Commissioner green . Present. Commission chow . Present. Commissioner guillermo, present. Ill note the commissioners. Thank you, mark. Well move on to the next item, which is approval of the minutes from the last Commission Meeting on january 5th. Commissioners, upon reviewing the minutes, are there any amendments . And if not, do we have a motion to approve . Before we go into the vote, i have to make sure there is nothing on the item. Thank you. And this is a general instruction, but you will press star 3 if youd like to raise your hand, and ill say the same introduction over and over again. Okay. So there is no comment at this time. Well vote. Commissioner chow. Yes. Commissioner green . Yes. Commissioner chong . Yes. Commissioner guillermo tkpwhrerpl . guillermo. And. Our next item is the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners of health. This report focuses on covid19, and i will be providing an update and as well with regards to the current status of covid19 and our vacci
Iowa has been seeing a rise in cases which recently led the governer to issue a statewide mask mandate. From des moines, this is 30 minutes. Governor reynolds good morning. Over the last seven days iowa has seen an increase of more than 22,000 new covid19 cases and an average statewide Positivity Rate of 17. 5 . This is a decrease from the seven days prior when new cases totaled 36,000. And the average Positivity Rate was 28 . At a county level, were seeing that Positivity Rates are beginning to stabilize in maybe areas and these many areas and these are welcome signs and while we may be cautiously optimistic, we have a whole lot of work to do to bring the numbers down to a level where we can safely manage the virus while getting life back to normal. Hospitalizations remain high across the state. But yesterday was the first day and weeks where we saw a slight decrease in the overall number of iowans hospitalized. So this gives us hope as well. But one day is far, far, far from a downwa
Move joe bidens transition to the white house can now begin until now hes been doing it without the support of the federal office thats tasked with overseeing the transfer of power. Well, more than 2 weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration is filing told the president elects that the transition can formally begin. It means bidens new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response and National Security. Will trump took to twitter to announce that he is ready for the transition . He wrote, she wants to thank emily murphy at the g. S. A. For his steadfast dedication and loyalty to a country he went on to say shes been harassed and threatened that he doesnt want this for her or her family or anyone at the g. S. A. He went on to say that case, strongly continues wanting to keep up the good fight and believing that he will prevail, nevertheless, that he is recommending emily and her team do what needs to be done with re
A final assault on the city of mechanic. To grant forces refused to step aside. Joe bidens transition to the white house can now begin in earnest until now hes been doing it without the support of the federal office, which is tasked with overseeing the transfer of paul. But more than 2 weeks after his victory speech, the head of the General Services administration has finally told the president elect that the transition can formally begin means bidens new administration can meet with federal officials to work on the Pandemic Response. The National Security front tweeted that he is ready for the transition. He thanks the g. S. A. Administrator and liberty for her dedication and loyalty to the country. He also went on to say that shes been harassed and abused. He didnt want the same thing to happen to her family. He says that his case will continue. Hes going to keep up the good fight, as he says, and believes that he will prevail. But that he has recommended that emily and her team do w
Mean and blast off as china launches its 1st unmanned spacecraft to the moon and aims to bring back rocks lunar surface. Theres been weeks of delay and uncertainty, buts us president elect joe biden is formally beginning his transition to the white, house, the head of the g. S. A. , the General Services administration has designated biden as the apparent winner of this months president ial election. It clears the way for the transition to finally begin. Donald trump, who has so far, refused to actually concede defeat, did authorize his administration to initiate the process, but he says hell keep up the fight and insists without evidence that the election was quote, corrupt bidens team for their part have welcomed the move, which frees up millions of dollars for his new administration a means that can now actually work with the existing federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as National Security strategy, and some of the support political here in washington d. C. This is