The Big Ten received virus tests from a private company, officials said.
September 17, 2020 1:56 AM
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As president Donald Trump have pushed the Big Ten in recent weeks to restart college amid coronavirus During the pandemic, the White House offered to provide the student sports conference with enough COVID-19 tests to kick off the game, a university spokesman said on the matter, and a senior Trump administration official said.
The Big Ten ended up running the tests at a private company, officials said.
The conference announced On Wednesday, his football season is postponed because of the outbreak – will resume on October 23rd. He said he would use “strict medical protocols” including daily testing of his student athletes and coaches.
Since last month, Trump has publicly pushed for the Big Ten to start their football season, and on September 1, he spoke to conference commissioner Kevin Warren about the matter.
“I called the commissioner a couple of weeks ago and we started putting a lot of pressure on him, to be honest, because there was no reason not to return,” Trump said. told reporters on Wednesday…
Following the call, Trump instructed White House staff to provide any federal resources needed for the conference, according to a senior administration official.
The ability of the Big Ten to provide coronavirus The tests were “key”, the official said, although the conference eventually found another source for them.
“It was probably for political reasons that the Big Ten found it easy to convince their presidents to vote for this if it wasn’t going to provide this White House,” the official said.
Trump has been calling for a return to professional and college sports for months, many of which have been put on hold. He called on states and schools to lift restrictions related to coronavirus, despite continued high transmission rates in parts of the country; his own presidential campaign ignored local crowd size restrictions, masking, and social distancing.
Many leagues have recently resumed play with security protocol and spectator restrictions. They have had varying degrees of success in responding to athletes with the virus.
Big Ten officials said Wednesday that athletes, coaches, coaches and others who enter the field will be tested daily, and athletes who test positive will receive a second test to confirm the result.
If both tests are positive, the athlete will need to undergo a cardiac examination and obtain clearance from the cardiologist before being able to return to competition – no sooner than 21 days after their initial diagnosis.
Trump’s interest in the Big 10 was prompted by calls from players and their parents to restart the season, according to a senior administration official.
The official said the White House has made hundreds of calls on the topic with Big Ten coaches, officials, sports directors, parents and players.
Yesterday, financial agents evaluated the opposite decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) regarding the so-called secret budget. In addition, a decision was made by STF Minister Gilmar Méndez to issue an injunction that would exclude the Bolsa Família from the spending cap rule, with investors trying to understand how this measure would affect the processing of the transitional PEC in the Chamber of Deputies. Oh this PEC!!!!
Since he is an exchange investor, any reading that the budget will be exceeded or become more flexible will negatively affect the exchange market, whether through the PEC or in any other way. We will continue with volatility today.
Looking beyond, the US Central Bank (Fed), although slowing down the pace of monetary tightening at its December meeting, issued a tougher-than-expected statement warning that its fight against inflation was not yet over, raising fears that rising US interest rates will push the world’s largest economy into recession.
The currency market continues to react to political news. The voting on the PEC is saved for today. It is expected that it will indeed be reviewed to open the way tomorrow for discussions on the 2023 budget.
Yesterday, the spot price closed the selling day at R$5.3103.
For today on the calendar we will have an index of consumer confidence in the eurozone. Good luck and good luck in business!!
The former president of the Corinthians dreams of working for the CBF as a national team coordinator. He was consulted shortly after Lula’s election.
Former Corinthians president Andrés Sánchez was advised to take a position in the Ministry of Sports under the administration of Lula (PT). However, he ruled out a return to politics. dreams of taking over the coordination of CBF selectionHow do you know PURPOSE.
No formal invitation was made to the former Corinthian representative, only a consultation on a portfolio opportunity with the new federal government, which will be sworn in on January 1, 2023.
Andrés was the Federal MP for São Paulo from 2015 to 2019. At that time he was elected by the Workers’ Party. However, the football manager begs to stay in the sport, ruling out the possibility of getting involved in politics again.
Andrés Sanchez’s desire is to fill the position of CBF tackle coordinator, which should become vacant after the 2022 World Cup. Juninho Paulista fulfills this function in Brazil’s top football institution.
The former president of Corinthians was in Qatar to follow the World Cup along with other figures in Brazilian football. During his time in the country, he strengthened his ties with the top leadership of the CBF.
BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 19 (ANSA). European Union countries reached a political agreement on Monday (19) to impose a natural gas price ceiling of 180 euros per megawatt hour (MWh). The main sources of income for Russia and the minimization of the use of energy as a weapon by the regime of Vladimir Putin.
The agreement was approved by a supermajority at a ministerial meeting of member states in Brussels, Belgium, after months of discussions about the best way to contain the rise in natural gas prices in the bloc caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .
The value set by the countries is well below the proposal made by the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, in November: 275 EUR/MWh. However, the countries leading the cap campaign were in favor of an even lower limit, around 100 EUR/MWh.
Germany, always wary of price controls, voted in favor of 180 euros, while Austria and the Netherlands, also skeptical of the cap, abstained. Hungary, the most pro-Russian country in the EU, voted against.
The instrument will enter into force on 15 February, but only if natural gas prices on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange exceed 180 euros/MWh for three consecutive days. In addition, the difference compared to a number of global benchmarks should be more than 35 euros.
Italy, the EU’s biggest supporter of the ceiling, has claimed responsibility for the measure. “This is a victory for Italy, which believed and worked for us to reach this agreement,” Environment and Energy Minister Gilberto Picetto tweeted.
“This is a victory for Italian and European citizens who demand energy security,” he added.
Currently, the gas price in Amsterdam is around 110 EUR/MWh, which is already a reflection of the agreement in Brussels – in August the figure even broke the barrier of 340 EUR/MWh.
However, Russia has already threatened to stop exports to countries that adhere to the ceiling. (ANSA).
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