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RISE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT WITH MORE ON THE PROPOSED REOPENING, RECORD BREAKING UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS AND FALLOUT OVER THE LACK OF FUNDS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. WE’RE WORKING TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING AND TONIGHT WE’RE DOING IT IN A UNIQUE WAY. YOU CAN SEE I AM AT HOME TONIGHT. ADJUSTING HOW WE WORK AND STILL BRINGING YOU INFORMATION. WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, RIGHT INTO THE LATEST NUMBERS. STATEWIDE, YOU CAN SEE THEM ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. ALABAMA HAS 4400 CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19. AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 200 CASES IN JUST 24 HOURS. JEFFERSON COUNTY STILL LEADS WITH MORE CASES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THE STATE, WITH 634 COMPARED TO 628 THIS TIME YESTERDAY. OF THE STATEWIDE CASES, WE NOW KNOW 137 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND 82 DIED FROM ILLNESS. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE ARE PLANNING, TO RE-OPEN THE ECONOMY. HE’S DUBBING IT OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN. THIS AS HE SAYS CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS HAVE PEAKED. NO DATE SET BUT THE PRESIDENT SAYS IT WILL COME IN THREE PHASES AND GOVERNORS WILL MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT REOPENING. PRES. TRUMP: NOW THAT WE HAVE PASSED PEAK, WE ARE STARTING OUR LIFE AGAIN, STARTING REJUVENATION OF OUR ECONOMY AGAIN. A SAFE AND STRUCTURED AND VERY RESPONSIBLE FASHION. IAN: THIS AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR KAY IVEY PARTICIPATED IN A PHONE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER GOVERNORS. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE NATION’S AND THE STATE’S EFFORT TO COMABT THE VIRUS. SHE SAYS THEY SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON GETTING THE ECONOMY BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. IN A STATEMENT THE GOVERNOR COMMENDED ALABAMIANS FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND SAID THEIR WILLINGNESS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IS KEY TO FLATTENING THE CURVE AND GETTING OUR BUSINESSES ROLLING AGAIN. THE GOVERNOR ALSO ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF NEW COVID-19 DRIVE-THROUGH TESTING SITE IN ADAMSVILLE AND MONTGOMERY. THE TEST SITES ARE SUPPORTED BY WALMART AND QUEST DIAGNOSTICS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO MAY BE EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS, AS WELL AS ALL HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. ALL APPOINTMENTS WILL BE DRIVE-THROUGH OBSERVED SELF-COLLECTION IN THE WALMART PARKING LOTS GUIDED BY WALMART PHARMACIST VOLUNTEERS AND QUEST EMPLOY

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