For disinfecting toothbrushes, shoes, and other places where you do not want to use chlorine or columbus, ohioto where the governor is about to brief reporters on the coronavirus. With a Probate Technology toized continue the course work bring a family together. Up this morning for the first time as an official family following the adoption of their son james. They used to this, zoom technology. They were able to finalize the process, consummating the adoption and working with the court. Nd probate what is special about this is their family from all across the state was able to witness this. Congratulations. That is pretty neat. Congratulations to the family and the judge as well. Want to talk for a moment about Hospital Capacity and what we are doing to bring you an update and we will just update you every several days as we move forward. This is one of the things we have to do to get ready for the search. We are in the process of building up capacity with medical personnel the same way we are doing with personal protection gear and equipment for folks in our hospitals. General harris to lead this. They have great teams working every single day. Map. E start with a many people may not realize this, but the department of health already divides the state eightight separate areas, regions called Health Preparedness regions. The Hospital Systems already worked together to do Emergency Planning in those areas. Coronavirus and what is happening is unprecedented so as , not only do hospitals have to work outside individual systems they must also work beyond the region as well. We divided the state into three columbus cleveland, cincinnati dayton. Is to get the hospitals ready, get everyone ready for what is going to happen when the search hits us. A couple of points. Today if you do have an emergency, that does not change whether that is working with your doctor, and emergency squad, that is not changing. Fact, one of the things that has been happening is we ask everyone not to do elective surgeries, the space in the hospitals by and large is capacity ofo the more beds actually opens, but as we look forward to what we know is Company Coming and if anyone wants to wonder why we are doing this, i would ask them to turn on the news this morning. New york is much more populated, but what we are seeing is what we work to avoid here in the state of ohio when this really does hit us and so this is what we are trying to prepare for. When we get to the search, surge. Me go back to map. Anyone to think if you end up in cincinnati, there are two variables and the reason twoivide the state into variables, one is capacity. The hospital you are normally going to full, you need to be going somewhere else. Capacity is one variable and the level of care is the other variable, so there might be a situation when you are in the and it might necessitate based on a medical decision to move from that hospital to a bigger hospital. I have asterisk harris and the members of the National Guard to start planning and assessing structures for an anticipated search surge. [inaudible] this is not something that just the National Guard is doing. Hospitals have plans for how to build out, so all these things are being integrated in the hospitals are working closely with the National Guard. Today, thes i speak ohio National Guard is speaking with columbus. No final decision has been made, but they are assessing the situation. The National Guard continues to through theapacity communities. What are the possibilities . It might be a college dorm, a convention center, close , but they are assessing all those things to give us thinksed capacity and i the doctor may have more to say about that as well. As we have talked about getting , we talk about capacity and hospitals, but no there is also a need for personal Protection Equipment in first responders, folks nursing homes, folks and needtals and we had a real to increase the numbers. Increase it significantly. The Ohio Manufacturing alliance to fight covid19, a private Public Partnership to provide respondersh first the tv and other things they need. We have a shortage so we are asking manufacturers to step. P, see what you can do the partners are the Ohio Hospital association, manufacturing advocacy growth nursingrsuch home , ohiorganizations department of health, all of this comes together to form this here is my request. If you are a manufacturer, we need your help right now. If you are a manufacturer and you think you have capability to create any of the materials, any of the products we need, we have toew website for you to go repurpose and [indiscernible] you can go and see what we actually need. , but if is a long list you click there, youll see all Different Things that we need. Again, we ask you to go to the website and click on and see all the Different Things we need,. Lease take a look at that includethese items masks ands, oxygen, again, the full list is on an extensive list. To me just say, the money will be there. We need your help, please go to that webpage as soon as you can. Let me give you an update in regards to testing. Ohio, like other states has not had as much testing. We have had to target that testing. The doctor will be issuing orders today to accomplish a couple of things. Both will help increase testing time and reduce anxiety of people who are sick and need to get the results as quickly as. Talked about this before, but today we are turning this into an order for hospitals. Directed at all hospitals who dont do their own testing which is the majority of hospitals. Spoon pitals that send their specimens to a today, you beginning will be required to send this to another hospital that is doing testing and can make a quick turnaround for you. We have artie confirmed that metro hospitals all have capacity and willing to take tests. Veryof the labs have significant unused capacity. These labs are able to turnaround around results more quickly than the private labs, so no longer visible to send that. Turnaround. Has been it is unacceptable for the patient in unacceptable to the rest of us. Let me also say the Ohio Department of health will andinue to analyze tests these for the most part, these are critical patients including Health Care Workers who are showing symptoms of the criteriaus, so that does not change. Anticipate there may be other hospitals who may have we know,and as soon as we will post those and let you know. Parte turn to the second about the testing. And heard about the rapid tests coming on the market. We have been in contact with some of the Companies Bringing this on to market. We will start using these just as soon as they are sent to us. We know that some of them artie have hospitals lined up. We cannot control when those percent, but we anticipate it will start within the next week and we are certainly looking forward to that. Depending how much of this we have, we will be utilizing freestanding emergency departments, freestanding emergency centers, hospitals that use health care facilities. This will be very helpful, but again stay tuned, we will have more information. Another topic, access to food while this is all going on, hoping to keep potential exposure to a minimum. We have been working with and workingners with Grocery Stores on options to get groceries. Snaphose receiving benefits are able to shop online and go to their Grocery Store. Snap recipients will be able to swipe their cards without entering the store at all. Now with this new system, a mom , andoes not have childcare adult with Underlying Health home,ion, groceries at pick up curbside or that is available. Without a snap for severe, they can pick up groceries online. Happy census data. Date,is National Census the day to count the number of People Living in our household for the census. If you have not completed your senses, this might be a Good Opportunity to do so. Interest toryones be counted. Everyonehe one time ought to have agreement. It will determine how the funds are distributed back, how many representatives we have in United States congress and many other things. Respond online at , by phone or by mail. Ohioans made tuesday at home, you can fill out the census online or do it on the phone. If you want to ensure ohio has resources we need to be properly counted, please be part of this. It was announced after our press conference we received a fema disaster declaration and we are happy about that. A major president ial ,isaster declaration approved both to the state and local governments for costs associated with protective measures, fire and Police Emergency medical etc. Sheltering, this shift some burden from the state and local government to the federal government. They include Emergency Operation center costs, state agency purchases, disinfectant of public facilities, ppe and temporary medical facilities enhanced Hospital Capacity. Another component is it allows direct assistance to local the supportsuch as from the National Guard and army corps of engineers. In just a moment, i will be signing an executive order that seeks to provide the sins to Small Businesses that have been hard. We know that many of them are hurting and many have had to make tough choices. We also know Small Business owners are resilient. Through this order, im issuing and a plea toers landlords to work with Small Businesses and payments for at least 90 days. You, governor, that is a very important executive order. The goal behind it is to stop of economic spread foreclosures. They can create a huge crisis throughout the landscape and i want to explain how this is all connected. A while ago, the federal foreclosuretopped on Residential Mortgages and forbearance. Month also, the courts in ohio have the ability to suspend the vixens through july, but there is a connectivity to all of this. If somebody cannot pay their rent and we are not evicting them because they cant pay, that means that person who owns that apartment complex who also has a mortgage, they are receiving the money they need to pay back their lenders and if we dont stop this chain, the person at the bottom gets hurt because the person who owns that will be foreclosed upon and unable to provide services down the line. What we are really doing with this is creating a 90 day pause in this process where we are forng like most to allow the 90 day referral to put that on the backend with their principal and interest and avoid those penalties because if we do this right, hit that pause button, everyone will get a chance to get through this, particularly for Small Businesses who want to keep the cash in their pockets and have the money to restart their business once we get through where we hit this pause due to the coronavirus spread. Have a huges will impact on when we tried to restart things. I think what we see, this is a perfect example where we are trying to control the spread by keeping people apart which has an effect on what happens in our Health Community and our community at large, it has the same effect on what is happening with commercial and residential customers. The executive order will help us get through this from a economic view. Additionally, i would like to , what is happening with the manufacturers stepping up saying we make things and produce things in ohio, we are all in this with you and to step up and create this alliance, super thertant because everyday governor and i and a whole team are trying to get these top 10 supplies and so is the rest of the country and the world and to have them step up and produce these things, we really appreciate you being part of the solution. , weher thing we emphasize have the stayathome order and then essential businesses. Some of those are Grocery Stores. Forceful in pretty trying to tell them you need to and make sure we are not having a spread going on even in our essential businesses and we have asked them through the governor and the executive orders, but they have asked us to do something in return because they can put all the rules in place, but if the customers are not following the rules, it makes it very tough on them, so here are seven things they have asked us to stop keep space between you and a fellow thatmer, just be mindful you have that responsibility. Watch and wait for other customers to be done and to keep the six foot distance. Limit and consolidate shopping trips. Shop alone when possible, stay at home when you dont feel well. Please have someone come up maybe a neighbor, Family Member pick up what you need and then drop it off at your front step. Wash and sanitizer hand before you come to the store and after you are done shopping, certainly in theouch her face store while you are doing that. If you can, where a mask or gloves. Shop onlinek through the Grocery Store which will allow Curbside Pickup or delivery. These are all the things they ask you to the to get through this healthier and better off. To remindreminded me you that every one of these places is hiring. They are having a difficult time meeting your needs, particularly if you were a college student. You can get a parttime or parttime job at one of these stores. With that, we thank you for all of the cooperation. Afternoon, everyone. I will begin giving you an update on our cases. Aree can go ahead, today we over 2000 cases this countiesepresenting 72 in ohio. We talked a little bit in the past about male and female and we see that almost equal amounts , 49 male and our hospitalizations are at 27 of ,he cases and icu admissions that reflects the limited testing reserved for the highest risk and Health Care Workers and frontline responders. 65 deathsely, we have in the state of ohio. A couple of things. I want to talk about the groundhogs day we are living. Sure a lot of us at home are feeling that way. Studied film, he at harvard and one of his professors wrote around all day which was one of my favorite movies, but if you remember the character went through many , anger, denial,. Argaining, sadness i think a lot of us are going soough those same stages and if we could go to my next slide, i want to talk without wagging my finger too much, want to just selfawareness and the constant need for us to remember to be kind and i have admitted that i lose my own and i feelsionally beleaguered staff. Sometimes comen across in harsh ways and i have to take moments to remember how much stress each and every one of us is facing. And in allto call these numbers, when the technology is good or working slow, there is someone on the other side of that phone, someone who might be taking care of a sick Family Member who is going through a lot of stress. Think we are all feeling sometimes that everyone we interact with is going through the same stress, so this is with us, we but to all of and sobit of a document when you fill yourself take that , remember to take a little nap and dont beat yourself up just as the virus is contagious, our mood is contagious. Thank you for joining me in that effort. Jobgovernor did a fantastic talking about our flexible and expanding health care capacity. Order. Ng to sign in order forng here in and to make it easier for hospitals to get their labs run more quickly. And it ramps up testing capability and we have information on our website, but the most important time [inaudible] we will be rerouting tests and talk more about that. This is an emergency situation. We will get that information to our local Health Department more quickly than waiting on some of the beleaguered and private testing. We are working with hospitals and talking to the ceos and putting information on getting partnershiplabs in to take the overflow. Best so we can make our decision as quickly as possible. With that, we welcome your questions. I want to describe the scene , reporters are spread out in a big room in the atrium of the Capital Building and they are observing great distance. Etween each other this is a question for dr. Akin, could you express what is happening in hospitals right now. Odd we arettle getting ready for a national emergency. People at home, getting ready for a search, but at the same time sending people home. One of the metaphors of the hurricane is you have to sunnyte when it is still for it to be effective and a lot of what we have been doing and this is england by our hospital ceos is getting the hospitals ready so everything is done from procedures, freeing up the beds, a search of cases ,oming, we are blessed in ohio the actions we have taken and the actions everyone is taking at home has slowed down the spread of the disease and the wind and storm and what will be more of a category three hurricane, but nonetheless it is a hurricane. You dont want to be putting out , sore once the fire is over it is about that prevention in getting ready and there is a lot of component to that. Is workerse seeing. Re being asked to rest up she is off today because she. Ight be working nonstop you arekind of what seeing, the calm before the storm. Question, hobby lobby in several states including ohio has reopened in defiance orders and they are essential businesses and other States Police officers are trying to close them down. Is there any plan for those who refuse to comply . I want to congratulate them, t