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Al jazeera. How can Health Workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic be better protected doctors and nurses around the world are risking their lives to treat the growing number of patients can the enormous mental and physical strain on them be reduced this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im homage to him the war against the coronavirus pandemic is being fought in hospitals around the world doctors and nurses are on the front line but the long hours and huge workload are taking their toll hospitals are not only running out of ventilators for patients they cant supply staff with protective gear such as masks and surgical gowns thousands of Health Workers are falling ill the number who have died is growing in spain medical staff account for 15 percent of reported cases and Health Workers in britain in the u. S. Say they cant get tested for the disease because there arent enough screening kits. Some medical staff have even been attacked in india police had to rescue docto
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Everyone yesterday we launched an alert system that will provide timely updates for covid19 and other critical kindness other guidance from the governors office. Text lacovidease to 67283. Already one heard thousand people across00 the state have signed up for alert. Additional information is available at coronavirus. L. A. Gov. This point i will ask the doctor to come up and explain more about the chart that was up there with the modeling because i know some of you were wanting more information about our modeling. Thank you, governor. Said, since the earliest cases in the state we have been working at the the academic side and with health items and insurers to build a model that would help us understand what to expect and how to reject what covid19 would mean for the state when it comes to our most Important Health resources that need to be there for those most severely affected by covid19. That is hospital beds and ventilators. You have been hearing us talk a lot about those. The gov
We have more than 10,000 cases statewide. We also had an increase of 60 deaths with a total of 370. Today, wee seeing think, is going to look more like the daily normal going forward. We do know there is still certain test results that are lagging behind but the 13 is aase in cases today much more that increase is much more in line with what we expect to see day to day. That is what i am trying to communicate. Sprea will of spread depend upon will always depend upon the stayathome order, social distancing, and minimizing social contact. We have been telling people a long time that getting through this crisis would resemble a marathon, not a sprint. Patient,g people to be stay in their homes, and take the stayathome order seriously. Your neighbors life depends on it and so might your own. Good news is that tests we are second in the nation per capita. This helps us to see what is out there and gives us a better idea of how to respond and prepare for the future. There are interesting too