epidemiologist. i will keep my remarks brief this morning. when we began reopening nearly a month ago, i was clear that covid-19 cases, our count would rise. unfortunate, we are seeing that happen in several parts of the state, in rural and urban oregon. as i said before, reopening comes with real risk, and that s why we are carefully monitoring the ability of the public health system to respond to covid-19 cases without becoming overwhelmed. the noticeable increase in covid-19 infections in oregon the past week is certainly cause for concern. to slow the transmission of the virus, i am putting all pending county reopening applications on hold for seven days. this is essentially a statewide yellow light. this one-week pause will give public health experts time to assess what factors are driving the spread of the virus and determine if we need to adjust our approach to reopening. i will continue to work with doctors and public health experts to assess whether to lift the pause
everyone and thank you for joining us today. i want to acknowledge that we typically have simultaneous spanish interpretation for us during our press conferences. we were not able to secure services this morning but we will provide translation online. allen,e with pat director of the oregon health authority and our state epidemiologist. i will keep my remarks brief this morning. when we began reopening nearly a month ago, i was clear that covid-19 cases, our count would rise. unfortunate, we are seeing that happen in several parts of the state, in rural and urban oregon. as i said before, reopening comes with real risk, and that s why we are carefully monitoring the ability of the public health system to respond to covid-19 cases without becoming overwhelmed. the noticeable increase in covid-19 infections in oregon the past week is certainly cause for concern. to slow the transmission of the virus, i am putting all pending county reopening applications on hold for seven days.
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