At a News Conference in tallahassee, florida, Governor Ron Desantis gave an update on the coronavirus and his states phased approach to reopening. This is just under an hour. Gov. Desantis good afternoon. Im here to give an update on covid19 and specifically an update on where we are with the Reemployment Program and the compensation we have been paying out and what we are going to continue to do going forward. Doing what have we been with the plan . From the beginning, protect the vulnerable, increase testing, promote social distancing, tight Health Workers and prevent introduction from outside the state. We are going to continue to be doing that. Nothing changes. The contours of that will shift a little bit. Those are still key priorities as we go forward. We are now in phase one in the state of florida. Other than our three southeastern photo counties that have had to deal with a little bit more significant epidemic. This is something where we received input from a wide crosssection
Gov. Desantis good afternoon. Im here to give an update on covid19 and specifically an update on where we are with the Reemployment Program and the compensation we have been paying out and what we are going to continue to do going forward. Doing what have we been with the plan . From the beginning, protect the vulnerable, increase testing, promote social distancing, tight Health Workers and prevent introduction from outside the state. We are going to continue to be doing that. Nothing changes. The contours of that will shift a little bit. Those are still key priorities as we go forward. We are now in phase one in the state of florida. Other than our three southeastern photo counties that have had to deal with a little bit more significant epidemic. This is something where we received input from a wide crosssection of people across the state including many of our great physicians. We did have a reopen for the task force that crated a number of great recommendations. Considered that repo
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Count, and Campaign Coverage with all of the candidates located in one place. It is free, easy to use. Its all there at cspan. Org campaign2020. Floridaer today, Governor Ron Desantis held a News Conference in tallahassee on the States Coronavirus response efforts. Speaking from the Emergency Operations center, the governor announced the establishment of drivethrough testing states and provided an update on the number of tests performed. Gov. Desantis good afternoon. Theres still a lot that we dont necessarily know about this virus, but i think one thing we have known for a relatively decent amount of time is that it tends to target those who are elderly and those who are immunocompromised or have other underlying medical conditions. And so with that knowledge, both the federal government, with the cms guidelines, as well as the state of florida, with the guidelines put out by our secretary, have been very clear about the need for people who are operating Nursing Homes and assisted liv
Good afternoon. Im here to give an update on the state of floridas response with covid19. Theier today, we learned of latest individual with covid19 that has passed away in florida. He was a gentleman in his 70s from clay county. Receivedhis week, we news an individual in an assisted living facility in Broward County tested positive for covid19 and passed away. Subsequent to that, we learned of two additional people in the same facility who passed away around the same time. Both individuals were tested as quickly as possible. Thats not just medical. If you were involved in food preparation, you will have to wear a mask. The fear with the one death in broward was potentially transmitted by someone who was theptomatic and working on staff. I appreciate the secretary acting quickly for that. Priorityhe number one i have had over the last week is to have more robust testing capabilities in florida. We had started doing testing instate on february 22. Prior to february 22, anyone that was t