I can imagine. Good afternoon, everybody. Not exactly the easter weekend that irving berlin, fred astaire, and judy garland envisioned an Easter Parade but here we are. I am honored to be joined to my right with the woman who needs no introduction, the commissioner of the department of health. To her right is the state epidemiologist. Thank you for being with us. And another guy who does not need any introduction, the guy to my left, colonel pat callahan. I want to acknowledge jared maples, the director of Homeland Security and preparedness. Deputy counsel pamelas with us as well as other colleagues. Thank you for joining us. Permission and blessing some flying police colors today. I want to give the chief and his men and women a big shout out for all of the great work they do. I promise you, i still loyal to am the state police. I will find my state police car later again. Lets get to the numbers as we have been doing upfront of late. Since we met yesterday, we have been notified noti
5 00 eastern on cspan and also online at cspan. Org. Or you can listen with the free cspan radio app. Yesterday Virginia Governor Ralph Northam held a briefing with reporters on his response to the pandemic. He discussed Safety Measures being taken at state prisons, the need for alternative medical scare Sites Medical care sites. He spoke from the capitol in richmond. [no audio] gov. Northam good afternoon and thanks for being here and for watching and listening from home. About to talk to you alternative care sites as we prepare for our Surge Capacity. Personal protective equipment or ppe, and our census. I want to start with our fundamental message, stay home. On monday i ordered a virginians to do just that, to stay home, except for necessary trips out for supplies, medical reasons, work, or to care for another person or animal. I know this is difficult. Many sacrifices are being made. The sooner we can put this Health Crisis behind us, the sooner our lives will return to normal, an
Force to address Racial Disparities and healthcare needs. Shes extending a statewide stayathome order until the end of april. Her News Conference is about 45 minutes. Hi, it is thursday april 9th. Im here at the State Capitol with our chief medical executive. I want to begin by wishing everyone who celebrate as happy easter as well as happy passover to our jewish resident who are celebrating as well. I know that there are a lot of michiganders who usually come together to celebrate holidays or weekends for that matter with family and friends. This is a unique and challenging time. I hope that you are finding other ways to reach out to loved ones during during this time as we celebrate, as we cope and as we navigate these unsettling times. Since monday, we announced that the state of michigan has selected the suburban selection show place in novi with collaboration with ascension help as the sight of the second healthcare facility to extend medical capacity during the states response to
Family and friends. This is a unique and challenging time. I hope that you are finding other ways to reach out to loved ones during during this time as we celebrate, as we cope and as we navigate these unsettling times. Since monday, we announced that the state of michigan has selected the suburban selection show place in novi with collaboration with ascension help as the sight of the second healthcare facility to extend medical capacity during the states response to covid19. After conversion of the suburban collection show place will provide bed space to accommodate up to 1,000 covid19 cases. And as we announced that the henry ford healthcare system, bowman health and the Detroit Medical Center will serve as partners providing critical support and Staffing Resources at t. C. F. Regional care center scheduled to accept its first 25 covid19 patients this friday. The United States army corps of engineers has built this hospital from scratch in a matter of days with the Michigan National
Again, they all met the requirements. The proposals had to score 45 points or more to be invited to the next phase. Five of the seven firms scored over 75 points and were invited to the next phase. The oral interviews were also worth 100 points. The most qualified respondents were the top two firms. This light shows the final top. We therefore recommend contract award to the top three scoring firm which are esa cdim venture, sca environmental and aew engineering. They have not been any project through regarding evolution. We have here with us, some representation from the winning teams. [please stand by] commissioners, this slide shows the l. P. E. Participation. We are pleased to show that the contractors from this contract there was is almost 60 of that. This is scheduled for completion in late 2020. In conclusion, commissioners, we expect that you reward the port as needed for this contract. [indiscernible] im joined by our Planning Department. We are available to answer your questi