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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 4/17/20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
Thank
you
very
much
everyone
for
being
here
today.
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
our
first
responders,
Boston
Police,
Boston,
Fire,
boss,
CNMs
for
the
work
that
they're
doing
every
day,
but
also
for
the
parade
of
vehicles
that
they
held
on
Wednesday
night
in
support
of
all
of
our
medical
workers.
All
of
your
stations
carried
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
Our
public
safety
took
public
safety
community
took
time
out
at
a
very
difficult
moment
for
them
to
show
appreciation
for
fellow
frontline
workers.
A
That's
something
about
how
selfless
they
are
in
the
example
they
set
for.
All
of
us.
I
also
want
to
thank
thank
all
the
officers
as
well
as
first
responders
here
in
Boston
throughout
part
of
Eastern
Mass,
for
the
send-off
held
yesterday
for
officer
Jose
Fontana's
in
passing
his
body
to
the
funeral
home.
We
continue
to
mourn
his
passing
and
our
prayers
with
his
family,
and
we
stand
with
the
first
responders
health
care
workers,
frontline
workers
at
this
time.
A
I
don't
have
updated
numbers
for
today
in
Boston,
but
I
will
go
over
the
latest
numbers
that
we
have.
As
of
yesterday,
there
were
three
30-30
2181
cases
in
Massachusetts
that
was
an
increase
from
20
263
from
the
day
before
the
numbers
of
deaths,
statewide
would
be.
Total
was
1245
up
for
137
from
the
day
before.
A
As
of
yesterday,
in
Boston,
the
cases
were
4700
63,
that's
up
235
from
the
day
before
our
debts
were
122,
and
that
was
up
17
from
the
day
before,
for
people
that
want
to
get
the
latest
information
broken
down
include
including
demographic
data,
both
cases
and
people
who
have
lost
their
life.
You
can
go
to
Boston
gov,
slash
coronavirus,
to
get
the
information
that
we
have
we're,
also
releasing
another
weekly
report
later
today
with
new
neighborhood
breakdowns.
A
What
we
continue
to
see
is
people
under
40
make
up
the
highest
percentage
of
positive
cases
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
I
just
want
to
continue
to
stress
to
every
single
person
that
is
that's
at
risk
for
getting
ill
or
passing
on
the
virus.
Every
single
person
needs
to
continue
to
practice.
Social
physical
distancing
we're
at
a
critical
period
of
time.
Our
numbers
continue
to
surge
and
they're
not
expected
to
peak
until
the
end
of
the
month.
A
That
means
that
we
have
to
do
everything
everything
we
can
because
in
during
every
single
day,
because
every
single
day
counts
to
flatten
out
the
curve
conserve
on
medical
resources
and
allow
our
health
care
professionals
to
do
their
life-saving
work.
We're
asking
everyone
to
keep
doing
the
right
thing
by
staying
home,
washing
hands
with
soap
and
water
as
often
as
possible,
covering
your
face
when
you
go
out,
whether
it's
a
mask
or
a
scarf
or
bandana,
or
just
a
t-shirt,
give
people
six
feet
feet
of
space
between
you.
A
If
you're
going
for
a
walk-
and
you
see
people,
you
know,
make
separation,
so
you
can
pass
each
other.
The
infection
that
we
prevent
today
in
many
cases
will
be
the
hospitalizations
that
you
prevent
two
weeks
from
now.
As
we
know,
Mondays
Patriots
day,
it's
not
a
normal
Boston
to
be
home
this
weekend,
Patriots
day
is
about
a
moment
in
history
when
Bostonians
led
the
fight
and
sacrifice
for
the
greater
good.
It's
a
time
when
we
celebrate
as
a
city.
We
need
that
spirit
again
right
now.
We
need
to
stand
together
by
staying
apart.
A
It
looks
like
we're.
Gonna
have
over
the
course
of
the
three-day
weekend,
some
bad
weather
and
though
we'll
have
some
good
weather,
we're
asking
people,
regardless
of
the
weather,
to
stay
home.
I'm
asking
you
please
do
not
run
the
marathon
route.
People
have
been
talking
about
that
and
saying
that
and
I
know
that
the
state,
the
governor's
probably
talked
about
it
today
and
other
city
officials.
That's
not
a
smart
thing
to
do.
That's
not
a
safe
thing
to
do,
and
you're
certainly
not
setting
a
good
example.
By
doing
that.
A
If
you
have
an
idea,
then
you
it
can
be
certain
that
hundreds
of
other
runners
will
have
the
same
idea.
So
we're
asking
you
to
do
the
right
thing.
Let
first
responders
focus
on
their
needs
and
I'm
asking
everyone
to
save
your
energy
until
September
14th,
we're
gonna,
keep
getting
the
stay-at-home
messages
out
every
single
way
we
can
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
targeting
the
places
where
data
shows
us
that
more
outreach
is
needed.
We
are
mobilizing
all
of
our
resources
in
that
work,
our
physical
resources,
our
human
resources
and
our
community
responses.
A
A
We've
also
begun
phone
banking,
small
businesses,
we're
using
the
network
that
our
small
businesses
have
has
it
built
to
reach
our
small
markets,
we're
providing
posters
and
multiple
languages
that
ask
customers
to
cover
their
face
and
practice.
Social
distancing
we're
also
increasing
signage
around
the
Cutlass
around
the
city,
the
signs
the
parks
department
put
up
at
playgrounds,
we're
also
putting
those
on
street
signs
and
other
infrastructure
we're
planning
another
literature,
delivery
in
multiple
languages.
A
This
message
from
the
trucks,
the
posters,
the
signs,
the
literature
is
the
same
one
I
want
to
deliver.
Today
we
are
in
a
public
health
emergency.
We
need
you
to
do
your
part.
Stay
at
home,
wash
your
hands
with
soap
and
water
cover
your
face
outside
the
house,
practice
spacing,
and
avoiding
all
crowds,
crowded
situations
and
call
3-1-1.
If
you
have
any
questions
or
concerns,
we're
urging
all
people
to
do
their
part,
but
we
also
want
to
make
it
clear.
A
A
The
Boston
sent
a
few
thin
families,
the
YMCA
of
Greater
Boston
in
the
Boston
Housing
Authority,
as
well
as
other
organizations,
we're
coordinating
with
them
out
of
my
office
to
help
that
we
have
help
from
the
BPD
a
blossom
plan
and
Delta
agency
and
the
office
of
food
access
all
collaborating
together.
It's
an
impressive
collaboration
providers
all
across
our
city
to
feed
the
young
people
of
Austin
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
them
for
their
work.
I
want
you
to
think
about.
This.
I
was
on
the
call
earlier
today.
A
I
want
you
to
think
about
this
so
fast.
As
this
crisis
started,
those
sites
have
fed
over
400,000
meals
to
the
young.
People
of
our
city,
bps
alone
has
provided
over
two
hundred
thousand
meals
and
they're
delivering
meals
to
students
with
special
needs.
We're
gonna
keep
phasing
and
expanding
services
in
response
to
the
needs
that
we
are
tracking
in
different
parts
of
the
city.
We
also
have
seniors
and
families
and
individuals
picking
up
meals
at
dozens
of
food
pantries.
A
This
supplied
by
the
Greater
Boston
Food
Bank,
we're
delivering
meals
to
veterans
and
we're
providing
easy-to-use
information
at
Boston.
Gov.
Slash
coronavirus
under
food
resources:
well,
you
can
just
simply
call
3-1-1
whether
you're
a
parent,
a
senior
or
anyone.
We
can
guide
you
to
a
resource.
We
want
to
be
helpful.
We
are
not
willing
to
let
any
single
person
go
hungry
because
of
this
crisis,
and
I
just
want
everyone
to
understand
the
magnitude
of
what
this
crisis
does.
A
It
truly
points
out
our
most
vulnerable
in
society,
in
the
need
for
government
to
help
with
the
most
vulnerable
to
allow
them
to
first
of
all,
get
food
keep
a
roof
over
their
head
and
make
sure
that
they
feel
safe
during
this
crisis.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
people
that
have
helped
me
do
this
and
help
us
do
this
here
in
the
city.
A
I
also
want
to
share
a
new,
a
new
initiative
to
support
seniors
the
department,
enable
development
partnered
with
a
cup
all
nest,
early,
they're
matching
young
adults
as
roommates
and
tenants
for
senior
homeowners
right
now.
We
can't
house
young
people
with
seniors,
so
we
responded
by
launching
a
service
that
matches
volunteers
with
seniors
who
need
it.
Things
like
grocery
delivery,
medication
or
just
a
good
old
fashioned
phone
call
check-in.
It's
called
good
neighbors.
We
are
working
with
our
age,
strong
Commission,
to
connect
with
older
adults,
and
they
are
recruiting
volunteers
and
safely
providing
protocols.
A
You
can
sign
up
to
this
request
to
help
order
volunteer
to
help
you
seniors
at
Nesta,
Lee,
good,
neighbors,
calm,
that's
Nestor,
Lee,
good,
neighbors,
calm.
I
also
want
to
give
you
an
update
on
what
we're
doing
to
increase
capacity
of
our
medical
system,
the
Boston
Holt
Medical
Center
at
the
BCC
1-inch
operation
last
week
with
a
thousand
beds
as
love
last
night
Boston
hope
was
treating
133
patients,
including
55,
homeless
individuals
and
78
subacute
hospital
patients.
In
total,
it's
already
served
172
individuals,
including
39,
who
have
been
treated
and
discharged.
A
It's
a
facility,
that's
serving
its
purpose
well
and
still
has
the
capacity
to
spare.
We
continue
to
staff
it
up,
so
we
can
fully
meet
the
needs.
If
we
need
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
capacity
we
will
continue
to
prepare
for
whatever
needs
arise,
for
a
safest
shelter
in
treatment
space
for
our
most
vulnerable
residents.
A
Ultimately,
testing
is
how
we
will
get
through
the
next
stage
of
the
situation.
It's
an
essential
part
of
our
equity
strategy.
Every
community
deserves
full
access
to
the
level
of
testing
and
communication
that
meets
the
needs
they
have.
So
we
continue
to
work
on
expanding
access
to
testing
for
our
residents.
Our
partners
are
Boston's
world-class
hospitals
and
community
health
centers.
They
are
trusted
and
relied
on
by
our
residents
in
every
neighborhood
of
our
city.
In
many
cases,
we've
been
able
to
jumpstart
these
partnerships
with
grants
to
the
Boston
resiliency
fund.
A
As
I
said
before,
Whittier
Street
Health
Center
in
Roxbury,
he
began
testing
for
all
on
Wednesday.
Yesterday,
testing
became
available
for
residents
at
hi
park
at
the
Brigham
and
women
for
at
miss
community
physicians
facility.
They
were
able
to
test
90
people.
Yesterday,
Boden
Street,
Health
Center
in
Dorchester
opened
their
testing
sites
as
well.
Yesterday.
Today,
the
testing
sites
for
first
responders
in
East
Boston
is
expanding
to
serve
residents
in
the
neighborhood
that
partnerships
with
the
East
Boston
abled
Health
Center
Carmon
Square
Health
Center
in
Dorchester,
will
have
testing
available
starting
this
weekend.
A
We're
also
supporting
Mattapan
community
health
center
upins
corner
and
dart
House
health.
Now
we're
in
talks
with
Harvard
Street
Neighborhood
Health
Center
in
Dorchester
Anna
Demick
Center
in
Roxbury.
We're
also
going
to
be
developing
a
testing
access
map
to
make
it
easy
for
residents
to
find
out
where
they
can
get
tested.
It
will
provide
locations,
hours
and
guidelines
for
how
to
get
tested.
A
This
map
will
be
online
by
owned
by
Monday
and
we'll
be
updating
it
as
a
new
site,
as
new
sites
become
available
and
I
just
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
all
of
our
health
centers
who
have
who
have
really
offered
in
a
big
way
their
facilities.
They
do
incredible
work
in
our
communities
already
and
the
fact
that
so
many
of
them
are
allowing
testing
going
on
and
their
facilities
I
want
to
thank
them
for
that.
I
want
to
close
by
sharing
another
resource
serving
children,
families
and
people
in
need.
A
Many
people
rely
on
the
Boston,
Public
Library
branch
for
access
to
books
and
other
material
at
no
cost.
We
have
a
wealth
of
material
available
online
right
now
at
BPL
org,
but
not
everyone
is
able
to
get
set
up
with
Wi-Fi
and
online
resources
when
you're
doing
the
right
thing
staying
home
or
in
a
tough
situation.
You
need
to
deserve
access
to
books,
art
and
even
more
so,
we
launched
a
program
called
books
for
Boston
to
meet
the
needs.
A
The
Boston
Public
Library
is
safely
delivering
new
children
and
adult
books
to
a
variety
of
nonprofit
organizations
that
serve
people
in
our
city,
who
are
at
a
higher
risk.
During
this
pandemic,
we've
already
delivered
over
1,400
books
with
a
goal
of
5,000
and
all
books
are
going
to
homeless
shelters,
including
on
new
facilities,
family
resource
facilities,
senior
housing,
buildings
and
domestic
violence
shelters.
A
We
are
looking
for
more
partners
and
we're
buying
all
of
these
books
at
local
bookstores
that
they
have
that
lost
that
there's
a
debt
of
lost
business
due
to
this
crisis,
we're
coming
together
as
a
city
and
we're
certainly
rising
to
the
challenge,
whether
it's
food
books,
medical
supplies
or
testing
caring
for
our
most
vulnerable
caring
for
our
seniors,
we're
pulling
together
and
drawing
our
strength
on
its
community.
We
are
activating
these
networks,
these
relationships
in
ways
that
we
never
thought
possible
or
thought
necessary.
A
This
weekend
we
celebrate
who
we
are
as
a
city
we're
doing
this
differently
this
year,
but
I
could
not
be
more
proud
and
more
grateful
of
the
spirit
of
giving
and
togetherness
that
we
have
here
in
Boston
on
another
note
to
change
gears
in
the
coronavirus,
we're
expecting
tonight,
two
to
four
inches
of
snow
in
the
western
parts
of
our
neighborhoods
and
up
to
two
percent
on
the
on
the
coastline.
It'll
be
if
we
get
over
an
inch
of
snow,
be
the
first
time
in
20
years
that
we
got
snow
this
late
in
the
season.
A
A
Yeah,
the
question
is:
what's
the
future
of
colleges
in
the
summer
and
fall
program?
Is
there
any
guidance?
Are
we
thinking
about
it?
I
know
that
we're
gonna
be
sending
up
a
call
with
the
college.
Presidents,
I'm
gonna
have
one
with
them,
I
believe
next
week
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
they
look
like
potentially
in
the
fall
I
was
asked
yesterday
in
figure.
It
was
that's
yesterday,
I
think
I'm
by
seeing
it
one
of
one
of
the
news
people
and
what
I
said
was
I.
A
Think
colleges
have
a
little
bit
of
an
advantage
too
to
actually
have
classrooms
and
social
distancing,
if
need
be,
because
they
can
be
spread
around
I
think
the
Ector
issue
will
come
with
dormitories.
Sometimes
if
you
have
single
rooms,
you'll
find,
but
if
you
have
roommates
but
I'll
have
those
call
with
them
next
week,
I'm
sure
they're
thinking
about
it
they're
doing
a
lot
of
online
now
and
we'll
have
I'll
report
on
our
next
week.
After
the
call.
B
B
Thank
you
Mary.
Yes,
as
you
know,
we
have
constant
contact
with
our
hospitals
in
terms
of
their
bed
capacity,
their
ICU
bed
capacity,
their
ventilators,
there's
no
question
or
hospitals
are
seeing
an
increase
in
the
census,
and
the
number
of
people
are
coming
in
and
they're
our
most
serious
patients
right
now.
B
B
Well,
of
course,
we
don't
know
for
sure
right.
We
can't
speculate
whether
they'll
be
needed,
but
they're
there
they're
accessible
now
right,
so
we
have
a
thousand
beds
at
Boston,
hope,
I,
think
we
have
roughly
a
hundred-
and
you
know
maybe
a
hunter
or
so
folks,
a
little
bit
more
than
that
there
now
so
we're
ready
and
able
to
take
them
on
if
necessary,
and
the
same
is
true
for
the
ventilators
that
have
been
able
to
share
between
each
other.
So
we're
ready
for
this
capacity
that
may
be
needed.
A
As
I
said
yesterday,
I'm
waiting
to
charge
when
we're
talking
to
the
governor
and
I
think
that
that
decision
really
needs
to
be
made
collectively
when
we,
when
we
cancel
school
in
the
very
beginning,
was
a
little
different
situation.
Boston
canceled
we're
one
of
the
first
to
cancel
it.
We
cancel
it
for
the
longest
time
at
that
particular
time,
but
I
think
when
it
comes
to
schools
now,
I
think
it
has
to
be
uniform
across
the
state.
I
think
it
makes
more
sense
and
I
know.
A
A
We
were
planning
what
which
school
look
like
it
was
called
back
to
school
this
year
and
we're
also
planning
what
summer
school
looks
like
and
I
still
think
that
in
some
cases
a
little
too
early
to
tell,
because
we
have
to
look
at
the
data
to
see
where
we
are
in
those
particular
months.
As
far
as
the
surge
and
as
far
as
the
positive
case
we
have,
and
if
the
decision
on
testing
do
we
have
mass
testing
at
that
point.
A
A
You
know
yeah.
The
question
is
on
the
PSA
yesterday
about
not
not
running
the
marathon
route
and
have
I
been
hearing
anybody
talking
about
running
and
what
happens
if
you
do
run
people
that
are
planning
on
running
the
marathon
itself,
they're
all
champions.
In
my
opinion,
it's
amazing
run.
You
know
many
of
them
run
for
for
charities
for
organizations.
Some
people
run
for
themselves
for
their
own
spirit
and
they're
all
champions.
A
If
you
run
the
marathon,
if
you
try
to
run
the
marathon
Monday,
you
know
the
champion
you're,
actually
not
helping
us
you're,
putting
people
at
risk
you're
putting
first
safety
responders
at
risk.
You
know
we're
worrying
about
keeping
the
spread
of
the
virus.
It's
not
a
great
accomplishment.
You're,
not
gonna,
be
celebrated
for
it.
No
one's
gonna
be
clapping
for
you
and
I
would
ask
you
not
to
do
it.
There's
no
need
to
do
it.
A
Even
though
most
avid
runners
out
there
and
a
lot
of
my
friends,
the
most
avid
runners
I
would
say,
do
not
run
the
marathon.
It's
not
the
right
thing
to
do
this
year.
If
you
know
September
14th
is
the
marathon
date
we're
hoping
that
we're
going
to
have
the
marathon
that
will
be
a
day
to
celebrate
and
cheer
and
yell
and
scream
and
and
be
happy
and
something
that
you
know
will
be
proud
of
you
doing
it,
but
I
just
can't
stress
enough
people
thinking
to
run
the
marathon.
A
It's
just
not
the
right
thing
to
do
and,
and
if
you
run
it
I
mean
I,
don't
know
what
the
situation
is
right
now,
we'll
have
more
conversations
as
the
weekend
comes,
but
you
know
it
starts
in
Hopkinton
ends
in
Boston.
We
won't
be
celebrating
you
here
in
Boston.
I
can
tell
you
that
I
mean
we'll
see,
I,
don't
know
it
might
not
be
a
problem.
Maybe
people
get
the
message
right
now
and
people
may
think
well,
I'm
still
gonna
run
the
marathon
I,
don't
care
what
the
man
says.
A
No,
you
know
nothing's
being
closed.
You
mean
this
cause
on
there,
there's
bikes
on
there.
There's
people
walking
on
there
I
mean
you're
running
your
own
risk,
there's
no
shutting
down.
There's
no,
probably
safety,
there's
no
barriers,
there's
no
blockades!
No,
that
stuff
there's!
No
stopping
line!
There's
no
finish
line.
There's
no
race
people
on
the
road
route,
making
sure
that
you're,
okay,
there's
nobody
cheering
you
on
all
that
stuff.
None
of
that's
gonna
happen.
Monday.
A
B
Yeah,
so
the
health
inequities
task
force
which
I
think
spend
on
zix's
for
about
a
week.
Maybe
they've
had
two
meetings
already
and
they've,
been
working
to
lift
up
how
to
analyze
and
understand
the
data.
What
we
started
to
see
in
our
case
data,
which
shows
the
disparities,
the
debt
data,
which
we
started,
to
release,
how
to
understand
what
the
neighborhood
specific
level
pieces
are
they've,
lifted
up,
suggestions
and
started
working
through
some
of
the
community
mobilization
efforts.
The
mayor
mentioned
about
neighborhood
specific
targets.
B
Expanded
testing
and
they've
also
started
to
lift
up
the
some
of
the
economic
impact
of
the
mitigation
efforts
that
we've
had
so
we've
been
working
with
them
connecting
with
them
and
using
their
expertise.
There
are
community
leaders
on
it.
There
are
faith-based
leaders
on
it.
There
are
community
health
center
folks
that
lead
it.
So
it's
been
a
really
valuable
way
to
bring
in
the
perspective
of
the
voices.
B
A
It's
gonna
stop
this
weekend
on
Saturday.
The
question
was
on
the
sound
trucks
going
through
the
city
of
Boston.
That's
going
to
this
weekend,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
do
is
for
the
different
languages
is
that
we,
you
know
that
there
is
there's,
definitely
a
language
barrier
and
there's
a
cultural
barrier,
sometimes
and
I
think
that
we
want
to
stop
the
spread
to
slow.