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 few. Asking all of those who are staying at home to selfisolate as the medical professionals advise. We also put in place additional protocols about in office and out of offi
Pritzker provides an update on the coronavirus outbreak in his state. This is 40 minutes. Gov. Pritzker good afternoon, everyone. A member tell you that of my Governors Office has tested positive for covid19. This individual started to feel unwell on thursday, march 20 six, and immediately went home. That same day we sent everyone who works in the Governors Office home and had a professional multihour deep cleaning done. We had earlier in march significantly reduced our Indoor Office staff and had all those who could work from home. These are the same that i have stateoffices across the to hold. We have asked to bitter checks for anyone coming into the thompson center. Those checks have continued. Following the staffers exit from the office we reduced in office staff in the Governors Office further to a critical few , asking all those staying at home to selfisolate, as the medical professionals advise. We put in place additional protocols about in office and out of office behavior. The
Join us on washington journal primetime monday night, 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Illinois governor jb pritzker gave an update on how his state is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. This is about an hour. Good afternoon and thank you for joining todays public update. I am here with dr. Horace smith, dr. Tor and a doctor suzette mckinney, executive director of the Illinois Medical District and the operations lead for our alternate care facilities across chicago and the state, and bishop simon gordon,. I want to discuss the actions i our taken toward protecting more vulnerable populations, specifically focused on the black community, who have focused a disproportionate effect of covid19. For months, years, and even decades after we defeat this pandemic, we will surely look back and examine the biological and medical questions about this virus. Beyond that, we need to examine what americans learned about ourselves. The data accumulating over the last few weeks has shined a bright lig
I suspect that you are probably in a combine harvester. If so, tell me where and in which region you worked. In Kherson Oblast , they actually provided equipment. Because there is nothing to collect now , it is already a little higher in other regions of central ukraine. Chat for weeks and you can directly feel the mood among ukrainian farmers, what they say , how does this grain blockade affect their mood and their plans . That if there is no freely available export, then every farmer will receive a significant loss for his products because he will spend additional funds on logistics, so if the European Union agrees to an additional compensation of at least 30 per ton, then it will be more expensive. And all agricultural associations, it was such a positive decision, and if you take the victims, then there are people like Kherson Oblast , mykolaiv oblast, zaporizhzhia, sumy oblast. So , first of all, you think about what to collect today , like me to wash off. And what to sow, what to
This morning and Winter Weather advisories and warnings are already in effect across the area. We have Live Team Coverage this morning of our first snow of the winter season. Tisha lewis is tracking the Road Conditions but first lets head over to gary for an update on todays winterlike forecast. Gary i know we got a snapshot of what could possibly come. Whats the latest this morning as you look at those models. I have a snapshot of it. I drove through North Carolina yesterday in like 3inches of snow and everybody was freaking out. Trust me, they do not handle snow well down there. Its coming in our direction. You know, annie that some places in northern georgia have received close to a foot of snow. Its unbelievable. I was watching some of the coverage from woodstock, georgia. I mean, when is the last time they saw snow down there . I feel for them, too, because obviously first snow for us, that was not forecast down there at all and part of what and the reason im talking about what ha