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From YouTube: Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Update - March 24, 2020
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Governor Gavin Newsom and state health officials provide an update on California's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Recorded March 24, 2020 in Sacramento.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
B
Good
evening,
everybody
I
just
had
a
remarkable
meeting
with
team
from
the
USS
Mercy.
They
just
arrived
here
at
what
we
refer
to
as
the
state
operation
center,
where
I'm
currently
filming
this
Facebook
live.
The
team
is
not
only
stumbled
here.
They've
assembled
the
USS
Mercy
it's
on
its
way
to
Los
Angeles
and
will
be
arriving
this
Friday
and
as
early
as
this
weekend,
it
will
be
available
to
pick
up
individuals
that
we
deem
prioritized
and
appropriate
to
be
taken
care
of
and
support
it
on
that
ship.
B
And
so
that's
the
purpose
of
the
conversation.
We
just
had
the
conversations
that
are
occurring
quite
literally
in
real-time
behind
me,
but
we're
very,
very
enthusiastic
that
that
ship
will
be
coming
to
port
as
early
as
this
Friday.
Accordingly,
we
advanced
a
number
of
actions
today,
particularly
on
the
issue
of
prisons,
and
the
state.
B
I
did
an
executive
order
today,
as
it
relates
to
the
intake
processing,
both
at
CDC,
our
our
California
state
corrections
system
and
DJJ,
our
Juvenile
Division,
in
order
to
address
the
legitimate
anxieties
and
concerns
related
to
prisoners
and
to
make
sure
that
we
have
our
procedures
and
protocol
in
place
to
protect
staff
as
well
as
inmates
from
kovat
19.
As
you
know,
we
have
one
official
tested,
positive
inmate
and
we
have
five
staff
members.
B
So
the
executive
order
reinforced
the
guidelines
and
procedures
and
protocols
that
were
now
advancing
both
for
DJJ
and
CDC
are
in
addition
to
that,
something
is
very
familiar
to
me
on
a
weekly
basis,
I
review
personally
the
recommendations
of
our
parole
board
for
people
that
are
eligible
for
parole
in
each
and
every
circumstance
when
people
are
made
eligible,
they
go
through
a
very
formal
process
of
interviews
and
reviews.
That's
done
in
person
because
of
the
nature
of
this
virus.
B
The
nature
of
this
moment
we're
going
to
be
changing
the
procedures
and
protocols
and
in
the
executive
order.
We
lay
out
strategy
to
begin
the
process
of
doing
video
conferences.
This
would
be
a
temporary
advancement,
but
under
the
circumstances,
in
terms
of
our
isolation
strategies,
in
order
to
continue
the
processing
of
people
that
are
eligible
for
parole
and
the
encouragement
to
make
sure
that
that
process
happens
at
the
scale
it's
been
happening
in
the
past.
B
We
think
it's
appropriate
to
move
forward
with
those
teleconferences
and
that
executive
order
lays
out
strategies
to
do
just
that,
and
so
those
orders
will
be
in
effect.
They
are
in
effect
immediately
and
the
protocols
or
procedures
are
in
effect
in
real-time
and
we'll
talk
more
about
that
in
the
coming
days,
as
we
look
not
just
to
the
state
prison
population,
but
the
county
jail
population
as
well.
In
addition
to
that,
we
had
a
remarkable
day
of
conversations
with
our
Army
Corps
of
Engineers.
B
Addition
to
that,
we
and
wonderful
news
that
Sir
Richard
Branson,
a
virgin
now
partnering
as
Tim
Cook,
did
and
Elon
Musk
at
Tesla
and
SpaceX
just
another
individual
that
stepped
up
virgin
is
stepping
up
bringing
a
747
into
the
Bay
Area
and
Oakland,
and
we
worked
on
logistics
related
to
that
for
a
significant
enhancement,
personal
protective
gear.
We'll
have
more
details
on
that
in
the
next
day
or
two
just
another
point
of
emphasis.
B
Another
example:
an
indication
of
people
that
are
stepping
up
in
aroa
quays,
bringing
that
from
Asia
into
the
Bay
Area
to
help
support
our
efforts
and
to
help
support
one
of
our
largest
hospital
systems.
Kaiser.
In
that
process,
we
had
the
tragic
loss
of
a
young
life,
a
teenager
in
Lancaster
California,
which
underscores
the
enormity
of
the
challenge
in
front
of
us
this
health
crisis
and
how
it
can
impact
anybody,
and
everybody
and
I
know
it's
sobering.
B
When
you
read
the
headlines,
some
of
the
headlines
said
a
child,
but
to
be
more
precise,
a
teenager
our
lives
and
we
are
doing
the
investigation
trying
to
understand
more
about
exactly
what
occurred,
but
kovat
related
tragic
loss
of
life.
As
of
10:00
a.m.
this
morning,
we've
lost
40
lives
in
the
state
of
California
related
to
kovat
19.
We
have
lost
over
2100,
or
rather
we
have
2100
positives
in
the
state
of
California
20
102,
which
was
17.5%
higher
than
the
previous
day,
and
that's
a
10
a.m.
number.
B
Those
numbers
change
in
real-time,
but
a
17
and
a
percent
increase,
and
now
a
loss
of
a
young
person's
life.
I
want
to
just
make
a
point
to
emphasize
this
and
extend
my
heartfelt
sympathies
to
the
family,
the
community
that
have
lost
their
loved
one,
but
also
make
this
point.
Young
people
can
and
will
be
impacted
by
this
virus.
In
fact,
young
people
disproportionately
are
the
ones
testing
positive
in
the
state
of
California
50%
of
the
2102
individuals
that
have
tested
positive
50%
are
between
the
age
of
18
and
49.
B
I'll,
repeat
that
half
of
those
that
have
tested
positive
to
date
in
the
state
of
California
are
18
to
49
years
old.
This
disease
impacts
everybody.
The
question
is
the
acuity
in
the
hospitalization
rate
that
yes
does
skew
on
the
side
of
older
populations,
but
with
this
tragic
now
death.
It
is
a
reminder
to
everybody
to
take
this
seriously.
It's
a
health
crisis.
B
But
what
more
evidence
do
you
need
of
a
loss
of
a
young
person's
life,
and
so
I
just
cannot
impress
upon
the
young
people
out
there
more
the
seriousness
of
this
moment
and
how
critical
they
are.
It's
ultimately
getting
us
on
the
other
side
by
practicing
that
social
distancing
that
we
are
accustomed
to
hearing,
but
not
in
every
case,
advancing
individually
by
the
way
for
those
that
are
curious.
B
We
actually
are
lining
up
in
linking
together
our
procurement
teams
with
other
states
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
competing
with
one
another
and
we're
making
sure
we
are
priced
conscience
and
dealing
with
the
issue
of
price
gouging,
comparing
best
practices
with
state
attorney
generals,
not
just
the
work
that
the
federal
government's
doing
William,
Barr
and
others
that
we
were
pleased
to
hear
announced
yesterday.
So
those
are
good
conversations
and
those
conversations
we
hope
will
be
made
real
in
terms
of
organizing
in
a
more
deliberative
and
strategic
way.
B
The
procurement
of
the
hundreds
of
millions
of
individual
items
that
we
need
to
procure
in
shields
and
gloves
and
gowns
and
coveralls
and
face
masks
and
swabs
and
the
like.
We
have
testing
numbers.
The
testing
has
significantly
increased
across
this
country,
but
also
in
the
state
of
California.
Tomorrow,
we'll
be
laying
out
the
new
numbers
that
we
have
received.
B
That
will
show
a
significant
jump
in
the
numbers
we
made
public
as
we
brought
together
all
of
these
one-off
collection
sites
and
all
of
the
hospitals,
research,
universities
that
are
participating
as
well
as
the
private
labs
and
we'll
have
a
new
process
to
collect
those
numbers
in
real
time
to
make
bring
to
light,
I.
Think
more
comforting
numbers
on
this
scale.
A
testing
is
still
not
close
to
where
we
need
to
be.
We
still
need
more
swabs.
B
We
still
need
more
reagents,
these
RNA
extraction
kits,
but
we
are
seeing
higher
throughput
and
we're
seeing
new
technologies
coming
to
bear
we're
testing
work
with
the
FDA
Trump
administration
to
get
on
the
market.
One
I
was
meeting
with
folks
today
that
have
a
45
minute
test,
because
the
issue
now
is
not
just
swabs
and
RNA
extraction
and
reagents
it's
about
turning
around
the
tests,
which
are
in
some
cases
taking
days
and
days
and
days,
some
cases.
B
Many
is
seven
eight
nine
days
and
so
we're
gonna
have
to
address
the
timeliness
of
the
diagnostic
and
the
test
results
as
well.
Again,
you
constantly
have
to
iterate
in
this
space,
as
we
moved
from
just
public
labs
to
those
commercial
quest
and
lab
core
now
to
needing
specimen
sample
swabs
and
the
media
associated
with
that
to
now
making
sure
we
turn
around
these
tests
and
a
much
quicker
time,
but
more
on
that
tomorrow.
B
We
also
in
closing
I've
done
a
lot
on
the
ventilator
side
of
things.
I
mentioned
yesterday,
the
heroic
work
of
Elon
Musk,
who
came
through
on
his
promise
to
deliver
over
1,000
ventilators,
and
that
was
announced
yesterday
we
have
brought
in
ourselves.
We
just
got
another
1010
ventilators
from
the
private
sector,
we're
working
with
boom
energy
and
others
to
convert
that
cash
to
514,
ventilators
that
we
had
to
refurbish
them
and
to
get
them
fully
operational.
B
We
have
received
from
the
federal
government
no
direct
ventilators
from
the
National
pal
Los
Angeles
County
did
receive
170
and
they
have
a
unique
relationship
to
the
national
stockpile.
But
that's
all
we
received
within
the
state
of
California
proper,
but
we're
not
discouraged
by
that.
We
are
encouraging
the
federal
government
and
we
have
direct
orders
and
asks
in
to
do
more
on
the
ventilators.
But
we
are
doing
everything
we
can
to
orient
our
efforts
around
the
world
to
get
more
ventilators
in
the
state
about
3,000
we've
been
able
to
bring
online
community
college
system.
B
I
was
talking
to
that
a
community
college
system
which
are
also
been
heroic
in
this.
They
provided
just
as
one
example
60,
ventilators
and
they're-
also
keeping
by
the
way
all
of
us
safe,
because
it's
remember
community
college
system
is
a
backbone
of
our
training
in
the
state
of
California
by
some
estimates.
70%
of
our
first
responders.
However,
one
would
define
them
are
trained
through
that
community
college
system
and
they're
doing
heroic
work
in
this
state
as
well.
B
I
only
offer
that,
because
of
the
conversations
we
had
today
and
they
deserve
to
be
highlighted,
protocols
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
have
safe
logistics
and
supply
chain.
We're
working
with
our
AG
community,
we're
working
with
those
that
are
warehousing
our
food
making.
Sure
those
supermarket
shelves
are
stocked.
I
know
people
are
calling
in
concern
not
just
about
toilet
paper.
Bread
and
the
like
I've
had
some
very
comforting
conversations
from
grocers
their
representatives
and
the
AG
community
that
they
feel
like
they're
up
to
the
task
to
meet
this
moment.
B
There's
some
protocols
shifting
away
from
some
in
some
cases,
choice
to
quantity
as
purchasing
habits,
are
changing
and
some
of
the
procedures
and
protocols
around
his
distribution
channels
are
also
changing.
The
supply
chains
are
changing
in
real-time,
but,
as
you
know,
we
are
supplementing
our
workforce
in
that
respect
and
making
sure
that
people
know
there
are
over
10,000
jobs
available
for
our
grocers.
B
In
that
scenario,
they're,
hiring
and
I
know
people
want
to
hear
that,
because
our
unemployment
insurance
system
is
being
overwhelmed
and
I
want
folks
to
know
we
made
some
real
shifts
on
staffing
today,
we'll
be
doing
a
lot
more
in
the
coming
days
to
meet
the
demands.
It's
now
averaged
over
the
last
seven
days
because
of
a
huge
increase.
Even
yesterday,
I'm
a
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand,
it's
the
seven
day
rolling
average
of
the
number
of
unemployment
insurance
claims
that
have
been
requested
in
the
state.
Remember
averaged
before
this
crisis
about
twenty
five
hundred.
B
So
we
had
a
very
robust
conversation
today
with
our
team
to
make
sure
that
we
are
repurposing
our
workforce
and
making
sure
we're
moving
things
around
to
make
sure
we
adequately
are
addressing
the
UI
requests
that
are
coming
in.
So
that's
a
broad
strokes,
an
update
on
where
we
are
today
and
tomorrow,
we'll
be
talking
a
lot
more
about
economic
issues,
mortgage
related
issues,
foreclosure
related
issues,
update
on
the
testing
and,
of
course,
I'm
here
for
our
Facebook
friends
to
answer
any
questions
you
have
this
evening
as
well.
A
B
Well,
the
question
of
whether
California
will
open
in
April.
Let
me
be
sober
about
that.
I'm,
not
Pollyannish
about
any
of
these
things.
I
referenced
a
seventeen
point.
Five
percent
increase
in
the
number
of
positives
I
talked
about
the
fact
that
our
testing
protocols
have
significantly
increased,
but
I
also
mentioned
that
not
all
those
tests
are
back.
B
Thousands
and
thousands
of
people
been
tested,
we're
waiting
for
their
results,
and
we
clearly
based
upon
the
curve,
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do
if
Californians
continue
to
do
more
and
do
better
as
they
have
and
I'm
really
proud.
Look.
This
state
started
on
this
journey
working
originally
with
the
federal
government
on
the
repatriation
flights
from
overseas,
and
we
started
a
socialized
kovat
ID
in
the
state
of
California,
before
probably
any
other
state.
Because
of
that
unique
repatriation
strategy
was
highlighted
during
the
Grand
Princess
efforts
and
I'm
very
proud
of
those
efforts.
B
B
I've
said
this
very
honestly
and
objectively,
based
upon
all
the
expertise
and
experts
that
are
here
assembled
and
those
we
contact
and
work
with
that.
The
next
six
to
eight
weeks
will
be
pivotable
pivotal
and
will
be
determinative
in
terms
of
being
able
to
make
adjustments
and
be
able
to
sort
of
reset
expectations.
I
said
eight
to
twelve
weeks,
because
soberly
we
look
out
over
the
course.
The
next
eight
to
twelve
weeks
and
I
think
we
can
continue
to
do
what
we've
done.
B
Well,
my
message,
people
buy
toilet
paper
is
get
what
you
need
not
more
than
you
need.
I've
got
a
family
of
four
and
we
scurried
around
a
few
different
grocery
stores
and
they
were
out
and
we
finally
found
the
toilet
paper.
I
will
just
say
this
no
reason
to
hoard
the
toilet
paper.
All
folks,
I
talked
to
I
I,
had
deep
conversations,
not
just
passing
conversation,
casual
conversations
with
the
grocers,
with
all
our
supply
chain
and
and
I'm,
confident
in
our
capacity
to
deliver
toilet
paper.
B
B
Well,
we
have
a
very
detailed
site:
Kovan
19,
dot,
CA
gov,
that
lays
out
what
is
essential
and
non-essential.
We
put
together
a
very
comprehensive
list
working
with
health
directors
throughout
the
state
of
California
working
with
counties
working
with
city
leaders
throughout
the
state.
In
fact,
I
was
talking
to
one
other
governor
today
that
had
a
recent
stay
at
home
order,
comparing
and
contrasting
notes
what
worked,
what
didn't?
What
was
most
controversial?
What
wasn't
so
it's
a
sheet
that
is
iterative
and
it's
a
sheet
that
is
available
a
list
and
comprehensive
list.
B
That's
available
and
I
encourage
people
to
go
to
the
Cova,
19
CA
gov
website
to
learn
more
and
when
in
doubt,
go
to
your
County
Health
Department.
That
also
has
those
resources
available
that
will
localize
them
in
a
way
that
also
I
think
a
guide,
a
more
direct
answer
to
that
question.
So
that's
that's
it
in
a
nutshell:
we'll
be
back
tomorrow
to
more
formally
update
everybody
on
where
we
are.
Everybody
stay
safe,
most
importantly,
stay
healthy
and
let's
continue
to
meet
this
moment
as
California's
leading
in
terms
of
these
efforts.
B
Let
us
continue
to
lead
and
let
us
continue
to
lean
forward,
to
recognize
our
responsibility.
Let
us
let
us
not
have
to
once
again
announce
that
a
teenager
lost
their
lives
because
we
didn't
take
this
moment
seriously.
Let
us
take
this
moment
seriously
and
soberly:
let's
live
our
lives,
but
let's
do
it
by
being
thoughtful
about
how
we
meet
this
moment.
Take
care.
Everybody.