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Here in california. Cases have risen above 2000 up to 2102. That is up from 1700 above 2000 up to 2102. That is up from 1733. Federal Health Officials are asking people who are leaving new york for other places to self quarantine for 14 days as an effective measure. The number of cases is doubling every three days. And it is now above 25,000. The white house at 4000 more ventilators are now going to the state after an urgent plea today for help from governor andrew cuomo. Health officials are also working on experiment always to use one machine for two people. There are two ventilators here, with two sets of pipes going into the two patients. Bill de blasio said the city may shutdown playgrounds and parks this weekend to ensure that people are using those social distancing recommendations. Hospital workers are obviously concerned about the safety and protective gear. And heres why. Today we know that there 2 hospital workers are not tested positive. Hospital in San Francisco. Christian
Individuals that we deem prioritized and appropriate to be taken care of and supported on that ship. I just have to say, it is a reminder when you meet these young men, how extraordinarily are, the navy and those are working to get the uss mercy here in california. They have done a remarkable job to turn it around in a very short time. 1100 crew on that ship. We are now in the process of determining exactly which type of decompression strategies will work. What i mean by that is to decompress the rest of the system by providing support on so that we could ultimately advance our protocols and procedures to get people in more appropriate care and more appropriate settings. That is the purpose of the conversation. We just have conversations occurring quite literally behind me and we have confidence that ship will be coming to port as early as this friday. We advance the number of actions today, particularly on the issue. F in the state i did an executive order today as it relates to intak
They assembled the uss mercy. It is on its way to los angeles and will be arriving this friday. As early as this weekend, it will be available to pick up individuals that we deem prioritized and appropriate to be taken care of and supported on that ship. I just have to say, it is a reminder when you meet these young men, how extraordinarily are, the navy and those are working to get the uss mercy here in california. They have done a remarkable job to turn it around in a very short time. 1100 crew on that ship. We are now in the process of determining exactly which type of decompression strategies will work. What i mean by that is to decompress the rest of the system by providing support on so that we could ultimately advance our protocols and procedures to get people in more appropriate care and more appropriate settings. That is the purpose of the conversation. We just have conversations occurring quite literally behind me and we have confidence that ship will be coming to port as ear
Governor newsom thats the conversations we just had. There were a number of actions today, particularly on the issue of prisons in the state. Did i an executive order today as it relates to the intake processing, both at c. D. C. Cdcr, our california state corrections system, and our juvenile division. In order to address the legitimate anxieties and concerns related to prisoners and to make sure that we have our procedures and protocols in place to protect staff, as well as inmates from covid19. As you know, we have one official tested positive inmate and we have five Staff Members currently. Are going to restrict the intake process in the system and we are putting together new protocols and procedures throughout that system, 35 prisons, to make sure that we are isolating people, were not mixing our prison populations as we tend to do with transfers and the like on a typical basis. So the executive order reinforced the guidelines, the procedures and protocols that were now advancing b