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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 4/22/20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
today.
Certainly
with
this
wind,
we
don't
have
any
problem
with
people
gathering
today,
I,
don't
think
it's
too
cold
out,
but
I'll
try
and
be
quick
for
the
reporters
that
are
here
and
I
appreciate
you
being
here
today,
the
numbers
as
of
yesterday
in
Massachusetts,
we
had
forty
nine
forty
one
thousand
one
hundred
ninety
nine
cases
of
coronavirus.
A
In
Boston
we
had
six
thousand
and
ten
cases
up
261
the
day
before
196
people
have
lost
their
life
nine
yesterday
and
as
I
say
every
day
and
I
mean
it
every
day
and
as
we
should
think,
every
day
prayer
has
continued,
go
out
to
the
families
who
lost
the
loved
ones
and
those
families
that
are
suffering
from
the
eleven
to
be
in
Sikkim
hospital
right
now.
We're
also
praying
for
you
and
your
loved
one
as
well.
We
want
nothing
more
than
to
protect
those.
A
What
we
love
and
if
that's
what
it
drives
the
work
we
do
every
day
to
slow
the
spread,
the
virus,
that's
what
we
have
to
do
and
save
lives.
The
good
news
is
in
Osaka
and
Samadhi
Martinez.
The
way
down
that
what
we're
doing
is
making
a
difference.
Social
distancing
is
working.
The
added
Kia
capacity
is
working.
Hospitals
are
treating
critically
care
patients
with
the
resources
they
need
in
saving
lives
and
we're
not
overwhelming
a
hospital
system
completely
and
that's
because
it
works,
and
we
need
to
keep
it
up
now.
A
We
are
not
at
our
peak
yet
and
the
surge
is
going
to
continue.
If
we
get
complacent,
we
could
see
the
we
will
see
these
numbers
spike.
So
it's
important
right
now,
more
than
ever
to
continue
to
be
vigilant
and
and
or
both
distancing
face,
covering
and
cleaning.
That's
how
we'll
continue
to
see
progress,
that's
how
we'll
get
life
back
to
normal
as
soon
as
possible.
A
So
we're
asking
people
to
please
continue
to
remember
the
basics:
stay
at
home
as
much
as
possible,
only
to
go
out
for
essential
items
at
the
grocery
store
or
the
pharmacy,
wash
your
hands
with
soap
and
water
thoroughly
throughout
the
day,
give
people
these
six
feet
distance
when
you're
walking.
If
you
see
somebody
coming
towards
you
on
the
sidewalk,
either
either
move
to
the
side
or
across
the
street,
we're
asking
people
to
avoid
crowds
of
any
kind.
A
lot
of
people
and
thank
you
for
those
that
are
that
are
doing
your
part.
A
I,
truly
appreciate
it,
but
was
still
concerned
about
people
that
aren't
taking
this
seriously
enough.
I'm
hearing
all
the
time
from
residents
who
say
the
same
same
thing:
I
got
a
call
from
a
senior
the
other
day
from
Dorchester
Schwann
and
tell
me
that
we're
doing
a
good
job
in
the
City
of
Austin,
but
she
lives
in
an
apartment
building
with
with
people
from
different
ages.
A
She
asked
me
to
remind
everyone:
please
wear
a
face
covering
when
you
leave
your
apartment
when
you're
into
the
hallway,
when
you
go
down
the
stairwell
or
an
elevator
of
your
building,
we're
asking
she
asked
them
to
ask
people
to
wear
a
face
covering
when
you're
shopping
at
this
at
the
grocery
stores.
She
certainly
has
a
lot
of
care
for
a
lot
of
people.
We
can't
say
this
enough.
These
precautions
are
all
protecting
our
most
vulnerable
neighbors,
like
our
seniors
and
residents
with
chronic
illnesses.
A
A
You
owe
it
to
yourself
and
to
your
fellow
passengers
to
wear
one,
if
you
don't
you're
putting
the
T
drivers
also
at
risk,
so
we're
asking
to
do
that
they
are
putting
their
own
health
and
safety
on
the
line
every
single
day
to
make
sure
that
you
get
to
go
where
you
need
to
get
to.
We
owe
them
all
this
right
now.
If
we
ask
everyone,
please
do
the
right
thing.
I
know
that
face
coverings
are
hard
to
do,
but
it's
our
job.
A
It's
our
duty
to
wear
one
right
now
and
if
you
don't
know
how
to
make
one
or
you
we
can
show
you
how
it's
easy.
There's
many
resources
available
online
visit,
Boston
gov
SARS
coronavirus
to
learn
more.
That's,
probably
the
quickest
way
that
you
can
find
out
how
to
make
a
face.
Mask
I
did
a
display.
Yesterday
it
was
Anna
fits
of
the
t-shirt
and
two
elastic
bands
and
I
was
able
to
make
a
face
mask
to
show
people
how
to
do
it.
You
might
not
want
to
do
that.
A
You
might
want
to
do
something
a
little
better
than
that,
but
please
do
that's
important.
I
also
want
to
take
a
minute
to
talk
about
our
schools
and
how
we're
planning
for
the
rest
of
the
school
year.
As
you
know,
yesterday
governor
Baker
announced
that
all
school
buildings
will
remain
closed
for
the
rest
of
the
school
year
and
remote
learning
will
be
continued.
A
He
also
announced
that
announced
that
childcare,
except
for
emergency
facilities,
will
remain
whirring
closed.
Excuse
me
until
June,
29th
I
certainly
support
the
governor
in
this
decision.
It
was
the
right
thing
to
do.
We
cannot
ensure
the
safety
of
our
students,
teachers
and
staff
in
schools
until
they
reopen
we've
been
preparing
for
the
likelihood
of
this
happening.
The
Boston
Public
Schools
has
been
making
plans
to
expand
at
home
learning
opportunities
for
our
kids,
we'll
be
sharing
more
information
about
the
next
phase
of
remote
learning
after
the
April
vacation.
A
Supporting
the
needs
of
all
of
our
students
remains
the
top
priority.
We
continue
to
operate
meal
pickup
sites
and
providing
Chromebooks
and
Wi-Fi
hotspots
at
these
sites.
Every
day
we're
distributing
thousands
of
free
meals,
it's
65
locations
across
the
city,
we're
also
making
home
deliveries
for
students
with
severe
special
needs.
These
services
are
going
to
continue
right
now
throughout
April
until
school
vacation
week,
and
for
as
long
as
it
takes.
We
know
that
this
extended
closure
is
certainly
hard
on
parents.
A
You've
had
to
step
in
new
roles
with
teaching
your
kids
and
balancing
other
priorities
and
like
new
work
conditions
working
from
home.
We're
certainly
here
to
support
you
as
a
city.
Emergency
childcare
programs,
including
nearly
40
in
Boston,
will
continue
to
operate
for
first
responders
and
other
essential
workers.
You
can
find
a
full
list
at
Boston,
gov,
slash,
emergency
child
care
and
I
know.
The
decision
to
keep
schools
closed
was
especially
disappointing
and
high
for
our
graduating
seniors.
A
Even
though
we
won't
be
together
in
person
we'll
be
able
to
we'll
be
congratulating
and
celebrating
you,
you
and
spirit
I
also
want
to
say
a
word
to
our
College
seniors
and
our
entire
head
community
college
are
essential
to
our
city's
identity
and
economy.
You've
been
you
being
in
close
contact
throughout
this
crisis.
Yesterday,
I
had
a
call
with
all
of
the
college
presidents
in
Boston
we
talked
about
what
reopening
looks
like
and
what
the
campus
will
be.
We
talked
about
the
difficulty
that
was
to
close
a
campus.
A
They
have
to
consider
public
health
and
safety
measures
that
they
haven't
considered
before
there
are
some
of
the
most
complex
problems
to
solve.
I
want
to
thank
them
for
pledging
to
work
on
this.
Do
this
work
together.
This
work
will
provide
valuable
models
for
other
sectors,
and
we
will
do
all
we
can
to
support
our
college
university
so
that
we
can
get
back
to
some
cite
some
sort
of
normal
college
experience
again.
I
just
want
to
take
a
minute.
A
There's
been
a
lot
of
conversation
over
the
last
week
or
so
about
reopening
and
getting
the
economy
started
up
again
and
moving
forward,
and
certainly
reopening
is,
is
a
top
priority
of
all
of
ours.
We're
developing
a
public
health
criteria
for
what
steps
would
be
taken
and
when,
but
the
fundamental
requirement
for
public
health
progress
is
a
significant
increase
in
testing.
We
need
to
know
the
full
picture
before
we
take
those
steps.
Only
testing
can
tell
us
what
we
need
to
know
about
how
this
virus
is
affecting
different
parts
of
our
community.
A
So
we're
going
to
continue
to
use
the
resources
we
have
to
expand
testing
access
in
our
neighborhoods.
You
can
actually
view
our
testing
access
map,
but
be
phc.org.
I
also
welcome
the
governor's
announcement.
Today
the
state
will
be
sending
testing
supplies
to
community
health
centers.
We
have
been
in
full
partners
with
within
the
state
in
tracing
initiatives
and
have
begun
support
of
that
work
in
our
health.
Centers
and
I
want
to
continue
the
federal
government
to
make
testing
a
priority,
as
our
public
health
work
continues.
A
I
want
to
ensure
everyone
that
will
continue
to
provide
resources
and
supports
that
our
residents
need
to
get
through
this
crisis.
We're
providing
meals
for
everyone
that
needs
food
residents
can
visit
our
online
map
at
Boston,
gov,
slash,
kovin,
19
food
map
to
find
resources
near
them
in
housing,
we've
been
able
to
halt
evictions
and
we're
providing
rental
relief
in
mortgage
interfer.
A
This
will
provide
some
peace
in
mind
for
the
families
worried
about
staying
in
their
homes
right
now
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
leadership
in
the
House
and
the
Senate
here
in
Massachusetts
for
their
work
on
this,
we're
also
supporting
small
businesses
with
grants
and
new
resources
to
help
them
stay
in
business.
We've
increased
on
medical
care
capacity
for
individuals
experiencing
homelessness,
we've
added
over
a
thousand
beds
to
improve,
spacing
in
our
homeless
shelter
system
and
provide
treatment.
The
Boston
hope
Medical
Center
has
treated
290
patients.
A
So
far,
including
this
newest
round,
we've
been
able
to
distribute
thirteen
point,
eight
million
dollars
to
135
different
organizations.
As
today,
we've
raised
over
26
million
dollars
from
4200
individuals.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
those
contributions,
because
those
contributions
are
literally
helping,
save
lives.
This
round
of
support
that
we're
about
to
announce
is
going
to
support
community
health,
centers
veterans,
individuals
experiencing
homelessness,
neighborhoods
experiencing
higher
rates
and
the
blosum
Muslim
community
during
Ramadan,
which
starts
tomorrow.
It
will
also
go
towards
personal
protective
equipment
for
our
frontline
and
essential
workers.
A
A
Our
first
responders
are
medical
professionals
and
all
the
essential
workers
who
are
doing
important
work
every
single
day.
We
can't
thank
you
enough.
I
want
to
take
our
public
employees
who
have
not
stopped
serving
the
people
of
Boston
despite
everything
they
are
dealing
with
in
their
families
as
well.
Our
Public
Works
employees,
who
are
making
sure
the
trash
and
recycling
gets
picked
up
on
time.
Our
Transportation
Department
employees
who
are
keeping
our
streets
safe
and
accessible
for
health
care
workers,
our
parks,
employees,
who
are
maintaining
our
open
spaces.
A
Our
custodians
who
continue
to
clean,
City
Hall
in
all
of
our
municipal
buildings,
are
3-1-1
call
takers,
answering
residents,
questions
911
dispatchers,
connecting
them
to
life-saving
help.
They
are
keeping
our
city
running
in
these
extraordinary
times.
I
want
to
thank
everyone,
who's
practicing
social
distancing
to
help
us
slow
the
spread
of
this
virus.
A
It's
hard
to
be
apart
from
those
that
we
love
when
we
need
them
the
most,
but
in
many
ways
we've
been
able
to
connect
more
deeply
in
these
difficult
times.
Bostonians
continue
to
come
together
in
extraordinary
ways
all
over
the
country.
People
are
coming
together,
they're,
finding
new
ways
to
connect
with
one
another
and
the
creating
community,
as
we
have
always
done
in
hard
times,
but
I
was
upset
the
other
day
when
I
heard
the
president
wants
to
spend
immigration
in
the
United
States.
A
This
would
do
nothing
to
protect
people
from
the
coronavirus
and
certainly
do
nothing
to
protect
our
economy.
It
was
a
foolish
policy
only
to
distract
people
from
the
real
issue
at
hands.
Our
immigrants
need
and
deserve
support,
they're
on
the
front
lines
of
fighting
the
coronavirus,
their
health,
aides,
nurses,
physicians
and
surgeons
and
I
know.
A
Making
sure
immigrant
workforce
is
healthy
and
financially
stable
during
this
pandemic
will
help
our
economy
recover
and
efforts
happen
more
quickly
in
Boston.
We
will
continue
to
stand
with
our
immigrant
communities,
no
matter
what
we
are
one
Boston.
We
are
one
Boston
community
that
looks
out
for
one
another,
as
I
mentioned,
Ramadan
starts
tomorrow
night,
it's
another,
it's
another
important
month
for
the
Muslim
community.
Each
year
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we
host
a
community
iftar
at
City
Hall
to
celebrate.
A
We
can't
come
together
this
year,
but
I
want
our
Muslim
neighbors
and
colleagues
and
friends
to
know
that
you
have
my
support.
I'm
very
grateful
to
the
leadership
of
your
mosques
and
communities
for
planning
virtual
services
that
keep
everyone
safe
and
healthy
when
I
see
every
religion
and
secular
community
that
it's
physical
distance
itself
in
an
act
of
faith
and
love
for
our
elders,
for
our
ultimate
neighbors
for
our
frontline
workers
first
responders
for
everyone.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
So
I
want
to
wish
everyone
who
upstairs
a
blessed
Ramadan.
A
We
all
stand
together
as
a
one
Boston
community,
united
by
our
values,
our
care
for
each
other
and
our
resilience.
That's
how
we're
going
to
get
through
this
very
difficult
time
and
come
out
stronger
on
the
other
side.
I
have
a
few
questions
here
that
I'd
like
to
before
I
open
up
for
questions
here,
so
reporters
that
I
received
from
other
reporters
from
the
Boston
comm.
A
What
would
what
would
what
would
need
to
happen
between
now
and
September
for
the
marathon
to
go
on
as
planned
with
the
normal
number
of
runners
and
fans,
and
how
confident
is
the
mayor
that
will
actually
happen?
I
certainly
saw
that
the
Berlin
canceled
a
marathon
this
September
today,
the
canceller
today.
To
be
honest,
we
haven't
had
those
conversations,
yet
we
started
talking
about.
What's
what's
going
to
happen
in
the
next
few
months
and
what
Boston
is
gonna,
look
like
I'm
sure
that
the
marathon
will
be
part
of
the
conversation.
A
I
am
hopeful
that
we'll
be
able
to
have
the
marathon
because,
certainly
and
felt
on
Monday.
There
was
a
void
in
the
city
of
Boston
so
but
we
will
have
more
conversations
and
discussions
and
again
it
goes
back
to
testing
if
we
have
the
numbers
and
we
can
see
the
data
we'll
be
able
to
make
more
informed
decisions,
a
question
from
Danny
McDonald
at
the
Boston
Globe,
you
said:
there's
no
timeline
for
reopening
Boston,
but
what
what
would
you?
What
would
he
say
to
the
people
who
have
significant
life?
A
Events
like
getting
married
or
holding
a
traditional
funeral?
Putting
off
that
they're
putting
off?
Should
they
be
ready
to
wait
indefinitely?
I
know
this
is
a
hard
time
for
many
people,
so
the
students
are
losing
out
on
their
education
and
graduation
celebrations.
People
losing
out
on
work
too
many,
not
able
to
say
proper
goodbye
to
their
loved
ones.
I
have
a
friends
whose
mother
died
and
the
conversation
that
he's
having
with
his
siblings
is
about.
How
do
you,
how
do
you
celebrate
their
mother's
life?
A
In
these
times,
everyone
is
doing
their
part
by
staying
home
social,
distancing,
washing
their
hands
and
wearing
face
carvings
we'll
get
through
this
together,
we'll
get
back
to
things
that
we
love
and
enjoy
reopening
needs
to
be
done
very
carefully,
and
we
need
to
start
those
conversations
now
to
papaer
what
that
looks
like
question
from
the
Business
Journal
mayor
Walsh,
said
last
week
in
this
talk
to
the
chamber
of
commerce,
you
mentioned
that
you
were
planning
to
speak
with
construction
officials
about
reopening
of
construction.
What
would
that
look
like
across
the
city?
A
Have
you
had
those
conversations
first
question?
Second
one,
and
who
did
you
speak
with
and
when
would
you
expect
the
slow
ramp
up
in
construction?
Last
Friday,
we
issued
a
draft
state
safety
policy
for
construction,
that's
designed
to
make
job
sites
safer
for
workers
and
communities.
This
policy
must
be
implemented
for
any
essential
construction
by
Monday,
and
any
permanent
construction
will
be
required
to
sign
a
safety
affidavit.
A
This
does
not
change
work
that
is
currently
allowed
in
Boston
I
released
a
video
also
describing
the
safety
protocols
last
week
for
construction
workers
and
guidelines
that
are
posted
on
Boston
gov.
So
we
don't
have
an
actual
confirmed
date,
but
we
will
be
talking
about
that
in
the
coming
weeks.
A
question
from
the
Bloomberg
News.
We
know
that
critical
importance
of
increasing
testing
what
new
efforts
are
being
made
being
done
in
Boston
to
increase
testing.
Is
there
any
efforts
to
increase
antibody
testing
in
Boston
to
get
more
accurate
picture
of
the
infection
infection
rates?
A
B
Yeah,
so
the
questions
related
to
testing
expansion
and
so
we're
working
to
both
expand
diagnostic
testing
in
each
of
our
neighborhoods.
There
are
community
health
centers
and
the
support
we've
gotten
through
the
resiliency
fund
by
a
partnering
to
lift
up
the
amount
of
people
that
are
being
tested
across
the
city.
B
That's
an
important
effort
that
we
need
to
be
able
to
do
to
make
sure
we
have
a
good
understanding
of
the
infection
rate
as
the
mayor
of
spoken
of
and
we're
also
working
on
antibody
testing
as
well,
exploring
that,
in
partnership
with
the
state
to
be
able
to
see
how
we
can
bring
antibody
testing
to
a
targeted
population
here
in
the
community
that,
as
the
mayor
said,
widespread
testing
is
necessary
to
understand
the
true
infection
rate.
So
we
can
really
understand
where
it's
been
and
how
we're
making
sure
people
get
the
care
they
need.
A
The
question
is
with
daycares
closed
right
now,
until
the
end
of
June
for
the
governor
yesterday.
Is
it
likely
that
the
city
of
Boston
will
be
closed?
The
same
timeline
I
think
it's
hard
to
it's
it's
hard
to
say
yes
to
that
question,
but
it's
not
unrealistic
right
now.
I
think
it's
still
too
early
to
talk
about.
When
do
we
stop
thinking
about
reopening
the
city
and
I?
Think
when
we
talk
about
reopening
the
city,
you
know
this
couple
ways
of
looking
at
it.
A
One
is
how
do
we
reopen
City,
Hall
and
the
other
is
how
do
you
kind
of
go
back
to
society?
As
I
said
the
other
day?
It's
not!
It's
not
a
flip
to
a
switch
and
the
lights
come
on.
There
you
go.
It's
gonna,
be
a
slow
ramp
up,
I,
think
in
a
lot
of
different
industries
across
the
city
of
Boston
across
the
state
and
across
the
country,
and
I
think
that
many
people
have
in
those
conversations
right
now
about
what
it
looks
like,
but
I
just
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
the
work.
A
A
A
There's
the
United
States
Senate
took
a
vote
yesterday,
450
billion
dollar
another
package,
311
billion
of
that's
going
to
go
to
small
businesses
and
I
hope
that
the
federal
government
does
a
better
job
this
time
in
distributing
it
to
actual
small
businesses
and
not
to
not
to
change
that,
have
resources
and
money
and
we're
going
to
be
pushing
our
congressional
delegation
to
make
sure
they
push
the
the
federal
government
to
get
this
money
to
the
business
that
needed.
The
last
fund
ran
out.
So
I
think
you
know
when
it
comes
to
businesses.
A
I
think
that
you
know
our
Office
of
Economic
Development.
We
have
small
business
resource
and
guidelines
and
I
think
that
I
think
a
lot
of
businesses
are
gonna
have
to
examine
what
they
are
when
they
come
back
and
are
they
different?
Are
they
different
type
of
opportunity
or
they
have
a
different
structure
than
when
we
came
into
the
coronavirus?
I?
Think
now
it's
probably
the
time
that
you
got
to
make
many
difficult
decisions
on
what
that
company
looks
like
today,
downsize
they
scale
back.
Do
they
open
up,
I?
A
Think
all
those
questions
we
can
help
businesses
here
at
the
city
to
our
small
business
office,
economic
development
on
the
tourism
front,
certainly
on
you
know,
I
think
about
this
weekend
today
would
have
been
a
day
that
finial
hall
would
have
been
loaded
with
marathon
jackets.
People
generally
come
in
for
the
marathon
from
all
over
the
world.
They
come
to
the
city
they
spend
a
week
here.
They
spend
a
lot
of
money
here.
They
buy
gifts,
they
buy
stuff
and
they
and
they
go
back
home.
A
They
stay
in
the
hotels
in
our
restaurants
and
looking
at
the
window.
Today's
strange,
the
first
marathon
Monday
since
I've
been
mayor
or
the
couple
days
after
marathon
that
I've
been
mayor
that
I
don't
look
out.
I
watch
the
jackets
the
day
after
the
marathon
and
I
watched,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday
and
then
Friday
they
start
to
disappear.
We're
a
new
group
of
tourists
come
in
so
certainly
the
impact
is
going
to
be
deep.
A
They're
going
to
be
deep
here
in
the
city,
they're
gonna
be
deep
in
the
car
at
the
state
and
they're
gonna
affect
our
our
tax
revenue
and
our
businesses
are
losing
out
on
that
this
week
as
well.
So
I
do
have
concerns
about
tourism.
When
does
that
come
back,
even
if
we
open
society
up
now,
I
don't
see
tourism
coming
back
for
four
months,
if
not,
if
not
a
year,
so
I
think
a
lot
of
people
are
gonna,
be
concerned
about
flying
I.