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Description
LA County Public Health is making major announcements regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in LA County.
A
Eight
and
federal
partners
for
the
likelihood
of
this
scenario,
this
declaration
of
a
local
emergency
will
facilitate
our
efforts
to
coordinate
with
all
our
partners
and
jointly
implement
effective
strategies
to
protect
our
residents.
We
have
a
world-class
health
and
emergency
response
team
already
engaged
in
the
fight
to
mitigate
the
impact
of
corona
virus
in
Los
Angeles
County,
but
we
need
every
tool
at
our
disposal
to
make
sure
that
we
are
ready
to
support
any
coronavirus
patients
who
are
diagnosed
and
to
prevent
any
further
spread.
A
Proclaiming
a
state
of
emergency
enhances
our
preparedness
and
response
capabilities,
while
also
providing
opportunities
to
seek
assistance
from
state
and
federal
partners.
We
must
all
remain
vigilant.
That
means
local
governments,
healthcare
facilities,
schools,
community
organizations,
businesses
and
residents
must
be
active
in
our
efforts
to
be
prepared
for
more
cases,
while
doing
everything
in
our
toolkit
to
slow
down
the
spread
of
this
virus.
A
That
is
why
the
board
and
Public
Health
are
making
this
declaration
in
response
and
out
of
an
abundance
of
caution
which
will
strengthen
our
efforts
to
one
enhance
our
preparedness
and
response
capabilities
to
seek
support
and
assistance
from
state
and
federal
partners
and
coordinate
with
other
jurisdictions
and
provide
protection
to
our
teams
that
are
responding
on
the
frontlines.
Dr.
Ferrer
is
going
to
speak
in
a
minute
about
where
we
stand
locally
in
terms
of
Casas.
A
What
public
health
is
doing
to
protect
the
well-being
of
our
community
and
several
steps
that
we
all
can
take
to
protect
ourselves?
Public
Health
has
done
a
great
job
thus
far
in
educating
residents,
health
care
workers,
local
businesses
and
community
groups
about
what
coronavirus
is
and
how
to
prevent
its
spread.
They
have
been
working
with
our
federal
and
state
partners
every
single
day,
and
now,
with
this
declaration,
they
will
have
more
support.
B
You
chairwoman,
Kathryn
Barker,
and
also
to
our
following
elected
officials,
our
mayor,
as
well
as
our
staffs
and
also
supervisor
Hahn
who's,
joined
us.
It
is
one
of
those
days
that
we
knew.
Perhaps
this
was
coming,
but
LA
County
is
prepared
and
I
really
do
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
our
Department
of
Public
Health,
our
director
and
her
staff,
as
well
as
our
partnership
with
the
city
of
Los
Angeles,
as
well
as
our
partners
at
the
federal
level
of
government.
B
This
isn't
something
totally
new
to
us,
but
I
would
say
to
you
that
we
have
been
working
our
staff
behind
the
scenes
to
understand
and
be
prepared
for
what
is
to
come,
and
it's
not
with
the
light
heart.
It's
really
more
of
a
steady
and
how
could
I
say
a
forward
thinking
of
how
we
can
better
prepare
our
10
million
residents.
In
the
last
48
hours
alone,
the
LA
County
Department
of
Public
Health
has
confirmed
six
new
cases
of
the
novel
coronavirus
in
our
community
to
ensure
that
the
county
is
further
prepared.
B
B
If
you
are
feeling
sick
in
response
to
a
recent
update
from
the
Centers
of
Disease,
Control
and
Prevention
CDC
I,
put
forward
a
motion
that
will
be
coming
up
today
at
our
board
meeting
to
ensure
that
we
ramp
up
our
preparedness
efforts
to
prevent
a
wider
spread
of
corona
virus
and
to
access
to
access
our
current
medical
equipment
and
resources
in
place.
The
last
thing
we
want
to
do
is
create
more
fear
in
our
community.
Fear
will
not
drive
our
responses
to
save
lives.
We
must
combat
this
virus.
A
C
Sure
Barbara
Ferrer
good
morning,
everyone
and
thank
you
so
much
for
for
being
with
us
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
the
dedicated
leaders
who
have
joined
us
today.
Chairman
chairwoman,
Barger
supervisor,
Solis
supervisor
Hahn.
Their
efforts,
along
with
the
efforts
of
the
entire
board,
have
been
ensuring
all
along
that
the
county
is
responding
appropriately
to
the
expanding
outbreaks
that
are
caused
by
novel
coronavirus.
They've
been
elevating
issues
from
the
very
beginning,
related
to
the
inappropriate
rise
in
stigma
and
discrimination
and
modeling
the
need
for
us
to
support
our
Asian
friends,
neighbors
and
businesses.
C
I'm
also
grateful
to
have
mayor
Garcetti
with
us
today
he's
been
setting
a
path
that
we
can
take
so
that
we're
informed,
prepared
and
thoughtful
in
our
responses
to
the
challenges
presented
by
a
new
virus.
We're
also
joined
and
really
honored
to
have
with
us
dr.
go
who's
the
director
of
the
City
of
Pasadena,
Health
Department
and
dr.
Davis
who's,
a
health
officer
for
the
city
of
Long
Beach,
and
you
will
hear
from
them
about
their
efforts
as
well,
so
that
you
understand
we
record
coordinated
across
all
of
the
health
departments
in
this
wonderful
County.
C
We
have
an
amazing
County
team,
our
CEO
Sachi,
my
our
CEO
ophea
Davenport,
my
partners
in
the
health,
the
new
Alliance
for
health
integration,
dr.
Christina
galley
at
the
Department
of
Health
Services
and
dr.
Sharon,
at
the
Department
of
Mental,
Health,
and
also
Kevin
McGowan,
who
is
the
director
of
our
office
of
emergency
management.
C
I,
want
to
acknowledge
that
that
this
is
a
team
that
has
been
working
diligently
under
the
leadership
of
our
amazing
board
to
be
well
prepared
and
that
today's
actions
really
just
allow
us
to
enhance
work
that
has
been
ongoing.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
and
thank
all
of
the
media,
both
that
for
your
accurate
reporting
and
your
thoughtful
responses
to
inquiries.
We
really
appreciate
your
ability
to
get
information
out
to
the
general
public.
C
As
chairwoman
Barger
stated
in
response
to
the
increasing
number
of
cases
in
the
United
States,
our
new
six
cases
here
in
LA
County,
the
increasing
likelihood
of
community
transmission
occurring
both
across
the
United
States
and
at
some
point
here
in
our
County
and
the
need
for
us
to
work
cooperatively
and
proactively
to
slow
the
spread
of
kovat
19.
The
disease
caused
by
the
novel
coronavirus,
the
LA
County
Department
of
Public
Health
through
the
authority
of
our
health
officer,
dr.
Davis,
is
also
declaring
a
local
health
emergency.
Today.
C
Emergency
declarations
enhance
our
ability
as
well
to
seek
future
reimbursement
from
both
the
state
and
federal
governments.
Should
funding
become
available.
I
want
to
emphasize,
as
as
both
of
our
supervisors
had
that.
We
can't
do
this
work
by
ourselves
and
we
continue
to
mobilize
with
partners
across
the
healthcare
business,
faith-based
education,
government
and
community
sectors
to
build
out
our
plans
to
limit,
spread
and
protect
those
most
vulnerable
to
serious
illness.
C
We
need
to
ensure
that
the
actions
we
are
taking
to
date
are
amplified
as
well
as
that
we
continue
to
make
great
progress,
educating
our
public
and
bringing
people
together
to
promote
effective
strategies
that
limit
disease
transmission,
while
also
acknowledging
that
we
need
to
be
prepared
for
more
cases
in
the
days
and
weeks
ahead.
The
Department
of
Public
Health
will
enhance
our
current
activities
in
the
following
areas.
C
We
are
increasing
our
capacity
for
testing
at
our
local
Public
Health
lab
public
health
is
among
10
California,
Health
labs
that
have
received
CDC
test
kits
and
we
have
additional
kits
on
the
way
we
are
currently
testing
and
have
been
since
last
Wednesday
locally
for
kovat
19.
We
will
ensure
that
people
who
test
positive
for
the
novel
coronavirus
and
their
close
contacts
are
quickly
identified
and
closely
monitored
and
supported,
while
they're
in
isolation
and/or
quarantined.
C
We
will
start
tomorrow
with
daily
radio
briefings
on
three
different
stations
by
the
public
health
director
and
I'll
be
joined
by
our
health
officer.
We
are
posting
new
guidelines
as
we
speak
for
child
care
facilities,
schools,
colleges
and
universities,
employers,
hotels,
public
safety,
responders,
shelters,
congregate,
living
facilities
and
parents
on
how
they
can
prepare
for
and
slow
the
spread
of
kovat
19.
We
continue
to
hold
weekly
Telegraph
inks
with
elected
officials,
city
managers
and
leaders
at
businesses,
organizations,
schools,
faith-based
communities
and
health
care
facilities.
C
We
are
in
contact
with
over
3500
leaders
and
administrators
across
the
county
on
a
weekly
basis.
We
are
holding
an
educational
webinar
for
all
of
our
skilled
nursing
facilities
at
the
end
of
this
week,
so
that
they
too
can
make
sure
they're
adequately
prepared
for
the
possibility
of
cases
within
their
facilities.
C
Our
health
care
workforce
is
a
high
priority.
We
are
updating
our
pandemic
response
plan
for
kovat
19,
in
accordance
with
CDC
guidance
and
local
conditions
and
working
with
the
Office
of
Emergency
Management.
They
are.
We
are
opening
our
EOC
today
to
coordinate
across
the
city
departments.
I
want
to
give
a
brief
update.
As
you
know,
there
are
increasing
cases
of
kovat
19
across
the
United
States
today
we're
announcing
six
new
cases.
We've
confirmed
these
cases
as
of
last
night,
with
positive
lab
results
from
our
local
lab,
and
we
have
completed
investigations
all
of
our
cases.
C
All
of
our
six
new
cases
are
linked
to
an
assumed
known
exposure.
There's
either
a
travel
history
to
an
area
with
an
outbreak.
There's
exposure
to
known
travelers
coming
from
areas
where
there's
an
outbreak
or
the
person
is
a
close
contact
with
a
confirmed
case.
I
want
to
repeat,
we
have
information
that
allows
us
to
consume,
allows
us
to
announce
that
we
know
of
an
assumed
known
exposure
source
for
all
six
of
our
new
cases
that
we're
announcing
today.
C
This
means
that,
as
of
today,
we
still
don't
have
known
cases
of
community
transmission,
like
other
large
jurisdictions,
we
anticipate
more
local
cases.
This
is
because
there
are
increases
in
outbreaks
all
across
the
world,
and
the
fact
is
that
people
who
are
in
close
contact
with
folks
who
are
infected
with
novel
coronavirus
can
themselves
become
infected.
We
know
that
we
have
effective
public
health
interventions
that
slow
the
spread
of
infectious
diseases,
especially
when
we're
all
working
together.
So
what
can
we
all?
Do?
I
want
to
start
with.
C
What's
most
important
stay
home
if
you're,
sick,
sick
people
make
other
people
sick,
that's
the
main
route
of
transmission,
a
sick
person
coming
into
contact
with
somebody
who's.
Well,
so,
if
you're
sick
with
anything,
including
mild
illness,
we
need
people
to
stay
home.
We
need
people
to
wash
their
hands
with
soap
and
water
for
at
least
20
seconds
frequently
we
need
people
to
cover
their
coughs
or
their
sneezes
with
tissues
and
then
throw
those
tissues
into
the
trash
and
wash
your
hands.
C
We
know
it's
allergy
season
here
in
LA
County,
but
we
still
need
people
to
adhere
to
common-sense
Public
Health
practices
and
there's
still
time
for
people
to
get
immunized
against
the
flu,
and
we
encourage
this
as
many
cases
as
we
have
of
influenza.
Reducing
that
number
reduces
the
burden
and
the
stress
on
our
healthcare
system,
which
will
see
more
need
to
respond
to
the
increasing
number
of
cases
of
kovat
19.
We
also
ask
that
the
public
plan
for
the
possibility
of
more
extensive
social
distancing
requirements.
C
These
measures
would
include
having
an
ample
supply
of
essentials
at
home,
no
different
than
the
preparedness
activities.
We
asked
people
to
do
to
be
ready
for
natural
disasters,
earthquakes,
fires,
floods,
mud,
slides.
We
do
need
folks
to
plan
for
the
possibility
of
business,
disruptions,
school
closures
and
modifications
or
cancellations
of
select
public
events.
We
will
be
working
closely
with
schools
and
public
event,
venues
and
businesses
before
decisions
are
made
to
close,
but
this
is
the
time
for
people
to
have
a
plan
of
what
they
would
do
should
their
child's
school
need.
C
To
close,
we
asked
everyone
to
start
practicing
sort
of
what
we
called
simple
social
distancing
practices,
use,
verbal
salutations
in
place
of
handshakes
and
hugs,
don't
share
utensils
cups
and
linens,
and
whenever
possible,
try
to
keep
six
feet
between
you
and
other
people
that
you
don't
know
at
large
events.
If
you're
an
organization,
a
business,
a
human
service
provider,
there
are
additional
strategies
that
we
ask
you
to
adopt
you.
We
need
you
to
make
sure
that
your
bathrooms
are
well
stocked
and
can
support
hand
washing.
C
We
need
folks
to
take
a
look
at
their
sick
leave
policies
so
that
their
flexible,
non-punitive
and
consistent
with
public
health
guidance
implement
plans
that
allow
people
to
stay
home.
If
they're
mildly
ill,
without
the
risk
of
being
academically
or
financially
penalized,
make
sure
it's
your
business
and
that
your
organization's
location,
that
you're
performing
regular
cleaning
and
disinfection
for
frequently
touched
surfaces
ensure
that
your
continuity
of
operation
plans
are
up-to-date
so
that
your
essential
functions
can
continue.
C
Should
you
see
large
numbers
of
people
that
are
sick
and
unable
to
get
to
work,
and
we
ask
that
also
leave
policies
be
modified
so
that
we
don't
require
a
doctor's
note
for
staff
returning
to
work
after
being
sick
wherever
possible.
This
reduces
the
strain
on
the
health
care
system
for
people
with
mild
illness
needing
to
come
in.
To
get
their
doctor's
note,
everyone
should
be
aware
of
scammers
who
are
spreading
false
information,
particularly
those
that
are
trying
to
sell
medications
and
treatments
with
promises
of
cure
and
protection.
C
There
are
no
specific
medication,
treatments
or
vaccinations
currently
available
and
approved
for
treating
or
vaccinating
against,
kovat
19.
As
always,
we
ask
you
to
check
with
trusted
resources
for
accurate,
up-to-date
information
about
novel
coronavirus
and
use
our
website,
public
health,
LA,
County
gov
for
information
about
increasing
numbers
of
cases
or
information
about
steps
and
guidance
for
efforts
you
can
take
to
protect
yourself
and
those
that
you
love
I
want
to
thank
the
supervisors
and
the
mayor
for
their
leadership
and
their
support
for
public
health
efforts.
C
I
want
to
thank
all
of
our
partners,
especially
the
cities
of
Long,
Beach
and
Pasadena,
for
all
of
their
support
and
I
want
to
really
close
by
thanking
the
general
public
for
doing
what
you
can
to
stay
informed
and
protect
yourselves
and
help
us
slow
the
spread
of
respiratory
illnesses
in
our
community.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
Thank
you
so
much
madam
chair,
and
let
me
just
say
how
what
a
joy
it
is
to
serve
with
you
and
Hilda
Solis
and
Janice
Hahn,
the
Board
of
Supervisors
in
so
many
places
where
jurisdictions
are
divided.
We
are
so
United
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
in
close
coordination
and
thank
you
dr.
Ferrer
too,
for
your
exceptional
leadership
here
for
all
the
residents
in
the
County
of
Los
Angeles,
as
well
as
your
national
leadership.
As
part
of
the
ongoing
conversation
around
coronavirus
and
kovat
19.
D
We've
come
together
across
Los
Angeles
County
this
morning
to
offer
this
information.
This
guidance
and
I
hope
some
reassurance
to
the
residents
of
Los
Angeles
about
kovat
19.
We've
all
seen
the
headlines
and
followed
the
news.
We
know
the
threats
that
this
virus
has
introduced
to
communities,
not
just
here
in
this
country
but
around
the
globe.
But
our
main
message
is
that
the
city
of
Los
Angeles,
other
cities
in
the
county
and
the
county
of
Los
Angeles
have
done
everything
possible
to
be
ready.
But
this
is
everybody's
response.
We
have
to
be
prepared.
D
We
have
to
protect
the
well-being
of
our
loved
ones
and
our
neighbors,
but
before
I
say
more
about
the
things
that
we're
doing
in
the
city.
I
think
it's
very
important
for
us
to
also
recognize
that
this
isn't
just
something
for
government
to
do
alone.
But
it's
critically
important
in
our
workplaces
critically
important
in
our
households
that
we
each
take
responsibility
for
slowing
the
spread
of
what
we
know
is
now
here
and
we'll
be
here
to
limit.
D
Not
to
panic
too,
but
instead
to
be
prepared
this
morning,
I
signed
as
well
in
coordination
with
supervisor
Barger
being
in
touch
with
me,
a
declaration
of
local
emergency
for
the
city
of
Los
Angeles.
This
is
important.
We're
not
saying
the
situation
in
Los
Angeles
is
dramatically
worse.
What
we
are
saying
in
this
echo
is
what
the
CDC
is
saying.
The
potential
public
health
risk
is
elevated
and
significant.
D
We
expect
to
see
more
cases,
as
we
announced
here
today
this
this
week,
and
the
state
of
emergency
is
the
most
powerful
tool
we
have
at
our
disposal
and
I
want
to
go
out
of
my
way
to
thank
our
federal
officials.
We've
been
working
with
as
well
the
CDC
and
HHS
for
us
at
the
airport
and
the
port,
our
Coast
Guard,
and
our
CBP
officials,
who
have
really
worked
to
make
sure
the
ships
that
are
coming
into
the
port
are
screened.
D
D
It
also
directs
each
City
Department
from
our
libraries
to
our
rec
and
Parks
facilities,
our
firefighters
and
police
officers
to
look
at
their
continuity
of
operations
plans.
Should
things
be
worse
when
I
talked
to
an
epidemiologist
at
UCLA
yesterday,
who
said
this
could
be
much
better
than
we
expect
it
could
be
much
worse
than
we
expect
anybody
who
says
it
will
be
one
way
or
the
other.
We
simply
do
not
know,
but
we
do
know
that
there
will
be
folks
that
work
for
our
governments.
D
Law
was
also
providing
gloves
to
all
of
its
cleaning
crews
training
lax
employees
on
how
to
respond.
If
they
encounter
a
traveler,
they
believe
has
the
symptoms
of
kovat
19.
Together.
These
will
help
us
slow
the
pace
of
spread
and
I
want
everybody
I
want
to
urge
everybody
to
do
what
the
city
and
county
are
doing.
Follow
those
guidelines
of
the
CDC
check
out
the
website
of
the
county
and
we
have
a
link
to
it
on
our
city
home
page
now
as
well.
Wash
your
hands
regularly
stay
far
away
from
people.
C
E
You
Barbara
good
morning,
I'm,
dr.
yang
jingo,
that
spelled
Capital
y
ing,
Capital
y
ing
geo,
H,
director
and
health
officer
of
the
City
of
Pasadena
Public
Health
Department.
Since
1892
the
Pasadena
Public
Health
Department
has
worked
to
protect
and
improve
the
health
of
the
Pasadena
community.
The
Co
Pasadena
is
one
of
three
cities
in
the
state
of
California
that
maintains
its
own
independent
local
health
jurisdiction.
E
E
This
declaration
is
part
of
an
ongoing
response
and
will
empower
the
city
to
more
effectively
respond
to
kovin
19
and
prepare
for
community
spread
of
the
virus.
Maintain
coordination
with
our
partners
seek
and
utilize
mutual
aid
potentially
obtain
reimbursement
and
ensure
that
the
city's
health
professionals
and
other
local
stakeholders
have
all
the
necessary
tools
at
their
disposal.
E
C
E
C
Sure
those
are
great
questions,
so
let
me
start
with
the
total
number
of
cases
for
LA.
County
is
seven.
We
had
our
first
case
back
in
January.
That
person
has
since
been
cleared,
they're
no
longer
infectious
and
a
reminder
that
person
lived
in
Wuhan
City
and
was
a
traveler.
So
these
are
our
first
new
cases
and
they
obviously
all
as
we're,
seeing
as
we're
doing
more
testing
and
as
there's
more
transmission
across
the
country.
We're
going
to
continue
to
be
reporting
on
these
new
cases.
C
C
Yet
so
the
tests
are
as
far
the
tests
so
far
have
been
very
reliable.
So
that's
that's
a
great
question.
We
are
currently
using
the
same
testing
protocols
that
the
Center
for
Disease
Control
uses
in
Atlanta.
So
this
is
the
same
exact
test.
The
test
kits
actually
come
from
Atlanta.
We
have
plenty
of
capacity
to
do
the
testing
that
we
need
to
do
at
this
point
in
time
we
anticipate
no
shortages
and
kits
here
in
LA
County.
C
We
also
have
a
sophisticated
lab
and
are
working
to
design
an
alternative
test
strategy
so
that
we
would
be
able
to
have
a
backup
for
testing,
should
there
ever
be
a
shortage
of
reagents
with
the
CDC
test
kits.
So
yes,
we
have
capacity
here
and
we're
testing.
I
do
want
to
remind
folks
that
the
testing
is
all
done
under
the
guidance
of
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control.
They
have
actually
sent
out
the
guidance
to
us
and
to
health
care
providers
about
who
should
be
tested.
C
C
No,
the
test
the
test
kits
will
be
going
to
laboratory.
So
I
want
to
be
clear.
This
isn't
an
at-home
test
at
this
point
in
time.
These
test
kits
are
distributed
to
sophisticated
labs
that
are
able
to
do
a
sophisticated
analysis
to
determine
whether
or
not
there's
a
positive
case.
The
CDC
and
the
FDA
are
working
with
commercial
labs
so
that
there
will
be
additional
capacity
through
commercial
labs.
But
again
these
are
sophisticated
test
processes,
and
this
is
in
a
home
test
kit.
C
C
Sure
sure
you
know
there
are
populations
that
we
are
worried
about
because
they're
more
vulnerable.
Those
are
people
who
have
underlying
health
conditions
and
the
elderly,
and
obviously
many
of
our
people
who
experience
homelessness
are
in
poor
health
conditions,
are
ready
and
have
chronic
health
issues.
C
So
we
are
concerned,
as
I
noted,
we
are
going
to
be
doing
technical
assistance
at
all
of
the
shelter's
and
interim
housing
facilities
to
talk
with
those
providers
about
how
they
can
best
help
us
minimize
having
sick
people
and
very
close
contact
with
well
people
we're
also
working
with
the
Office
of
Emergency
Management
to
have
solutions
for
the
situations
where
we
have
unhoused
homeless.
People
who
need
a
different
level
of
care,
and/or,
isolation
and
Quarantine.
C
So
remember
that
respiratory
there's
a
lot
of
different
kinds
of
respiratory
illness,
so
when
someone
comes
in,
if
they
have
respiratory
illness
and
they
come
into
an
emergency
room,
there
are
protocols
in
place
at
all
our
hospitals
to
quickly
isolate
people
and
mask
them
so
that
they
don't
in
fact
pose
a
potential
risk
to
others.
There
are
strict
protocols
for
healthcare
workers
that
would
be
doing
any
testing,
but
that's
a
clinical
assessment.
I
want
to
be
really
clear.
Every
single
person
with
respiratory
illness
will
not
and
does
not
need
to
be
tested
for
novel
coronavirus.
C
There's
a
very
small
group
of
people
for
whom
that
test
is
appropriate.
The
vast
majority
of
people
who
we
have
tested
since
January
for
novel
coronavirus
actually
up
until
yesterday
were
all
negative,
and
that
was
over
two
dozen
people.
So
the
vast
majority
of
people
who
even
met
the
testing
criteria
were
in
fact
negative.
Many
many
people
who
come
through
with
respiratory
illness
are
in
fact
sick
with
other
kinds
of
respiratory
illness.
C
Yes,
so
so
we
have
obviously
done
a
briefing
with
the
large
venues
we
have
asked
them
to
make
sure
that
they
too
are
well
prepared
and
that
they're
making
it
easy
for
people
to
practice
our
public
health
hygiene
so
right
now,
the
most
important
thing
is
that
there
be
good
access
for
hand-washing.
If
at
any
point,
we
think
that
there's
good
reason
for
us
to
be
worried
about
extensive,
extensive
community
transmission,
they
have
been
alerted
to
the
possibility
that
we
may
ask
for
modifications
at
large
public
events.
C
This
could
be
that
games
are
played,
but
there
are
no
spectators
could
be
that
there
are
limits
to
how
people
are
going
to
gather
and
at
public
events,
but
we
I
want
to
reassure
everyone.
We
are
not
there.
Today,
we
don't
have
community
transmission
that
we
know
about
today.
What
this
is
is
a
call
for
preparedness,
no
surprises,
you
know,
know
what
you
might
do
should
we
see
an
explosion
of
cases
and
we
come
back
and
we
suggest
that
public
health
strategies
would
have
us
do
more
extreme
measures
of
social
distancing
right
now.
C
The
most
important
thing
is
for
people
to
do
what
we
know
works
stay
home
on
your
sick,
wash
your
hands
frequently
avoid
contact
with
other
sick
people.
Make
sure
that
where
you
can,
you
are
keeping
your
distance
from
people
you
don't
know
and
and
again
stay
home
when
you're
sick,
sick
people
make
other
people
who
are
well
sick.
So
most
important
message
today
is
for
sick
people,
even
with
mild
illness
to
stay
home.
I'm
going
to
I'll,
take
questions
offline.