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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 7/16/20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
A
There
has
been
three
eight
thousand
8
368
debts,
statewide,
that's
up
by
28
numbers.
Those
numbers
combine
both
the
confirmed
and
probable
cases
recorded
by
the
state
boston's
numbers.
As
of
today,
13
793
cases.
That's
a
one-day
increase
of
21..
This
week,
we've
been
pretty
much
averaging
about
23
increased
23
new
cases
a
day.
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9837
people
have
fully
recovered
35
of
them.
As
of
today,
716
people
have
have
lost
their
life
and
that's
an
increase
of
one
from
the
pre
from
yesterday,
and,
as
I
have
been
saying,
our
thoughts
and
prayers
are
out
to
the
family,
members
of
those
sick
and
suffering
from
covert
19
and
obviously
the
families
who've
lost
loved
ones.
We
want
you
to
know
that
we
continue
to
keep
you
in
our
thoughts
and
prayers
as
we
move
into
phase
three.
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Our
priorities
contain
the
virus
and
prevent
another
surge
from
hitting
our
city
in
our
state.
I
will
repeat
what
everyone
needs
to
be
doing
in
supporting
these
efforts.
I'm
going
to
continue
to
do
that
wearing
face
coverings
whenever
you're,
outside
keeping
a
six
feet
distance
away
from
other
folks,
avoiding
large
crowds
wash
your
hands
as
often
as
possible,
with
soap
and
warm
water.
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Also
clean
surfaces,
doorknobs
door
handles
in
your
car,
and
things
like
that.
That's
really
important!
I
would
suggest
that
if
you
every
time
you're
in
your
car,
if
you
have
hand
sanitizer
as
well,
do
that
follow
the
public
health
guidelines
for
your
place
of
work
or
business
as
well.
That's
the
way
that
we
we
continue
to
move
through
covert
19
in
a
safe
way
here
in
the
city.
I
also
want
to
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
covert
19
testing.
It
remains
one
of
our
most
essential
weapons
in
this
fight.
A
It's
how
we
get
our
data,
it's
how
we
can
base
our
decisions
on
reopening
it's,
how
we
also
work
on
getting
access
to
treatment.
It's
how
we
contain
potential
outbreaks.
Before
we
see
those
threats
happening,
we
have
extend
expanded
testing
to
this
point
is
widely
available
all
across
our
city.
It's
in
more
than
20
locations
and
mobile
testing
sites-
and
I
just
want
to
urge
everyone
today
to
please
go
get
a
test.
Don't
hesitate.
A
Testing
is
covered
by
insurance
if
you
have
symptoms
or
a
confirmed
exposure,
and
there
are
many
sites
of
testing
all
across
the
city
at
no
cost
to
anyone,
even
if
you
don't
think
you
need
meet
those
criteria.
We're
asking
you
to
take
take
the
test
this
morning
at
whittier
street
health
center.
They
perform
their
5
000
free
tests
today,
coronavirus
test
when
their
health
mobile
van
visited
housing
development
in
dorchester.
So
it's
incredible
to
see
that
one
of
our
health
centers
hit
the
5
000
mark
as
far
as
testing.
A
If
you
want
to
see
where
testing
locations
are
in
your
neighborhood
they're
at
your
health
centers,
but
you
can
also
look
up
the
testing
site
information
at
boston.gov,
coronavirus
or
call
health
center
in
your
area
to
see
when
and
what
time
you
can
come
get
tested
getting
tested
is
certainly
good
for
you
individually
to
know
that
if
you
have
the
virus
or
if
you're
carrying
the
virus,
it's
also
good
for
your
family.
It's
good
progress
for
our
city
in
the
commonwealth,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
here.
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A
We've
done
universal
testing
for
the
homeless
population
and
our
first
responders
and
frontline
workers
were
appointed
at
covert
19
health
inequities
task
force
made
up
of
leaders
in
in
communities
of
color
who
understand
what
resources
and
services
are
needed
in
their
communities,
drawing
on
their
guidance.
We've
expanded
testing
in
the
black
community
in
their
immigrant
communities
here
in
boston
and
in
neighborhoods,
like
roxbury,
mattapan
and
east
boston,
we've
expanded
language
and
communication
access
to
make
information
and
resources
available
in
more
than
10
languages.
A
We
brought
a
mobile
testing
to
our
public
housing
in
senior
communities
all
across
the
city
of
boston.
We've
created
a
covert
19
immigrant
collaborative
to
combine
and
expand
the
relief
and
relief
available
in
our
immigrant
communities,
in
other
words,
we're
working
every
day
to
build
our
strategy
to
address
systemic
inequalities.
A
The
best
way
to
do
this
work
is
through
grassroots
organizations
that
have
long-standing
authentic
relationships
in
the
communities
that
they're
working
with
every
single
day.
That's
been
the
core
strategy
of
the
resiliency
fund
and
the
health
inequities
task
force,
and
that's
that's
who
the
greater
boss
latino
network
is.
There
are
high
impact
community
organizations,
including
eba,
based
in
the
south
end
the
height
square
task
force
based
in
jamaica,
plain,
the
east,
boston,
economical
community,
council
and
others.
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B
The
pandemic
has
only
proven
to
increase
disparities
among
socially
and
economically
challenged
communities
for
many
families
who
do
not
speak
english,
it
could
be
bewildering
to
navigate
covet
19.,
some
don't
have
health
insurance
or
a
dedicated
health
care
provider.
Recent
data
is
beginning
to
demonstrate
what
we
already
knew
on
the
ground.
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B
We
are
grateful
to
mayor
walsh
for
all
of
your
work
to
date
in
keeping
all
of
boston
residents
safe
and
we're
also
immensely
grateful
to
chief
martinez
for
his
leadership
early
on
in
reviewing
data
and
reforming
a
task
force
to
address
the
health
inequities
for
our
black
african-american
and
latino
residents,
making
boston
one
of
the
most
successful
cities
in
america.
Now
in
combating
this
health
pandemic.
B
A
Thank
you
rev.
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
for
all
the
members
of
the
covent
19
health
inequities
task
force.
We've
seen
in
this
pandemic
that
we're
still
in
that
we're
only
as
strong
as
the
most
vulnerable,
neighbors
and
working
this
powerful
evidence
working
is
evident
of
how
equity
makes
us
our
city
stronger.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
all
your
great
work
before
I
move
on.
I
just
want
to
talk
a
little
more
about
the
resiliency
funds.
A
I
want
to
mention
that
other.
The
other
work
in
our
community
that
there
is
resiliency
fund
is
supporting
this
week
is
a
total
of
1.2
million
dollar
in
grants.
Much
of
its
focus
on
programming
to
keep
young
people
engaged
over
the
summer
food
distribution
to
continue
to
make
our
families
and
seniors
not
go
hungry,
for
example,
we're
providing
400
new
chromebooks
for
young
people
at
their
their
work
for
summer
job
program
run
by
the
department
of
youth
engagement,
employment,
we're
supporting
the
guilds,
a
community
space
in
four
corners
led
and
owned
by
people
of
color.
A
The
guild
has
been
distributing
food,
diapers
and
other
essential
items
to
families
in
need.
We're
also
going
to
continue
to
support
the
chinese
progressive
association
who
are
staffing
and
putting
people
back
to
work
in
the
sea
with
the
cities
at
the
city's
distribution
food
hubs.
Other
partners
include
united,
south
and
settlements,
transgender
emergency
fund
in
massachusetts,
viet
aid,
caribbean
youth
club,
my
brother's
keeper
617,
and
turn
it
around
in
charlestown.
A
The
resiliency
fund
has
raised
33
million
dollars
all
privately
raised
by
1700
different
donors.
We've
distributed
over
24
million
dollars.
53
percent
of
those
have
gone
to
businesses
and
and
or
industries
of
color.
What
we've
been
able
to
do
with
that
money
quite
honestly,
is
put
food
on
people's
table,
so
they
don't
go
hungry.
A
We've
been
able
to
do
with
the
money,
is
expand
testing
to
our
community
health
centers
to
allow
them
to
take
care
of,
and
actually
give
tests
to
vulnerable
people,
vulnerable
populations
that
wouldn't
have
otherwise
access
to
healthcare
we've
been
able
to
expand.
Telehealth
medicine
we've
been
able
to
buy
chromebooks
for
our
kids
in
our
schools,
so
they
can
do
online.
Learning.
We've
been
able
to
make
large
donations
to
programs
like
the
greater
boston
food
bank
and
also
large
donations
to
project
bread
and
other
organizations
in
our
city
that
provide
food
to
people.
A
A
We
know
also
that
there's
a
long
way
to
go
in
this
fight,
I'm
urging
washington
to
take
action
now
and
bring
more
relief
to
cities
across
the
ameri
across
america
in
states
and
individual
americans
before
economic
disruption
becomes
economic
disaster.
I
know
there's
lots
of
anxiety
and
concern
out
there.
I
hear
it
every
day
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
people
know
one
concrete
thing
that
they
can
do
whatever
resources
are
available,
they'll
all
be
distributed
based
on
the
census
data.
A
The
2020
census
is
going
on
right
now
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
everyone
gets
counted
in
our
city
in
our
state,
because
everyone
certainly
counts.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
the
city
of
boston
in
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
receives
its
fair
share
of
funding
from
washington
d.c,
I'm
asking
everyone.
If
you
haven't
done
it
yet,
please
fill
out
the
united
states
census
form.
A
It's
not
unusual
for
a
big,
diverse
city,
but
we
need
to
get
those
numbers
up
to
make
sure
that
we
get
the
representation
and
the
resources
that
our
residents
in
the
city
of
boston
deserve
and
need
census.
Work
is,
is
will
be
knocking
on
doors
and
starting
august
11th.
If
you
haven't,
responded
in
the
meantime
we're
offering
tools
to
help
you.
A
A
This
really
does
make
a
big
difference
in
the
census.
Over
the
last
three
periods
of
last
three
censuses,
we've
lost
representation
in
the
united
states
congress
with
the
wage
population
has
gone
in
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
and
the
city
over
the
last
several
years,
we've
seen
increase
in
population.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
that
population
gets
counted,
because
what
we
don't
need
to
do
is
lose
any
more
seats
in
congress.
A
What
we
need
to
do
is
gain
our
representation
in
congress,
so
by
filling
out
the
census
you're
not
only
helping
you're
elected
your
your
position
at
congress,
you're
helping
all
of
us
here
in
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts,
including
yourself
before
I
take
any
questions.
I
just
want
to
address
one
other
thing
that
happened
tuesday
night
in
boston.
It
was
apparently
someone
was
committing
a
robbery
and
shot
a
store
clerk
in
roxbury
in
a
brutal,
cold-blooded
act
of
violence,
the
victim's
a
20
to
23-year-old
man.
A
A
We
have
seen
too
many
of
them
this
summer,
we've
seen
too
many
homicides.
This
summer,
we've
seen
too
many
shootings
this
summer,
we're
working
every
day
to
eliminate
the
ruse
ruth
causes
of
violence
here
in
boston,
but
someone
committing
a
crime
like
this
makes
a
choice,
a
choice
to
inflict
pain
and
suffering
on
a
fellow
human
being.
A
A
C
C
C
C
C
C
I
just
talked
to
the
store
owner
we're
going
to
meet
we're
going
to
talk
about
how
all
convenience
stores
should
have
cameras
to
work
in
partnership,
know
the
officers
and
again
take
care
of
the
community,
as
I
always
state
before
I
wrap
it
up.
Our
communities
are
not
desensitized
to
violence.
They
do
care,
they've
been
helping
us
make
arrests,
not
only
in
persons
carrying
guns,
committing
dangerous
acts
but
actual
homicides.
C
Folks,
let's
continue
to
stick
together
and
work
together
so
that
we
can
send
the
message
to
the
repeat,
violent
offenders
and
violent
offenders
that
you
will
be
locked
up
and
held
accountable.
I
only
hope
that
the
judicial
process
is
listening
and
we
should
not
be
bailing
out
people
putting
them
on
the
electronic
bracelets
when
they
get
arrested
with
firearms,
just
sending
the
wrong
message
for
anyone.
That's
traumatized!
C
A
D
So
yeah
absolutely
I
mean
we
want
people
to
access
test
testing
across
the
city,
and
that
includes
whether
you
are
symptomatic
or
not.
If
you've
been
in
large
groups,
if
you've
been
socializing,
if
you've
been
going
out
but
you're
asymptomatic
and
you
don't
have
any
any
symptoms
at
all,
we
still
encourage
you
to
go.
Get
a
test
we've
lifted
up.
We
have
the
capacity
across
the
city
to
do
about
2
000
tests
across
the
city,
so
we
have
the
capacity
to
do
and
we
encourage
people
to
get
tested.
D
Absolutely
if
you're,
if
you're
putting
yourself
in
in
situations
where
you're
interacting
with
others,
where
you're
going
out,
where
you're
connecting
with
folks
and
maybe
not
keeping
the
social
distance
as
you
should
or
have
your
mask
on
always
you
should
get
tested
regularly.
The
point
is:
is
that
what
to
contain
covid,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
people
know
their
status
and
then
are
able
to
distance
themselves
from
others
and
keep
their
families
and
themselves
safe.
A
C
C
We
need
to
stick
together
to
again
stay
together
in
solidarity
and
hold
people
accountable
and
yeah
use.
Your
voting
power
come
on
now.
There's
too
many
times
this
year.
We're
seeing
the
same
thing
repeat:
violent
offenders
get
bailed
out
to
commit
another
crime
or
murderers
get
released.
What
kind
of
message
do
you
think?