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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 4/29/20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
Everybody
second
here
today,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
today,
as
one
of
one
of
our
Boston's
finest
just
playing
out
sun's
out
today.
It's
nice
to
see
the
Sun
and
I'm
hoping
if
you're
out,
you're
wearing
a
mask
and
physical,
listen
saying
as
you
move
forward
here,
but
I'll
get
into
that
in
a
minute.
The
latest
numbers,
as
of
yesterday,
don't
have
today's
numbers.
A
Yet
fifty
eight
thousand
three
hundred
two
cases
of
covin
nineteen
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
three
thousand
one
hundred
fifty-three
people
have
lost
their
life
in
Boston,
eight
thousand
six
hundred
thirteen
cases
of
kovat
19
in
333
people
have
lost
their
life
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
want
everyone
to
remember
that
behind
each
of
the
numbers
of
somebody,
who's
lost
a
loved
one.
A
There's
a
family
I'd
like
to
ask
you
to
keep
them
in
your
thoughts
and
prayers
as
we
go
through
this
tough
time
here
in
Boston
Massachusetts
in
in
the
country
in
the
world.
Quite
honestly,
today,
I'll
be
sharing
updates
on
access
to
the
Cova
test,
new
Boston
residency
fund
grants
and
relief
for
residents
and
small
businesses
struggling
with
housing
payments
and
other
bills
that
they
have
first
I
want
to
just
address
the
governor's
announcement.
Yesterday,
the
governor
of
state
extended
its
the
state,
extended
its
stay-at-home
advisory
in
essential
service
order
to
may
18th.
A
The
governor
also
appointed
a
reopening
advisory
board
made
up
of
public
health
state
and
local
government
officials
and
private
industry
leaders.
That
board
is
tasked
with
producing
guidance
by
May
18th
for
a
phase
reopening
based
on
public
health
data.
These
goals
are
consistent
with
the
principles
we
have
established
here
in
the
city
in
my
administration
and
I'm
pleased
to
pledge
our
full
participation
in
the
governance
process
as
the
state's
capital
city
and
economic
engine.
A
We
have
been
developing
a
recovery
framework
for
city
government,
private
industry
and
also
nonprofits
we're
going
to
continue
those
conversations
with
public
health
experts
and
leaders
in
the
different
sectors
of
our
local
economy,
and
we
look
forward
to
sharing
our
ongoing
work
and
insight
with
the
governor's
advisory
board
and
also
working
with
other
mayors
and
cities
and
towns
in
Massachusetts
as
well.
We're
collectively
sharing
ideas
and
information,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
here.
As
a
member
of
the
17
person
board
is
my
chief
of
staff.
A
Katherine
Burton
will
be
the
point
person
for
coordinating
the
state
and
city's
reopening
framework.
Our
goals
are
a
healthy
reopening
and
an
equitable
recovery
for
all
of
our
residents,
our
businesses
and
our
institutions.
This
certainly
can't
be
done
in
isolation.
We
must
move
forward
together
and
I
want
to
appreciate
the
governor
is
thoughtfulness
in
taking
this
approach.
I
should
also
mention
that,
in
regards
to
the
May
18
date,
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
the
public
health
of
emergency,
is
in
effect
until
further
notice.
A
The
advisory
curfew
has
been
extended
to
May
18th,
and
all
of
our
measures
will
continue
to
be
guided
by
local
public
health
data
and
expert
advice.
The
expert
the
experts
are
clear.
The
key
to
recovery
is
testing.
We
continue
to
expand
testing
across
our
city
with
new
test
sites
in
our
neighborhoods
just
one
example
of
the
impact
this
is
having
at
the
Kauffman
square
Health
Center.
The
support
with
the
support
in
the
cities
provided
results
of
a
73
percent
increase
in
testing
this
week
over
last
week.
A
That
73%
is
a
small
number,
but
it's
it's
more
testing
and
our
goal
is
to
get
to
more
testing
than
we're
doing
right
now.
But
the
testing
that
we're
doing
now
and
the
information
we're
getting
is
making
a
difference
in
in
people's
lives
and
just
not
just
in
Dorchester,
where
cartman
School,
Health
Center
has
put
all
across
the
city
this
week,
we're
drawing
on
the
Boston
resiliency
funds
to
support
the
Cova
testing
at
more
community
health
centers.
A
Those
health
centers
are
going
to
include
the
Fenway
health
in
the
Fenway
neighborhood
Driscoll
Neponset
health
center
in
Dorchester,
the
Charles
River
Community
Health
Center
in
Brighton,
when
they're
up
and
running
we'll
have
a
total
of
19
total
sites
operating
in
the
city
of
Boston.
14
of
them
will
be
in
our
health,
centers
and
five
will
be
on
our
hospitals.
A
You
can
find
locations
and
hours
and
contact
information
for
all
open
sites
on
a
map
at
Boston,
gov,
slash
coronavirus,
we're
also
going
to
continue
to
do
universal
testing
in
our
homeless
population,
both
in
city
run
in
nonprofit
shelters.
I
can
also
confirm
that
our
antibody
testing
initiative
for
a
thousand
residents
is
underway.
We
aim
to
complete
it
by
the
end
of
the
week.
Participants
will
be
also
tested
for
the
presence
of
the
covert
virus.
A
That's
going
to
give
us
a
snapshot
of
how
we
how
prevalent
the
outbreak
is
in
certain
zip
codes
in
our
city
and
to
improve
the
picture
of
how
the
virus
is
being
is
spreading.
My
administration
is
working
coordinating
this
project,
I'm
grateful
to
the
folks
of
the
Mass
General
Hospital,
dr.
Peter
Slavin,
and
his
team
for
providing
a
world-class
level
of
quality
control
and
medical
science
on
this
testing.
I'm
awful,
also
grateful
to
the
residents
who
have
agreed
to
participate
in
addition
to
providing
valuable
data.
A
This
program
allows
us
to
empower
1,000
residents
with
the
knowledge
about
their
own
situation.
The
Boston
resiliency
fund
is
played
in
a
central
role
in
our
city's
response
to
the
public
health
crisis.
We
created
the
fund
to
get
resources
quickly
to
organizations
that
serve
people
with
the
deepest
needs
food
and
for
children
and
seniors
childcare
and
other
supports
for
healthcare,
first
responders
and
essential
workers,
technology
for
at-home
learning
for
our
low-income
families,
and
it
quickly
became
clear
that
that
this
would
be
an
effective
resource
to
make
testing
more
equitable
and
more
available
across
our
neighborhoods.
A
So
far,
we've
raised
twenty
seven
point:
four
million
dollars
from
nearly
5,000
donors.
Those
are
remarkable
figures
and
we
continue
to
take
donations.
We've
already
distributed
over
thirteen
point.
Eight
million
dollars
to
138
different
organizations
in
Boston
today
we're
awarding
an
additional
1.4
million
dollars
to
19
different
organizations.
They
include
community
health
centers
to
expand
testing,
as
I
mentioned
before.
They
also
include
sizeable
grants
to
the
Greater
Boston
Food
Bank.
A
That
has
been
doing
an
amazing
job
and
you
can
donate
directly
to
the
food
bank
if
you'd
like
as
well
to
to
help
them
keep
their
stock.
Their
shelves
full
of
food
we're
also
funding
trusted
local
food
providers
in
Dorchester
and
Roxbury
Mattapan
organizations
serving
seniors
serving
homelessness,
homeless,
individuals
serving
immigrant
communities
with
culturally
appropriate
food
and
services.
I
want
to
thank
our
steering
committee
for
guiding
this
work
every
single
day
with
every
single
donor
that
comes
through
all
the
organizations
serving
our
vulnerable
neighbors.
In
the
time
we
need
I
want
to.
A
Thank
you
for
that.
Friday
is
May
first
and
I
know
that
many
people
are
worried
about
paying
their
bills,
including
renters,
homeowners
and
small
businesses.
So
I
want
to
share
some
some
updates
on
relief
for
housing
payments
and
other
needs.
Our
rental
relief
fund
made
it
three
million
dollars
available
to
renters
who
lost
their
income
and
can't
access
unemployment
benefits.
A
lot
of
people
are
applying
to
that,
but
these
are
for
folks
that
do
not
have
access
to
unemployment
benefits
and
have
no
other
income
coming
in.
A
Our
nonprofit
partners
are
currently
processing
processing,
800
applications
for
rental
assistance,
and
we've
launched
two
million
dollars:
small
business
relief
funds
for
businesses
impacted
by
this
crisis.
By
the
end
of
this
week,
we'll
have
distributed
83%
of
those
funds
to
over
500
businesses
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Today
we
secured
over
ten
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
that
we'll
be
able
to
use
to
resupply
those
programs
and
meet
other
essential
needs.
So
questions
come
up.
What
happens
when
these
programs
run
out
of
money
and
we're
working
to
try
and
replenish
these
programs?
A
I
will
remind
everyone
that
the
state
passed
legislation
to
protect
renters
and
homeowners
from
losing
their
homes.
If
you
can't
pay
your
rent
or
mortgage,
you
have
options.
We're
asking
you
to
reach
out
to
your
landlord
or
your
bank
to
tell
them
about
your
situation
and
ask
them
what
they
can
do
to
help
for
small
businesses.
These
funds
will
allow
us
to
fulfill
the
eligible
and
approved
grant
requests
that
we
have
received
in
the
industry's
most
impacted
by
kovat.
19.
More
information
will
be
coming.
A
A
few
weeks
ago,
I
announced
a
foreclosure
prevention
plan
for
mortgage
lenders,
participating
lenders
agreed
to
defer
mortgage
payments
for
at
least
three
months
and
more,
if
necessary,
and
not
to
report
late
payments
to
credit
rating
agencies
and
to
provide
scheduled
repayment
plan
and
plans.
We
started
with
12
leading
banks
and
lenders.
Since
then,
others
have
joined
the
agreement,
including
the
Foot,
Boston,
firefighters,
credit
union
and
and
also
the
mass
housing
and
mass
housing
partnership
on
our
home
ownership
programs.
A
Today,
I
can
announce
two
additional
banks
that
have
signed
on
to
our
plan,
leader,
Bank
and
Berkshire.
Bank
I
want
to
thank
them.
We
now
have
17
lenders
on
board
once
again,
if
you're
having
difficulty
paying
your
mortgage,
make
sure
you
reach
out
to
your
lender.
These
programs
are
in
place,
but
they
have
you
have
to
reach
out
to
them.
If
you
wait
2
or
3
months,
and
you
want
to
access
the
program
after
it's
over
there's
a
chance,
you
won't
be
able
to
do
that.
A
If
you
feel
like
you
need
more
help
and
you're
not
sure
what
to
do.
We're
asking
you
to
call
the
Boston
home
center
at
six
one,
seven,
six,
three:
five
home,
that's
six
one,
seven,
six,
three:
five
H
ome
an
update
on
food
access
food
is
not
only
a
necessity.
It's
a
major
major
budget
item
for
many
people.
Many
families
we're
committed
to
providing
free
meals
to
everyone
who
needs
them.
A
A
Internet
access
is
also
essential
need,
especially
in
this
crisis
and
especially
for
our
students
in
our
schools.
We
have
distributed
over
30,000
free
Chromebook
laptops,
2400,
free
Wi-Fi
spots
to
get
families
of
the
bps
students
online
and
also
charter
schools
as
well.
These
resources
are
still
available
to
request
a
Chromebook
go
to
Boston,
Public,
Schools,
org
or
call
3-1-1.
If
you
don't
have
one
for
your
child
or
if
your
computer's
broken
down,
some
of
the
kids
didn't
need
a
Chromebook,
they
had
their
own
technology
in
the
homes
and
sometimes
what
happens
over
time.
A
If
your
technology
goes
down,
you
could
you
should
reach
out
to
the
Boston
Public
Schools
as
Blossom
Public
Schools
introduces
the
next
phase
of
home
learning.
These
are
vital,
important
resources
to
require
request
by
Wi-Fi.
Excuse
me
we're
asking
you
to
contact
your
child's
school
directly.
So
if
you
have
a
child,
you
contact
the
school
that
your
child
goes
to
for
support
and
help
around
Wi-Fi.
A
We
are
committed
to
getting
all
the
resources
into
the
hands
of
every
student
that
needs
them
in
Boston
for
those
who
already
have
service
Boston
internet
and
wireless
providers
agreed
to
suspend
service
cut
offs
and
late
fees
through
the
months
of
March
and
April
I'm
pleased
that
Verizon,
Comcast
and
ICN
have
now
extended
that
pledge
through
June,
30th
and
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
doing
that
before
I.
Take
questions.
A
I
want
to
remind
everyone
of
the
steps
that
we
should
be
taking
every
day
to
protect
ourselves
and
to
protect
each
other
and
to
protect
our
community.
We're
asking
you
people
to
wash
your
hands
as
frequently
as
possible
with
warm
water
and
soap.
Keep
practicing
physical
distancing
when
you're
out
walking
what's
happening.
Is
people's
you
see
a
friend
you
haven't
seen
in
a
while,
you
stop
and
you
talk
there's
two
of
you
and
then
another
couple
of
people
come
over.
A
They
stop
and
talk
about
this
four
or
five
and
six
of
you
in
a
group
we're
actually
just
kind
of
give
a
waving
and
keep
moving
forward
stay
in
whenever
possible,
when
you're
not
going
out
for
essential
items
like
groceries
or
or
prescriptions
or
going
for
a
walk
anytime,
you
leave
your
home.
Well,
you
need
other
people.
You
should
be
wearing
a
face
covering
we're
asking
people
to
do
that.
I
want
to
send.
In
the
last
couple
of
days,
I
was
talking
to
different
neighborhood
organizations.
A
Even
though
you're
exercising
you
need
to
be
wearing
a
face
covering
when
you're
out
exercising
for
those
already
that
doing
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
it.
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
runners
and
bikers
I
see
breathing
heavily
and
blowing
right
past
people
with
no
face
covering
this
is
not
considerate
to
the
people
around
you
and
I
understand.
Why
it's
making
people
angry
it's
sending
the
message
that
you're
not
concerned
about
them
in
the
community.
I
know
you
are
and
to
be
clear.
A
If
you
don't,
if
you
don't
know,
if
you're
infected
or
not,
you
can
be
passing
the
virus
to
other
people,
other
people
have
no
idea
whether
you
have
the
virus
or
you
didn't
have
the
virus.
This
is
a
pre
card,
precaution
that
we
all
have
to
take
to
protect
each
other
I
understand
it
takes
getting
used
to
and
I
know
when
you're
running
it's
an
inconvenience
I
get
that
and
writing
a
body.
A
But
it's
important
that
if
you're
far
enough
from
other
people,
you
can
pull
it
down
and
do
your
chin
for
a
while
and
then
that's
fine,
but
you
must
have
it
on
covering
your
nose
and
mouth
when
you
are
anywhere
near
other
people
as
you're
passing
the
more
people
who
do
it,
the
fewer
infections
we
get
when
we
talk
about
waiting
for
a
drug
to
cure
it
or
a
drug
that
can
stop
it.
A
A
A
Finally,
I
want
to
close
again
with
a
thank
you
for
some
of
the
unsung
heroes
in
this
crisis.
We
can't
thank
our
health
care
workers
and
first
responders
enough
we're
hearing
the
stories
on
TV
and
watching
them
on
TV
and
on
the
radio
and
reading
about
them
in
the
newspaper
and
there's
so
many
essential
workers
that
are
stepping
up
for
our
community
right
now
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
Today,
I
want
to
thank
some
of
the
folks
that
are
behind
the
scene,
the
workers
behind
the
scene,
the
custodians,
the
janitors,
the
maintenance
crew,
all
the
people
who
are
cleaning
and
disinfecting
essential
workplaces
every
single
day
during
this
crisis
here
at
City,
Hall,
the
custodial
crew
and
the
property
management
department,
is
disinfecting.
Every
workspace
in
public
area
every
single
day
city
workers
are
cleaning
police
stations,
fire
houses,
meal
sites,
you
name
it
they're,
cleaning
and
I
want
to
thank
them.
A
For
that
also,
every
single
day,
Hospital
cleaning
staff
are
going
into
emergency
departments,
intensive
care
units
bathrooms
public
areas,
disinfecting
them
every
single
day
at
Boston,
hope,
Medical
Center,
every
single
day
at
community
health
centers
every
single
day
in
grocery
stores
and
pharmacies
in
coffee
shops
in
every
place.
That's
keeping
us
going
and
getting
us
through.
This
people
are
working
hard
to
clean
it
and
prevent
infection
they're
doing
some
of
the
most
daunting
and
necessary
work
in
our
city.
A
A
I
have
a
couple
questions
here
that
were
presented
and
then
I'll
open
up
to
the
the
presses
here
today
from
Boston
25
Robert
Coulston,
as
barbershops
and
hair
salons
prepare
to
reopen
what
will
some
of
the
protocols
being
considered
that
they
can
start
to
prepare,
so
they
can
be
ready.
For
example,
should
they
reconfigured
she
has
a
space
put
up
plexiglass
between
chairs,
begin
to
purchase,
face,
masks,
etc.
I
know
that
some
of
the
essential
businesses,
such
as
grocery
stores,
have
already
instituted
changes
like
the
ones
that
Robert
mentioned
as
they
spoke
earlier.
A
Does
the
mayor
have
any
response
to
president
Trump's
suggestion
that
the
states
may
not
get
as
much
funding
unless
local
sanctuary
cities
policies
have
changed
and
is
he
concerned
about
Trump's
comments?
What
could
mean
for
Boston
and
Massachusetts,
as
I
said
throughout
this
entire
pandemic?
This
is
important
for
elected
officials
and
leaders
to
work
together
for
us
to
get
through
this
very
difficult
time.
These
suggestions
or
threats
by
the
White
House
are
uncalled
for
they're
not
going
to
solve
either
the
public's
health
or
the
immigration
challenge
that
we
have
in
our
country.
A
This
is
not
the
time
to
politicize
issues
to
push
forward
an
agenda.
People
are
hurting,
people
are
dying.
People
are
scared.
This
is
a
time
for
leadership
and
that's
exactly
what
we're
going
to
provide
here
in
Massachusetts
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
that's
my
suggestion
that
Washington
is
not
doing
providing
some
leadership
for
the
people
of
America.
With
that
I
will
open
up
to
any
questions.
You
have.
A
No
no
I
mean
right
now
the
response
that
the
federal
government
has
shown
on
getting
PPE
testing
out
I,
don't
know
how
much
slower
they
can
go
on
some
of
the
stuff.
So
I'm
not
concerned
about
that.
The
question
was:
am
I
worried
about
Boston,
paying
the
price
on
the
sanctuary?
City
talked
by
the
president.
Quite
honestly,
it's
a
political.
Every
time
the
president
gets
his
back
up
against
the
wall.
He
pulls
out
the
sanctuary
city
card
and
talks
about
immigration
and
I
think
he
should
focus
on.
A
What's
in
front
of
us,
the
Cova
19
we
we
I,
think
it's.
We
have.
Two
million
Americans
now
have
tested
positive,
Cova
19
we're
at
a
third
of
the
world's
population.
As
far
as
the
test
positive
Cova
19,
we
have
challenged
in
front
of
us.
We
should
focus
on
covin
19
and
then,
when
that
is
complete,
which
you
challenged
on.
How
do
we
open
up
America
again,
not
focus
on
immigration
policy?
That's
that's
a
fear
tactic.
A
Thank
you.
This
is
not
a
question
of
my
from
a
private
citizen.
That's
here
with
us
today
wanted
me
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
Boston
Medical
Center
in
Tufts
Medical
Center,
for
their
incredible
work.
She
is
formerly
a
guest
at
Rosie's
place
and
she
wants
to
thank
Rosie's
places
well
in
the
system
in
place
and
they
helped
her
with
the
cove
in
19
and
we're
glad
that
she's
here
with
us
this
morning
and
very
grateful
to
Rosie's
place,
Boston
Medical,
Center
and
Tufts
Medical
Center.
Thank
you
for
that
right,
hey-oh!
All
right!