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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 5/13/20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
Thank
you
everyone
for
being
here
today.
The
state
number
is
an
update.
As
of
yesterday
massachusetts
of
positive
cases,
statewide
79
332.,
that's
an
increase
of
870
over
monday,
and
the
state
now
has
reported
5141
debts
that
was
up
33.
As
of
monday
boston
numbers.
As
of
yesterday,
11
168
cases,
that's
an
increase
of
62
cases
from
the
previous
day
and
533
people
have
passed
away.
That's
the
same
number
as
monday
a
day
with
no
debts
to
report
is
certainly
a
good
day,
but
we
still
have
work
to
do.
A
If
we
want
to
see
that
every
day
we
need
to
continue
to
do
that
and
I'd
like
to
just
continue
to
keep
the
families
of
those
who
lost
loved
ones
and
our
prayers
and
the
folks
that
are
getting
in
the
hospital
or
at
spaulding
getting
better.
I
want
to
say
we're
praying
for
you
as
well
or
other
rehabilitations
around
the
around
the
commonwealth.
A
We
also
now
have
confirmed
3805
recoveries.
That
number
is
going
up
faster
as
we
begin
to
get
data
from
the
state's
community,
tracing
collaborative
boston,
hope.
Medical
center
is
currently
serving
158
individuals,
83
on
the
shelter
side.
75
on
the
hospital
side
altogether
since
boston
hope
was
built.
688
covid
patients
have
been
treated
at
the
convention
center.
A
Today,
I'm
going
to
give
some
updates
on
the
work
of
the
boston
resiliency
fund,
supporting
in
our
communities
the
work
to
provide
relief
to
small
businesses
hurt
by
this
crisis
in
a
resource
we
are
making
available
to
help
people
secure
their
federal
stimulus
payments.
First,
I
want
to
say
a
word
on
the
reopening
and
recovery
plans.
As
of
monday.
A
As
monday
may,
18th
approaches
it's
a
date
that
a
lot
of
people
have
been
focusing
on,
because
when
the
governor's
advisory
board
is
due
to
release
a
report
as
well,
so
people
are
paying
deep
attention
to
that
date.
We're
working
every
day
as
part
of
that
board.
A
We
have
worked
to
make
this
broad
and
inclusive
conversation
with
the
focus
on
equity
and
the
impacts
that
that
different
communities
are
certainly
experiencing
both
in
health
impacts
and
economic
impacts,
but
I
want
to
temper
expectations
of
what
monday
will
bring.
We
don't
move
forward
based
on
the
date
we
move
forward
based
on
data.
This
must
be
a
gradual
phase
in
approach
that
depends
on
testing
and
hospital
metrics,
reaching
certain
benchmarks
and
continuing
to
move
in
the
right
direction.
A
A
A
Remember
it's
not
public
health
versus
the
economy.
They
can
only
move
forward
together,
so
we
need
to
move
cautiously.
All
of
us
have
to
stay
focused
on
what
got
us
this
far
physical
distinction
covering
faces
with
face,
masks,
washing
hands
with
soap
and
warm
water
cleaning
and
disinfecting
our
surfaces.
A
We
should
continue
to
continue
to
limit
our
trips
outside
of
the
home,
to
essential
only
for
the
essentials
and
to
avoid
crowded
conditions
of
any
kind.
I
want
to
be
clear
about
the
principles
that
guide
us.
We
base
our
decisions
on
science-based
facts.
A
A
A
This
week
we're
distributing
1.3
million
dollars
to
17
different
organizations,
75
extremely
52
percent
of
those
organization
organizations
are
led
by
persons
of
color
and
47
percent
by
women.
These
grants
will
allow
us
to
expand
the
telehealth
covert
19
treatment
from
nine
current
sites
to
19
community
health
centers
across
the
city.
That's
important
because
it
connects
testing
to
care.
A
We
don't
want
people,
testing,
positive
and
then
being
left
on
their
own
to
figure
out
what
the
next
steps
are.
We
want
to
make
sure
resources
are
available
at
the
point
of
testing
additional
grant,
support
to
community
organizations
in
providing
food,
child
care,
gift
cards,
face
coverings
and
more
for
folks
and
people.
Families
in
need
the
populations
they
work
with
include
seniors
service
workers,
young
people,
young
people
of
color
and
homeless
individuals.
A
A
They
will
train
staff
at
hospitals
and
health
centers
to
treat
job
related
stress
at
the
work
site.
So
it's
important
given
with
many
of
our
front
line
health
care
workers
and
what
they're
dealing
with
right
now
that
we
only
offer
them
the
support
that
they
need,
and
we
have
another
great
example
of
neighbors
helping
neighbors
we're
supporting
the
new
market
business
association
who
provide
trucks
for
delivery,
support
to
their
neighbors
at
the
greater
boston
food
bank.
A
A
With
this
week's
grants,
we
will
have
now
distributed
17.5
million
dollars
to
over
200
organizations
who
are
doing
vital
work
to
support
boston's,
neighborhoods
and
communities.
A
brief
update
on
our
small
business
relief
fund.
I've
said
it
many
times:
small
businesses
they're
at
the
heartbeat
of
our
economy,
local
restaurants,
the
corner
stores,
child
care
providers,
flower
shops,
cleaners
and
many
more
neighborhoods,
simply
just
don't
work
without
having
these
stores
in
in
businesses.
A
Many
of
them
have
been
hurt
badly
during
this
crisis,
so
we
made
their
needs
a
priority
in
a
number
of
ways,
including
direct
financial
support
through
our
small
business
relief
funds.
I
announced
last
week
that
the
first
two
million
dollars
of
relief
is
in
is
in
the
hands
of
561
local,
owned
businesses
in
the
industries
that
have
been
hit
the
hardest.
By
this
crisis,
we
have
added
an
additional
5.5
million
more
to
help
eligible
businesses
that
have
applied.
A
A
This
is
nothing
like
the
stories
we
have
heard
about
issues
with
the
federal
program
in
our
city,
city
of
boston.
58
of
the
businesses
receiving
the
grants
are
owned
by
people
of
color.
48
are
owned
by
women,
44
percent
owned
by
immigrants.
95
percent
of
the
businesses
with
would
have
15
or
fewer
employees.
A
The
top
10
zip
codes
with
the
most
recipients
include
east
boston,
jamaica,
plain
brighton,
southland,
dorchester,
roslindale
and
roxbury.
The
full
list
of
recipients
is
posted
online
at
boston.gov
they're,
a
true
cross-section
of
small
businesses
in
our
city.
They
include
people
like
margarita
corrado
and
her
son
andres,
who
run
a
mexican
food
business
in
eggleston
square
roslindale
in
the
south
end
christine
rose
and
her
team
at
the
four
corners
yoga
and
wellness
in
studio
in
dorchester.
A
A
One
of
the
reasons
we're
able
to
do
this
work
is
with
both
equity
and
urgency
in
our
small
business
team
is
because
we
have
a
diverse
multilingual
on
the
ground
team
that
is
engaged
with
grassroots
small
businesses
in
every
neighborhood
and
ethnic
community
in
the
city
of
boston,
they're,
doing
this
work,
staying
in
contact
with
business
owners
and
listening
to
their
needs.
I've
talked
from
this
podium
many
times
about
doing
different
types
of
surveys.
A
The
surveys
that
we're
receiving
we're,
helping
create
those
programs
off
the
surveys
hearing
directly
from
our
businesses
and
we're
proud
to
have
more
than
triple
the
size
of
the
fund.
Since
the
first
round
of
applicants-
and
as
I
said
in
the
beginning,
we
know
that
this
is
not
the
end.
All
we
cannot
help
every
single
business
in
the
city
of
boston.
That's
why
it's
important
for
us
to
have
our
partners
in
the
federal
government
and
the
state
government
also
to
continue
to
create
opportunities
for
small
businesses.
A
A
A
It's
the
largest
program
in
our
fed
in
our
office
of
financial
empowerment,
while
state
and
federal
tax
lines
is
extended
to
july
15.
We
are
pivoting
to
provide
help
right
now
on
stimulus
checks.
We
want
every
boston
resident
who
is
eligible
to
receive
this
money.
We
want
you
to
receive
it,
it
will
help
them
out
and
it
will
also
be
a
shortening
on
for
our
local
economy.
A
A
I
want
to
close
by
a
reminder
about
public
access
to
city
hall
with
city
departments.
Many
of
the
services
you
may
need
now
are
available
online
at
boston.gov.
You
can
also
call
3-1-1
for
guidance.
The
building
remains
open
to
the
public.
Only
on
tuesdays
and
fridays,
you
must
make
an
appointment
ahead
of
time
for
in-person
services
when
you
arrive,
you'll
be
asked
about
covet
symptoms
and
given
a
temperature
check
before
entering
the
building,
those
steps
are
required
for
every
single
city,
employee
who
comes
in
the
building
as
well.
A
A
It's
taken
a
carefully
it's
taking
careful
planning
to
keep
these
services
available
to
keep
both
the
public
and
city
workers
as
safe
as
possible.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
involved
in
this
work.
I
especially
want
to
give
a
shout
out
today
to
our
municipal
protective
service
officers.
Many
are
on
the
plaza
with
me
are
inside.
A
We
rely
on
them
for
safety
and
security
at
city
hall,
as
other
municipal
in
other
municipal
properties.
For
many
visitors
they
are
the
face
of
government
they're,
the
first
to
help
you
find
what
you
need.
They
are
welcoming,
diverse
and
professional,
and
they
represent
our
city
proudly
in
this
pandemic.
They
have
not
wavered
one
bid,
they've
been
on
duty,
24
hours
a
day
and
they've
adapted
to
new
conditions
and
new
duties
admirably
city
hall
is
not
has
not
stopped
serving
the
public
and
they
make
all
of
our
work
possible.
A
A
A
But
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
asking
you
not
to
stop
and
congregate,
because,
if
you're
walking
with
somebody
and
you
stop
and
two
to
stop
talk
to
four
and
all
of
a
sudden,
all
those
10
people
they're
talking-
that's
that's
where
the
fear
of
the
spread
of
the
virus
is.
If
you
see
somebody
out,
give
them
a
wave,
how
you
doing
wear
your
mask
something!
That's
really
important!
Wear
your
mask,
while
you're
out
walking,
if
no
one's
around
you
you
happen
to
see.
A
No
one
around,
you
want
to
pull
the
mask
down
a
bit.
That's
fine!
But
when
you
come
up
on
people,
we're
asking
you
to
put
masks
up.
You
know:
we've
had
we've
had
sporadic
nice
days
here
for
the
last
three
weeks,
but
it
looks
like
we're
heading
into
today's
supposed
to
be
warmer
than
this
we're
heading
into
some
warmer
days
here.
So
we're
going
to
ask
people,
please
be
disciplined.
We
heard
today.
A
The
numbers
in
the
last
three
days
in
the
city
of
positive
cases
have
been
in
the
double
digits:
90
90
67.
I
think,
and
then
52
they've
been
feeling
they've
been
going
down.
There's
two
reasons
for
that.
One
is
that
the
tests
that
we've
taken
a
little
down
we
haven't
taken
as
many
tests,
but
also
the
physical
social
distancing,
is
working.
There's
no
question
about
it.
A
What
we
don't
want
to
see
to
prevent
the
spike,
even
when
we
start
to
go
back
to
work,
we're
gonna
have
to
do
more
of
that
physical
distancing,
because
that
will
that
will
create.
If
we
don't
do
that,
that's
where
the
spike
will
come
so
I
might.
The
answer
is:
I
should
have
repeated
the
question
I
apologize.
The
question
was:
am
I
worried
about
the
good
weather
coming
and
people
congregating,
so
the
long?
The
short
answer
to
the
long
answer
is,
I'm
concerned
about
it,
but
I
think
people
understand
at
this.
A
A
The
question
was
the
council
held
the
hearing
last
night
off
of
something
I
spoke
about
on
monday,
with
with
opening
up
streets
and
and
dedicated
bike
lanes
and
more
bike
lanes
and
more
bus
lanes
and
and
places
for
maybe
take
out
not
take
out
but
sit
down,
dining
outside
in
different
areas,
city
of
boston
and
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna
be
going.
My
office
of
transportation
and
streets
are
going
through
it
right
now.
They're
gonna
be
working
with
the
council
and
working
with
other
elected
officials
and
work
with
the
community.
A
Quite
honestly,
because
it's
gonna
be
a
change,
you
know
I'm
asking
people
not
to
say
no
off
the
bat
and
generally
sometimes
people
we
automatically
know
we
have
to
get
to.
Yes,
in
this
particular
case,
if
we
do
something
like
that,
we're
doing
it
to
either
move
transportation
move
traffic
along
when
people
start
to
come
back
to
work
and
or
allow
our
small
businesses
to
get
some
opportunities
to
be
able
to.
You
know,
expand
outside
the
the
four
corners,
so
I'm
excited
about
doing
some
of
this
stuff.
A
You
know
we
looked
around
the
country.
Seattle
is
doing
some
of
this
successfully.
England
is
doing
some
of
this
successfully
over
in
europe.
We're
looking
at
what's
happening
in
italy
and
different
places,
so
we're
going
to
share
and
take
some
best
practices
if
we
can
make
it
happen
here,.
A
A
A
C
A
A
I
have
the
numbers,
I
I
think
if
from
correct,
I
think
I
don't
I
don't
even
fake
them.
I
have
them.
We
have
the
numbers
if
you
go
online,
we'll
get
them
to
you.
But
if
people
go
online
on
the
city
boston
website,
we
have
all
the
racial
breakdowns
of
who's
tracking.
I
can
tell
you
this
percentage-wise,
the
african-american
black
community
is
leading
in
percentage-wise.
A
As
far
as
covet
cases,
I
want
to
say
it's
in
the
38
tile,
followed
by
white,
latino
asian,
I
think,
and
then
other
and
then
on
the
on
the
debt
side.
It's
white
african-american
black
asian,
I
believe
in
latino,
so
I'll
have
to
get
the
number
for
you
on
that
I'll
make
sure
I
have
it
when
I
do
this
again,
but
I
know
I
had
it
this
morning.
A
I
talked
on
the
city
council
about
it,
but
it's
on
everything's
online
everything
we
have
is
online
and
then
also
I
don't
think
we
have
yet
the
amount
of
tests
we're
doing
per
location
online
per
day,
but
we're
trying
to
get
that
information
and
we're
also
going
to
have
the
information
for
debts
in
nursing
and
nursing
homes
and
assisted
living
facilities
once
a
week
which
next
month,
I
presented
it
last
month,
I'll
present
the
next
monday.
So
we're
trying
to
get
this
data
I'd
like
to
get
it
instantaneously.
A
A
The
first
time
since
march,
since
early
march
yeah
it
was
yeah
as
if
we
didn't
get
the
numbers
today.
Yet
this
was
as
of
yesterday,
which
would
have
meant
on
on
today's
wednesday,
tuesday
monday
no
deaths
on
monday.
A
Not
yet
we
were
trying
to
see
like
even
like
the
last
three
days.
We've
seen
numbers
drop
and
I've
been
trying
to
ask
somebody.
Does
that
tell
me
anything
and
the
information
is
not
completely
accurate,
yet
we're
trying
to
look
at
that
to
see,
I
mean
definitely
we're
seeing
a
gradual
decrease
and
we're
seeing
some
positive
news
out
of
our
hospitals,
of
the
decrease
in
emergency
rooms
for
covet
as
well.
So
that's
all
good
signs,
but
again
you
know
we're
pretty
much
all
shut
down
right
now.
A
My
concern
is,
as
we
watch
this
decrease.
If
we
open
up,
we
see
a
little
bit
of
a
spike,
so
what
I'll
do
in
the
next?
Maybe
the
next
con
press
conference
I'll
ask
manny
martinez.
He
couldn't
be
here
today
to
give
you
a
little
overview
on
some
of
the
data
that
we're
looking
at.
Give
you
a
better
understanding
of
it,
not
you,
but
the
public,
an
understanding
of
it
any
other
questions
yeah.
It
is.
I
forgot
my
own
mask,
so
I
was
given
this.
A
C
A
So
the
question
is
on
summer
camps
and
kind
of
a
different
type
of
summer
for
kids
and
parents
with
no
daycare
until
the
june
28th.
I
think
it
is
or
29th
7th
we're
investigating
right
now
to
see
if
we
can
salvage
any
summer
programming
for
our
camp
program
in
boston
and
then
we
also
have
a
camp
haba
view
on
long
island
that
does
a
camp
every
year.
A
900
kids
go
to
that
the
ron
burton
training
village,
which
takes
a
lot
of
kids
from
the
city
of
boston
out
out
to
the
suburban
town
to
have
a
camp.
We
have
our
own
camp
that
we
run
in
our
own
city
parks
in
in
community
centers.
So
we're
we're
working
on
a
task
force
right
now,
not
a
task
force,
not
not
an
organized
task
force,
but
working
with
a
group
with
the
state
to
find
out
exactly
what
we
could
do
making
recommendations.
Is
there
a
chance
we
can
have
some
type
of
summer
programming?
A
I
think
it's
really
important
for
our
kids
that
we
have
some
summer
programming
again.
It
goes
back
to
data
and
seeing
what
those
numbers
are
at
that
point
we
also
have
new
york
city,
I
believe,
cancel
their
summer
jar
program.
We
employ
roughly
11
000
when
I
say
we
collectively
with
the
businesses
employ
about
11
000
summer
jobs
for
kids
in
the
city
of
boston,
I'm
committed
to
having
that
program
move
forward.
It
might
not
be
as
high
as
11
000
and
we
might
not
have
it
in
some
private
settings.
A
But
my
commitment
is
to
is
to
make
sure
that
we
we
have
a
summer
job
program
for
our
kids,
many
of
our
kids
that
work
in
the
summer.
They
provide
extra
extra
money
for
the
families,
their
families,
they
put
food
on
the
table,
they're
saving
for
college
and
they're
going
to
college.
So
we
are
going
to
have
some
sort
of
summer
program
here
in
the
city.
A
We're
right
we're
identifying
where
the
gaps
are
not
quite
sure
what
they're
going
to
do
yet
the
kids,
but
we
are
going
to
be
doing
some
stuff,
maybe
actually
for
the
stations,
if
any
any
ideas,
if
you
could
bring
them
back,
if,
if
your
newsrooms
or
stuff
could
use
some
summer,
kids
helping
out,
if
you
have
an
opportunity,
I
would
love
for
you
to.
Let
me
know
we're
trying
to
find
some
good
opportunities
for
kids.