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Gov. Pritzker good afternoon, everyone. I want to start today by ,nforming you that this morning a member of my Governors Office learned that they had tested positive for covid19. This individual started to feel on thursday, march 26. And immediately went home. That same day, we sent everyone that works in the Governors Office home and had a professional deep cleaning done. March already earlier in significantly reduced our in office staff and directed all of those who could to work at home. Instructions same ive asked offices across the state to follow. Back then, we also implemented temperature checks for anyone still coming into the thompson center. Those temperature checks have continued. Following the staffords exit from the office, we reduced in office staff in the Governors Office even further to a critical ....
Deaths at a longterm care facility in our country. Our Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities are facing the same challenges as every part of the country. They need testing and ppe and the staff are overworked. The people who live in longterm care facilities are already vulnerable to sickness. And now because of social distancing, they cannot even see their loved ones. But these are our parents and grandparents. We have a special obligation to protect them. In addition to our responsibility to protect Public Health. So today, i am giving dr. Forlano a larger role in leading our efforts to help our Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities mitigate the cases they have and prevent further outbreaks. You all know dr. Forlano, she is that Deputy Commissioner for ....
Event is about one hour and 30 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, everyone. There we go. My name is dr. Malcolm woodland, i have the pleasure today of introducing congresswoman Frederica Wilson. Im a staff member in her office and i want the congresswoman to know she has worked so hard to make sure this panel is a success. We are excited to see you here today. We are excited to see the 5000 role models. We are excited to see Eastern High School and everyone else in the building. The congresswoman made it a point to go through every question and make sure every person, panelist would be right. This is her lifes work. I am so excited to bring to the stage congresswoman Frederica Wilson. [applause] rep. Wilson wow, good afternoon. Thank you so much for joining us here today. This is what i call rive ....