcy( to president) I represent you(people). We are tough, smart, disciplined, unified, loving.
April 24- To Mitch Mcconnell-I dare you to pass a law to allow states to declare bankruptcy.
To President -What is the possible theory of funding large corporations but not healthcare workers, firefighters, school teachers.
NY is a state of giver. Mitch Mcconnell is a taker, not a giver. We put more money in federal pot, every year, than anyone else. NY is number one state donor and taking out less. Kentucky takes out more than us, they are taking our dollars.
If we reopen now, all the progress we made is gone.
5. Illinois Governor J B Pritzker Only way to get President trump’s attention is to go on a national television and make noise about it.
April 3--- Jared Kushner does not know what federal government's responsibility is in national pandemic. Use of different models is to prepare for resources.
April 6- I am going to turn into a hippy at some point.
6. Dr. Deborah Brix March 26th---Data does not match extreme predictions
April 1st--There is no magic bullet, there is no magic vaccine or therapy, it is just behaviours
April 2--Not every American is following guidelines
April 4-- Mask should not lull Americans into false sense of security.
April 6-- We need to have solidarity of commitment from everyone. We need to take care of each other now.
April 15- Some states are 'silent' during pandemic.
7. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Wuhan Virus We’ve wanted to work with the Chinese Communist Party throughout this crisis — this crisis that began in Wuhan, China. We tried, you’ll remember, from the opening days to get our scientists, our experts on the ground there so that we could begin to assist in the global response to what began there in China, but we weren’t able to do that. The Chinese Communist Party wouldn’t permit that to happen.
The Chinese Communist Party poses a substantial threat to our health and way of life, as the Wuhan virus outbreak clearly has demonstrated.
Chinese Communist authorities who silenced early reports of the coronavirus outbreak bear responsibility for needless deaths at home and abroad.
It took an awful long time for the world to become aware of this risk that was sitting there residing inside of China. Every nation has a responsibility to share all of their data, all of their information in as timely and accurate a fashion as they have the ability to do, not only because it’s the right thing to do, but because that’s how you save lives for your own people as well.The Chinese Communist Party had a responsibility to do this not only for Americans and Italians and South Koreans and Iranians who are now suffering but for their own people as well.
Dr. Fauci: March 31st-You don’t want to take masks away from the health care providers who are in a real and present danger of getting infected
April 1st-- The numbers are increasing. The more we push on mitigation, the less likely will be that number.
April 2-Entire nation should be under stay-at-home status
April 3--But we just have to do this.
April 5- Coronavirus could become seasonal, unlikely to be under control globally.
April 6--We we get back to normal, pre corona virus time, that might not happen ever. Not 'Back to normal' before vaccine.
April 11-It is not going to be a light switch that we say, ‘OK, it is now June, July, or whatever, click, the light switch goes back on. It's going to be depending where you are in the country, the nature of the outbreak that you already experienced, and the threat of an outbreak that you may not have experienced.
April 13- Early mitigation saves lives. I have been up here and telling you many times that mitigation works.
April 16--Sports can return if played in fan less venues.
April 21--If you jump the gun and go into a situation where you have a big spike, you’re gonna set yourself back. So as painful as it is to go by the careful guidelines of gradually phasing into a re-opening, it’s going to backfire. That’s the problem. Unless we get the virus under control, the real recovery economically is not going to happen
April 22--There will be corona virus in fall
May 11--Death toll is likely higher than 80,000+ reported. Bridge is too far to think treatment or vaccine could be ready in time for colleges to reopen in fall. Consequences could be really serious with reopening. There is real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you will not be able to control. Go by guidelines on reopening to avoid spikes. I am humble that I do not know everything about this disease. We should better be really careful when it comes to kids.We should not be cavalier thinking kids are immune to virus. We are going in right direction but outbreak is not under control.
Surgeon General Jerome Adams Even if you do wear a mask, it can’t be at the expense of social distancing If you take one of those N95 masks, you may be taking it out of the hands of a health care worker who desperately needs it to care for patients. We trust the governors and the mayors to understand their people and understand whether or not they feel like they can trust the people in their states to make the right decisions.
April 6-This week will be our 'Pearl harbor, 9/11 moment' because of pandemic.
Ohio Governor Mr. Mike DeWine**** Exempt religious services from stay-at-home order
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot April 3- Federal Government was not prepared.
Mike Pence-Vice President It is all in the hands of American People today.
April 15- 45,000 patients in USA have recovered.
April 23-New research could give us respite from corona virus. There will be no letting up.
Gavin Newsom- California Governor
April 13 We will be driven by facts, we will be driven by evidence, we will be driven by science, we will be driven by our public health advisors, we will be driven by the collaborative spirit that defines the best of us at this important moment.
Dr. Robert Epstein April 13- Virus can be stopped by mass testing. Solution is to test everyone and then for people who are infected to self isolate.
Mike Hukabee We are shredding the constitution while enforcing the quarantine measures.
Bill Maher What if people hear Chinese virus and blame China?’ The answer is we should blame China. We can’t afford the luxury anymore of non-judginess towards a country with habits that kill millions of people. There were bigger “tainted fish to fry”. If the sun exploded many of the online lefties would whine about the first person who called it a dwarf star.It scares me that there are people out there who would rather die of the virus than call it by the wrong name. This isn’t about vilifying a culture. This is about facts.Scientists, who are generally pretty liberal, have been naming diseases after the places they came from for a very long time.Zika is from the Zika Forest, Ebola from the Ebola River, hantavirus the Hantan River. There’s the West Nile virus and Guinea worm and Rocky Mountain spotted fever and, of course, the Spanish flu.
Bryan
April 23- Increased temperature, humidity, and sunlight are detremental to SARS-COV-2 in saliva droplets, on surfaces and in air. Virus dies quickest in direct sunlight. Bleach and isopropyl alcohol kill virus. We are testing and there are some weak liks. It does not take away guidance from white house and CDC.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot
May 2--Corona virus is dangerous and deadly.Desire to go out can not become reality in the middle of a pandemic. Those desires are no excuse for breaking the law. Covid-19 is still here, ruthlessly attacking everybody.I am not going to allow any individual to upend the progress we made. You absolutely, must stay at home, your own home. You are risking the health of everyone when you are going to party and then going to your mother, grandmother. You are bringing death to their doorsteps, make no mistake about it. If you care about them, you will stop this foolish, reckless behaviour. You are making this crisis, harder, longer and difficult for us to contain. Do not make us treat you like a criminal. Time for educating people is over.
Media
March 31st- Nation under siege New York under seige Governors bidding for ventilators on ebay Health officials like Fauci want U.S. to shut down
April 5- U.K. prime Minister Boris Johnson take to hospital due to persistent covid 19 symptoms
April 13-Fox News- China restricts research into origins of pandemic.
USA Today
March 21- Dr. Trump peddles snake oil and false hopes
WHO
Lifting lockdowns early could end up being even worse for economies.
CDC
some items in the U.S. stockpile have exceeded their manufacturer-designated shelf life. They were nevertheless being sent to hospitals due to the potential urgent demand caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency
April 4--Everyone should wear a cloth face cover when they have to go out in public
April 16-We will go for early case recognition, isolation and contact tracing.
Lawyer Larry Klayman, his advocacy group Freedom Watch, and Texas company Buzz Photos filed a $20 trillion lawsuit against Chinese Government, Chinese Army, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Director of Wuhan Institute of Virology, and Chinese Army Major General Chen Wei.
Bharti Raizada