[indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] today, the committee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of the Trump Administrations response to the covid19 endemic pandemic. Due to the Public Health emergency, members can participate in todays hearing either in person or remotely via video, and. Theart of this hearing, microphones will be set on mute, for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Remotelyarticipating will need to unmute your microphone speak. Participating in person, please wear your mask when not speaking. Dr. Monahan extract expressed in the updated guidelines that the use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case the wearer is unknowingly infected. When we are not speaking, each of us is playing a vital role in tech and all members and staff in attendance, as well as leaders of the covid19 response will be testifying before the committee. Due
Estimates all but 5 of californias 58 counties are likely eligible to start relaxing guidelines in offering in restaurant dining in the coming weeks counties have to meet the new criteria to begin doing that and reopening schools of course all of this with modifications. The new criteria czar that counties have to be stable in their covid related hospitalizations and no more than 20 covid hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks and counties also have to have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 residents. Over the last 2 weeks or less than a percent of tests coming back positive in the last 7 days. Pretty stringent. The governor though says that june looks to be more optimistic. Expect if we hold the rate. Transmissions we hold the Positivity Rate down we continue to do justice to the hospitalization icu numbers that will be making announcements statewide not just with the regional variances that would for retail not just to be picked up but in store retail to be loosened up. In addition to sp
25 cases per 100,000 residents, the last 2 weeks or less than 8 of tests coming back positive in the last week Governor Newsome is painting a brighter outlook for june. Expect if we hold the rate. Transmissions we hold the Positivity Rate down we continue to do justice to the hospitalization icu numbers that will be making announcements statewide not just with the regional variances that would for retail not just to be picked up but in store retail to be loosened up. In addition to sporting events a pro sports. In that first a week or so of june without spectators and modifications and prescriptive also can begin to move forward. And he points out you have to also expect that maybe things will be pulled back and tighten up again if any of these county c more covid positive cases. They may have to do that for now jims tourism entertainment are all out of the question. Those they have to wait for face 3 and were just in phase 2 now by the end of the week all very counties will be in phas
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