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>> WE PROBABLY HAD 200,000 TESTS AT ONE POINT. THAT IS A GOOD THING TO EXPAND TESTING. WE ARE TESTING ONE OF EVERY 140 FLORIDIANS HAS BEEN TESTED. SOUTH KOREA HAD BEEN THE TESTING MODEL. THEY HAVE DONE ONE EVERY 200 AND SOUTH KOREA, SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAMP THIS UP IN A SHORT TIME. WE WANT TO KEEP DOING IT. THIS SITE HAS DONE THOUSANDS OF TESTS FOR THE PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA, AND THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOURCED THIS AND PROVIDED PPE AND TESTING SWABS. THIS WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO GO TO APRIL 10, AND THE FEDS WERE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO US OR LET IT GO. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT GOING. I SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR. WE WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO TESTING ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE MADE IT CLEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE. WE ARE SENDING SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL NATIONAL GUARD COMING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO A DRIVE-THROUGH TESTING SITE. ONCE WE PUT OUR COMMITMENT OUT PUBLICLY, FEMA SAID THEY CAN CONTINUE TO ALSO SEND SOME SUPPLIES TO HELP OUT. THAT HAS BEEN A WIN-WIN. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO IT. FOR ALL THREE SITES, JACKSONVILLE, ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER AND CENTRAL FLORIDA, AND HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY, ALL THREE OF THOSE SITES WILL CONTINUE GOING FORWARD. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT IN ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES WE ARE DOING THAT. THE ONE THING WE ARE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY, AND I THINK EVEN BETTER, WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE CRITERIA FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO COME THROUGH THESE TESTING SITES. WHEN WE STARTED THE FEDERAL CONTRACTS LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF SAMPLES THAT COULD BE TAKEN DAILY TO 250. THEY DID A GOOD JOB IN JACKSONVILLE GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH. THAT WAS PROBABLY PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH DEMAND MOST OF ORLANDO, MIAMI PROBABLY HAD MORE DEMAND THAN THAT. NOW THAT THE STATE IS TAKING OVER THE TESTING WE ARE GOING TO OPEN IT UP. WE WANT TO DO MORE THAN 250 A DAY IF THE DEMAND IS THERE. BECAUSE IT WAS LIMITED, YOU WERE FOCUSING ON 65 AND PLUS WITH SYMPTOMS AS WELL AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS WILL STOP OBVIOUSLY THAT IS THE TIP OF THE SPEAR. THE PEOPLE OUT PROTECTING US. THE PEOPLE 65 AND PLUS OBVIOUSLY ARE MOST AT RISK. IT MADE SENSE TO DO THAT. REALLY, WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT WILL STOP I THINK WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT. THAT WILL GIVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND FLORIDA. STARTING THIS MONDAY AT THE SITE IN JACKSONVILLE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER AND AT THE HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI-DADE, ANYBODY WHO HAS CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS, REGARDLESS OF AGE, CAN GET TESTED. ALL FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS CAN GET TESTED. THEN ANYBODY WHO HAS HAD CLOSE, SUSTAINED CONTACTS WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS RECENTLY TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 MAY GET TESTED, EVEN IF YOU PERSONALLY HAVE NOT DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS.BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GET A SENSE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC WHO MAY BE CARRYING AND SPREADING THE VIRUS. IF YOU HAVE HAD CLOSE, SUSTAINED CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY, EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS, IF THAT PERSON YOU HAVE HAD CLOSE CONTACTS WITH HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AND YOU WANT TO GET TESTED, YOU WILL BE ABE TO COME IN THESE SITES. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. HEALTH CARE WORKERS INCLUDES ANY STAFF MEMBER AT LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. WE HAVE DONE THINGS VERY EARLY ON STRICT RULES, STRICT LIMITATIONS ON ACCESS TO THESE FACILITIES WHERE SOME OF OUR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ARE. WE HAVE REQUIRED ALL RESIDENTS TO WEAR PPE LIKE N95 MASKS. WE WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE TESTED. IF YOU WORK IN A HOSPITAL YOU QUALIFY. IF YOU WORK IN A NURSING HOME OR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY, YOU QUALIFY AS WELL. WE HAVE TESTED ABOUT 163,000 WITH TEST RESULTS. WE HAVE TESTED MORE, AND THOSE RESULTS COME IN ON A ROLLING BASIS.WE SITES IN ADDITION TO THE ONE IN JACKSONVILLE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD. WE HAVE HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COME THROUGH THESE SITES. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO EXPAND ACCESS TO RAPID TESTS. THESE WILL BE A GAME CHANGER. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TESTS.THERE IS A 45-MINUTE TEST THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO CERTAIN HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THEN WE HAVE THE HABIT LABS -- THE ABBOTT LABS FIVE-MINUTE TEST THAT HAS JUST COME ON THE MARKET. WE HAVE HAD THAT SENT TO A LOT OF HOSPITALS. THEY SENT IT TO ST. VINCENT. WE’RE LOOKING TO GET THAT AVAILABLE IN ALL HOSPITALS IN FLORIDA. THAT IS SOME OF THE ONES THE STATE HAS ACQUIRED. WE WILL SEND THOSE THROUGH DIFFERENT PLACES IN FLORIDA. WE ARE ASKING SOME OF THE HOSPITALS WHO HAVE A LOT OF THESE MACHINES, IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN YOUR DMA, MAYBE SEND THEM A COUPLE SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS.THIS REALLY HELPS HEALTH CARE WORKERS . IT HELPS IDENTIFY PATIENTS AS THEY COME IN WITH SYMPTOMS IF THEY ARE POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 OR NOT. WE ARE TRYING TO ACQUIRE THE NEW ANTIBODY TEST. THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE TESTS, BUT IT’S IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE TO GET THE TEST THAT IS FDA APPROVED FOR THIS PARTICULAR CORONAVIRUS. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY CORONAVIRUS THAT CIRCULATES. TESTS WILL DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE THE ANTIBODIES FOR ANY CORONAVIRUS. IF YOU HAD A COMMON COLD, THAT IS DIFFERENT. WE ARE LOOKING AT TESTS THAT ARE FDA APPROVED SPECIFICALLY FOR COVID-19 ANTIBODIES. TO DO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN A LOT OF WAYS. IT WILL GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW MUCH THIS VIRUS HAS PENETRATED THE COMMUNITY.YOU HAVE PEOPLE STUDYING THIS IN PLACES LIKE OXFORD AND STANFORD. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN MORE PREVALENT THAN WE THOUGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T DEVELOP SYMPTOMS. HAVING AN ANTIBODY TEST AND DOING SAMPLING WILL GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH IT HAS PENETRATED AND GIVE US A MORE ACCURATE DENOMINATOR. WE TEST PEOPLE. IF THEY ARE POSITIVE WE SAY THAT’S A CASE. THEY’RE PROBABLY LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO NEVER SOUGHT MEDICAL CARE WHO MAY HAVE HAD THIS VIRUS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T DEVELOP SEVERE SYMPTOMS OR DIDN’T DEVELOP SYMPTOMS AT ALL. THAT IS IMPORTANT. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE ANTIBODIES, I THINK THE GENERAL THOUGHT IS THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED SOME SORT OF IMMUNITY TO BEING INFECTED IN THE FUTURE. THERE ARE 100% SURE, BUT I THINK THAT IS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS. HAVING WIDE ANTIBODY TESTING WILL BE SOMETHING THAT’S VERY IMPORTANT IN FLORIDA, AND WE ARE WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO ROLL THAT OUT. ANOTHER UPDATE ON TRAVEL. WHEN PEOPLE COME TO FLORIDA FROM THE HOTSPOTS BY PLANE OR CAR, THEY ARE BEING MET AT THE BORDER, MET AT THE AIRPORT, AND THEY HAVE TO SELF-ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS. WE HAVE SCREENED ABOUT 17,000 FROM NEW YORK CITY OR NEW ORLEANS FOR THE LAST, PROBABLY, A WEEKEND A HALF NOW. -- A WEEK AND I HALF NOW. WE HAVE PUT OUT HUGE SUPPLIES. AS OF YESTERDAY THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS SENT OUT 2.5 MILLION MASKS, 4.7 5 MILLION GLOVES AND 275,000 GALLONS. THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE BIGGEST LOGISTICAL OPERATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I WAS TALKING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING GETTING MORE OF THE N95 MASKS. WE WILL PUSH OUT MORE MASKS HOPEFULLY IN A SHORT TIME. THE PPE IS HELPFUL FOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS. IT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IF YOU LOOK AT HOSPITALIZATIONS, THE PREMISE OF FLATTENING THE CURVE WAS WE NEEDEDTHE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO COPE WITH THE INFECTIONS AND PEOPLE WHO NEEDED TO BE HOSPITALIZED. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN FLORIDA IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND DOING THINGS LIKE STOPPING THE ELECTIVE SURGERIES, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ROOM IN THE HOSPITALS. THE CAPACITY AND FLORA HOSPITALS STATEWIDE IS 44% OF THE HOSPITAL BEDS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE AVAILABLE. STATEWIDE, ALMOST 40% OF ICU BEDS A AVAILABLE. IN DUVAL COUNTY YOU HAVE ABOUT 45% OF BEDS AVAILABLE. ALMOST 48% OF THE ICU BEDS ARE AVAILABLE. WE TRACK THE HOSPITALIZATIONS VERY CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT TRENDS AR DEVELOPING. OVER THE LAST EIGHT HOURS THERE HAS BEEN A NET REDUCTION IN 50 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID-19. A NET REDUCTION OF 2 IN DUVAL COUNTY, BUT THAT’S A GOOD INDICATION OF HOW THIS IS TRENDING. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS CAPACITY, WE HAVE PLANNED FROM THE BEGINNING IF THERE WERE TO BE A SURGE SITUATION. WE HAVE FACILITIES IN MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, PALM BEACH. WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE A FIELD HOSPITAL IN JACKSONVILLE SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. WE ARE LOOKING AT CENTRAL FLORIDA TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS DEVELOPS WE ARE LOOKING AT CENTRAL FLORIDA TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS DEVELOPS. RIGHT NOW THERE IS CAPACITY. THAT IS A GOOD SIGN. WE HOPEFULLY WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS WHERE THE HOSPITALS ARE INTACT AND WE DON’T HAVE ANY PART OVERFLOWING. ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY INSISTENT ON FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IS PROTECTING NURSING HOMES, LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. THIS IS A VIRUS IF YOU LOOK IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, OVER 75% OF FATALITIES ARE 65 AND UP.USUALLY THEY HAVE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, BUT CLEARLY THIS IS A VIRUS THAT PRESENTS A SPECIFIC DANGER TO ELDERLY POPULATIONS. WE HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE PUT STRONG REGULATIONS IN PLACE, LIMIT VISITATION, AND REQUIRE HOSPITAL STAFF WEAR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING MASKS, WHEN THEY ARE INTERACTING WITH THE RESIDENTS. BY AND LARGE IN FLORIDA THE FOLKS IN CHARGE OF THESE FACILITIES HAVE WORKED HARD AT PROTECTING THEIR RESIDENTS. WE HAVE HAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THEY HAVE A STRIKE TEAM ON SITE AT A NURSING HOME IN SUWANNEE COUNTY. THERE WAS AN OUTBREAK THERE EMANATING FROM STAFF MEMBERS. WE HAVE 51 PEOPLE AFFILIATED WITH THIS FACILITY WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE. 30 OF THOSE ARE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF. THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THE STAFF MEMBER IS SICK, THEY CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO GO INTO THAT FACILITY. IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE INTERACTION WAS WITH OTHER STAFF, BUT YOU STILL HAVE 20 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE AND MORE ARE AWAITING RESULTSS. -- RESULTS. THAT INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, BUT THEY HAVE TRACED THE POSITIVE CASES BACK TO AN EMPLOYEE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE RESIDENTS. THE FINAL OF EIGHT IS REGARDING THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. SO FAR THIS WEEK WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 225,755 INITIAL CLAIMS FILED. OBVIOUSLY THOSE NEED TO BE PROCESSED. WE HAVE THE CONNECT SYSTEM, THERE WERE CHANGES TO THAT TO INCREASE CAPACITY. WE HAVE DONE A PEGA SITE SO PEOPLE CAN APPLY THROUGH THAT. THE DATA WILL BE THROUGH CONNECT. THAT SITE IS ABLE TO TAKE A MUCH HIGHER VOLUME OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE SITE. WE ALSO HAVE ALMOST 12,000 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY PAPER. FEDERAL EXPRESS WAS KIND ENOUGH TO OPEN THEIR STORES WHERE PEOPLE COULD DROP OFF APPLICATIONS. THEY ARE MAILING THEM TO TALLAHASSEE. WE HAVE OVER 2000 STATE EMPLOYEES FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES EITHER ON STANDBY TO HELP, OR ARE ACTIVELY HELPING THE PROCESSING OF THESE APPLICATIONS . WE HAVE BEEFED UP THE CALL CENTER. I TOLD THEM TO BEEF IT UP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMAND. YOU ARE SEEING THIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT THE AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS NATIONWIDE IN A FEW WEEKS I THINK IT TOOK US A YEAR OR MANY MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO REACH THIS LEVEL OF CLAIMS DURING THE GREAT RECESSION. THIS IS A SHOCK LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. WE ARE SHIFTING AS MANY RESOURCES TO THIS AS WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO MEET THIS REAL PRESSING DEMAND. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE SHERIFF, JACKSONVILLE RESCUE, EVERYONE INVOLVED. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT WE KEEP IT GOING AND WE HAVE EXPANDED TEST CRITERIA SO A GREATER VARIETY OF PEOPLE CAN COME IN. ANYONE WITH CORONA SYMPTOMS. ANYONE WHO WORKS AT A HEALTH FACILITY OR IS A FIRST RESPONDER . EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS, IF YOU HAVE HAD CLOSE, SUSTAINED CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE AND YOU WANT TO GET TESTED, WE ARE TESTING THOSE PEOPLE. THAT’S A GOOD APPROACH. THAT CONTINUES OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE TESTING WIDESPREAD IN FLORIDA. WITH THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM THE MA

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