Continuing every single day across the state of south dakota to allow facts and science to drive our decisionmaking. I think that what youre going to hear and see today is a great demonstration that the entrepreneurial and Pioneering Spirit is alive and well within health care in the could in the dakotas. Are goinger way, we on offense against the virus. I want to thank the governor for her support. And everything the secretary has done. Their theroduce from governor to make a couple of comments. Will talkysicians about trial specifics. Good morning, everyone. We continue every day across the state of south dakota to allow facts and science to drive our decisionmaking. Fortunately, thanks to all of the people who live in this state, we are doing well. The spread has slowed down. Had we taken no action whatsoever, the original modeling had us peeking in the middle of april. What we have been able to do by putting in mitigation efforts, limiting group sizes old to stay limiting group siz
To hear and see today is a great demonstration that the entrepreneurial and Pioneering Spirit is alive and well within health care in the could in the dakotas. Are goinger way, we on offense against the virus. I want to thank the governor for her support. And everything the secretary has done. Their theroduce from governor to make a couple of comments. Will talkysicians about trial specifics. Good morning, everyone. We continue every day across the state of south dakota to allow facts and science to drive our decisionmaking. Fortunately, thanks to all of the people who live in this state, we are doing well. The spread has slowed down. Had we taken no action whatsoever, the original modeling had us peeking in the middle of april. What we have been able to do by putting in mitigation efforts, limiting group sizes old to stay limiting group sizes, telling people to stay home, focusing on hygiene and washing hands, we have been able to push that peak off. Today, we have an announcement abo
We are here to make a very exciting announcement about a Clinical Trial we are eager to partner with the state on, to get up and running effective today to help with the covid19 spread. I think what you will hear and is a great sign that health care is alive and well in the dakotas. I want to thank the governor for her support, the secretary for inrything that she has done getting us the drugs necessary to pursue the trials you will fromabout today, and there, i will introduce the governor to make a couple of comments. About thee will talk trial specifically. Good morning, everyone. We are continuing every single of along across the state south dakota to allow facts and science to drive our decisionmaking. Fortunately, thanks to all of the people who live in this state, we are doing well. The spread has slowed down. Had we taken no action whatsoever, the original modeling had us peeking in the middle of april. What we have been able to do by putting in mitigation efforts, limiting grou
Noem held a town hall taking questions on the states response to the coronavirus pandemic. The state is one of few without a stay at home order. 518 meatpacking plant workers tested positive for covid19. South dakota public broadcasting posted the town hall. Hello and welcome to a covid 19 special. South dakotas have a lot of questions about the coronavirus. They also have questions about the decisions being made in an effort to slow down the spread. Joining me to help answer some of those questions live, we have governor kristi noem, secretary with the south Dakota Department commissionerd the of the Governors Office of Economic Development. Welcome to all of you. Thank you. We are going to continue to take questions tonight. You can send those via text or email. Our phone number to send a text 67372. We are going to get started. We have been receiving questions for the last day and a half. All of those that we will be asking tonight have come from south dakotas except this first one.
Hello and welcome to a covid 19 special. South dakotas have a lot of questions about the coronavirus. They also have questions about the decisions being made in an effort to slow down the spread. Joining me to help answer some of those questions live, we have governor kristi noem, secretary with the south Dakota Department of health, kim malsamrysdon, and the commissioner of the Governors Office of Economic Development, steve westra. Welcome to all of you. Thank you. We are going to continue to take questions tonight. You can send those via text or email. Our phone number to send a text is 9567372. We are going to get started. We have been receiving questions for the last day and a half. All of those that we will be asking tonight have come from south dakotas except this first one. Governor, i will start with you. You shared some encouraging news with south dakota during your first conference. You spoke to the number of projected hospital beds that we thought would be needed when south