Possible, practice good hygiene and social distancing and wear a face mask in public if youre able to. Wisconsin was in a pretty good place in our battle against covid19. We had reached all of our gating criteria. On monday we opened up 14,000 Small Businesses across the state. Putting potentially 90,000 folks back to work in that industry. Despite that good work by wisconsinites across our state who banded together, stayed home and stayed safe, republican legislators have convinced four of our Supreme Court justices to throw our state into chaos. We awe is already last night when the Tavern League of wisconsin urged its members to open back up and people flooded to bars across the state. Instead of a comprehensive statewide approach to keep people safe were seeing municipalities around the state chart their own course. That means you might have to follow a different set of rules than your neighbors across the street. And if you own businesses in multiple locations or have employees wh
Good afternoon, everyone. Sorry to be a couple behind. Well get right at it. Im joined to my right by the woman who needs no introduction the commissioner of the department of health, judy persaceli, to her right another person who needs very little introduction, the states epidemiologist dr. Christina tan. Thank you both for being here. The guy to my left who does not need an introduction the superintendent of the state Police Colonel pat callahan. Director of the office of Homeland Security and preparedness, jared maples is with us. Thank you. Before we get to the numbers, i have a couple of announcements to lead with. And both relate directly to the road back plan that we announced last week which will guide spour restart and recovery. First, today, i am signing an executive order to create the governors restart and recovery Advisory Council. This council will bring together leaders from various industry, community, and faithbased groups and institutions across our state. Quite lite
thepresiednets cspan. Org thepresident s. Georgiaan update on the coronavirus response. Governor camp has developed on ahmaud arbery, a 25 euros black man shot while jogging in a residential neighborhood in february. From atlanta, this is 45 minutes. Gov. Kemp good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Before we begin our Weekly Briefing i want to address the Ongoing Investigation involving Ahmaud Arberys death in l glynn county caret i watched the video showing mr. Arberys last moments of life. It is horrific and georgians deserve answers. I know they will be working aroundtheclock thoroughly and independently investigating mr. Arberys death to find the truth. In these moments i would ask you continue to pray for his loved ones, the local community, as well as our state. As you all know, we are living in unprecedented times. Here in georgia as well as across the country. Ourd19 has threatens health and wellbeing. This deadly virus has rocked our economy. While we experienced
Counties flattening the curved. Businesses already struggling to stay open now dealing with a new mess. We just dont understand why somebody would want to do this to us at this point. A troubling trend. Another deadly outbreak at a nursing home. What can be done to stop it . The news at 11 00 starts right now. The past 24 hours, the states daeadliest day. 115 people died and yet overall the bay area has seen a steadying of the curve. What does it mean for counties looking to reopen businesses . Nbc bay areas ian cull with why its complicated. Reporter while it feels like were making progress, california saw a spike in covid19 deaths since yesterday. 115 human beings lost their lives, families torn apart. It was the deadliest day in the state of california. Reporter most in southern california, but Governor Newsom added the number of hospitalizations dropped again. The bay area also appears to be flattening the curve though Santa Clara County is nearing 2,000 cases. The number of patien
Video showing mr. Arberys last moments of life. It is horrific and georgians deserve answers. I know they will be working aroundtheclock thoroughly and independently investigating mr. Arberys death to find the truth. In these moments i would ask you continue to pray for his loved ones, the local community, as well as our state. As you all know, we are living in unprecedented times. Here in georgia as well as across the country. Ourd19 has threatens health and wellbeing. This deadly virus has rocked our economy. While we experienced dark days on this journey, i am encouraged by our progress in this war. Are taking the pandemic seriously, Wearing Masks, practicing social distancing and following cdc guidelines. I am confident if we remain vigilant, we will emerge from this stronger, more united and victorious. I am proud to report we are seeing record highs in testing, thanks to partnership with Augusta University, our University System, the private sector as well as local Public Health