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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO OUR PRESS ADVISORY. THE PURPOSE OF TODAY’S EFFORT IS TO COMMUNICATE FURTHER TO NEW MEXICANS RECENT DECISIONS ABOUT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, RELATED TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, KEEPING NEW MEXICO FAMILIES SAFE, MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS. IN DOING SO, WE REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PROTECTING NEW MEXICO FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING EVERY PRODUCTIVE EFFORT TO MANAGE THIS CRISIS IN A PRODUCTIVE, PREPARED, NON-PANICKED ENVIRONMENT. SO, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT HERE. AND I WANT TO DISCUSS TWO CRITICAL PIECES OF INFORMATION AND UPDATES. THE FIRST, AND I’M GOING TO CALL ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND DR. SMELTZER TO GIVE EVERYONE AN UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE. MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE THAT THERE WERE 10. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DR. SMELTZER TALKS TO THAT, SPECIFICALLY. AFTER THAT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHY WE ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY THAT WE ARE. LASTLY, WE ARE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR DECISION LAST NIGHT TO CLOSE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THREE WEEKS, K-12. AFTER THAT UPDATE BY OUR SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, SECRETARY STEWART, WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE MANY QUESTIONS I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE. WE WANT TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERY NEW MEXICANS SO THAT WE CAN CLARIFY, CONTINUE TO HAVE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION, AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WE ARE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH ANY NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT THEMSELVES. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL GO IMMEDIATELY TO DR. SMELTZER TO TALK ABOUT THE MOST RECENT CASES AND TO PROVIDE NEW MEXICANS AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT. DR. SMELTZER. I CAN MOVE OUT OF YOUR WAY. WE WILL DO THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR US. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. I WILL BE LOOKING DOWN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET THIS CRY. IT IS TRUE. WE HAVE 10 PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE PATIENTS WITH COVID-19, OR CORONAVIRUS INFECTION. THE NEW ONES ARE A MALE IN HIS 50’S, FROM BERNALILLO COUNTY, WHO IS IN CLOSE HOUSEHOLD CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE OTHER CASES. ONE OF THE OTHER PREVIOUS CASES. WE HAVE A FEMALE IN HER 80’S, ALSO FROM BERNALILLO COUNTY, WHO IS A HOST -- CLOSE HOUSEHOLD CONTACT OF THAT SAME CASE. THAT PERSON IS HOSPITALIZED. THE ONE THAT I MENTIONED FIRST IS ISOLATED AT HOME. THE THIRD NEW CASE IS A FEMALE, IN HER 70’S, FROM BERNALILLO COUNTY. THEY ARE A CLOSE HOUSEHOLD CONTACT AND IS ISOLATED AT HOME. THE FINAL IS A FEMALE IN HER 20’S, FROM SANTA FE COUNTY, WHO HAS A TRAVEL HISTORY TO NEW YORK AND IS ISOLATED AT HOME. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CONTACT. WE HAVE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED SOME HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS THAT HAVE BECOME PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASES. DURING OUR INVESTIGATION, WE GET A PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASE, WE DO AN EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE PATIENT AND THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS TO DETERMINE ALL OF THEIR CONTACTS OVER THEIR INCUBATION PERIOD OR OVER THE TIME THEY HAVE BEEN IN NEW MEXICO AND HAVE RETURNED FROM TRAVEL. WE DO A DAILY ACTIVITY LOCK. WE ASK THEM ON EACH ONE OF THE DAYS, FROM THE 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR ONSET OF ILLNESS, WHAT DID THEY DO? WE USUALLY DIVIDE IT UP BY A.M. AND P.M., IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY WERE AND WHO THEY WERE INTERACTING WITH. WE THEN ASSIGN A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS TO TRACK DOWN ALL OF THOSE CONTACTS. IF THEY LIST A PLACE LIKE A RESTAURANT OR A CHURCH, WE WORK WITH THE LEADERS OR THE OWNERS OF THE RESTAURANT, THE MANAGEMENT AND THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE POTENTIALLY IN CONTACT WITH THEM, WHILE THEY WERE SYMPTOMATIC AND WE TRACK THOSE FOLKS DOWN. WE INTERVIEW THEM AND ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR SYMPTOMS. WE GET THEM TESTING IF THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS. WE ASK THEM TO SELF QUARANTINE AT HOME IF THEY DON’ HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS. I THINK ANOTHER BIG QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN COMING UP IS ABOUT OUR CAPACITY FOR LABORATORY TESTING. WE HAVE NOT RUN INTO ANY SITUATIONS WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO TESTING ON PATIENTS THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE NEEDED TESTING IN THE STAY AT THIS TIME. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A MEETING GOING ON BETWEEN OUR STATE SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY DIVISION AND TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES. THAT IS THE BIGGEST LABORATORY REFERENCE IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND IT HAS BEGUN TESTING PATIENTS FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. SO, THE STATE LAB AND THE TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES ARE MEETING RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR CAPACITY TO DO TESTING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF NEW MEXICO. WITH THAT, I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> I WILL ASK EVERYONE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS CAN SEE THIS CHART AND HEAR YOU. I THINK THIS IS THE EVIDENCE I REFERRED TO IN OUR FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS THAT I WAS ISSUING, USING ALL OF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION POWERS I HAVE AS GOVERNOR TO PROTECT NEW MEXICANS AND TO GIVE A SENSE ABOUT WHY YOU WORK ON CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES THAT PROTECT NEW MEXICANS AND FURTHER SPREAD. THE MORE WE DO TO MINIMIZE SPREAD, THE MORE LIVES WE SAVE, THE MORE PEOPLE WE PROTECT. THE BETTER THE OUTCOMES WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. WHAT I MIGHT DO IS ASK MY TWO SECRETARIES TO MOVE THAT CHART A LITTLE CLOSER. DO YOU MIND? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NEW MEXICANS CAN REALLY SEE THIS. WE WILL HAVE THIS AVAILABLE IN OTHER FORMATS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET ONLINE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IT IS REALLY VALUABLE TO SEE WHAT IT IS WE ARE STRIVING FOR IN OUR STATE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. IF WE CAN MOVE IT A LITTLE MORE SO THAT I CAN SEE IT TOO. RIGHT INTO THE MIKE’S. I CAN DO THAT. THIS IS A GRAPH THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN STATE GOVERNMENT. WE WILL DESCRIBE IT TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EVIDENCE BEHIND IT. IT IS BASED ON A REPORT FROM THE CDC IN 2017 AND REFLECTS BACK ON THE H1 IN ONE PANDEMIC AND WHAT WE LEARN -- H1N1 PANDEMIC AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT AND THE BENEFIT OF SOCIAL ISOLATION. THE GRAPH SHOWS THE DAILY NUMBER OF CASES, THE HEIGHT OF BOTH OF THOSEYOU CAN SEE THE LARGE MOUND THERE IS CASES WHERE NO PROTECTIVE MEASURES WERE TAKEN WHATSOEVER. THE LOWER GRAPH THAT HAS LESS AREA AND MUCH LESS HEIGHT IS THE CASES WHERE PROTECTIVE, SIGNIFICANT SOCIETAL PROTECTIONS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION WERE IMPLEMENTED. THE IMPORTANT LINE ON THIS GRAPH IS THIS DOTTED LINE THAT GOES HORIZONTALLY AND SHOWS THE CAPACITY OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES. WE CAN TAKE A DAY AND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES, THE SYSTEM IS OVERWHELMED. THEY ARE CHALLENGED. BUT, WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE. THE OTHER THING WE HAVE NOTICED, AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE IN THIS TALE ON THE LEFT RIGHT NOW OF IDENTIFYING TRAVEL RELATED CASES. WE ARE NOT INTO THE PHASE OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. WITHOUT TAKING PROTECTIVE MEASURES, THERE IS A VERY RAPID GROWTH IN CASES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR POLICY DECISIONS ARE ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT. I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES. YOU CAN GET DATA FROM THE CDC AS WELL. AFTER THE H1N! EPIDEMIC -- H1N1 EPIDEMIC IN TEXAS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GOT IT FROM 45 TO 72% IN ALBERTA, CANADA, THEY SAW 50% DROP IN INFECTION RATES THERE. IN NEW MEXICO CITY, THEY SAW A 29 TO 37% DROP. THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, AND I DON’T WANT TO PREEMPT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON SCHOOLS, IS THAT THIS ONLY WORKS IF FAMILIES TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND ADOPT A PRINCIPLE OF SOCIAL ISOLATION. IF WE CLOSE SCHOOLS AND EVERYONE GOES TO THE PARK AND KIDS ARE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER AND CONTINUING TO PLAY AND TOUCH EACH OTHER, THAT’S NOT SOCIAL ISOLATION. WE ARE ASKING FAMILIES OF NEW MEXICO TO HELP US WITH THIS AND TO UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND WHY IT WILL ENABLE NEW MEXICO, HOPEFULLY TO MOVE FROM THIS LARGE >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AS I GET READY TO CALL ON SECRETARY STEWART, AND WE GOT AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU, BY DR. SMELTZER, WHAT I WANT NEW MAX ANNS TO KNOW THAT YOUR SAFE GOVERNMENT IS USING EXPERTS, PHYSICIANS, AND FOLKS WHO UNDERSTAND HOW TO RESPOND IN A PUBLIC EMERGENCY. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. DECISIONS TO RESTRICT GATHERING IS HARD ON BUSINESS, HARD ON FAMILIES. THE BUSINESSES WHO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPERATE IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT, INDIVIDUALS WHO ALREADY MADE PLANS TO GO TO SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND EVENTS THIS IS HARD TO ACCOMPLISH. WE ALSO KNOW IT HAS SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT. WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND WE ARE HOPING THAT I WILL GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE PLANS ARE TO ADDRESS THOSE VERY REAL CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST ADDRESSING, WHICH WE WILL, AND ARE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO, DISINFECTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. HIM PACK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ON THE EVERY DAY LIVES OF NEW MEXICANS ON WORKERS FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES THAT IS PART OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT AND CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX TO EASE THOSE BURDENS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK TWO GROUPS IN PARTICULAR IN NEW MEXICO. THAT IS NOT TO SUGGEST VIEWERS TODAY, NEW MEXICANS THAT EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH ANY OF THESE DECISIONS. ANYTHING THAT A GOVERNMENT DOES THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT YOUR DAILY LIFE RAWLY GETS MET WITH ENTHUSIASM. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I DO. I WANT EVERY NEW MEXICAN TO KNEE THAT WE EMPATHIZE WITH HOW DIFFICULT THESE DECISION ARE ON YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE ISSUES. BUT I ALSO THANK THEM FOR CALLING WITH IDEAS, WORKING TO MINIMIZE SPREAD, HELPING US NAVIGATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES, THEIR PATIENTS AS WE STAND UP, THEIR PATIENCE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AS WE GATHER INFORMATION FROM ALL THE STATE GOVERNMENT PARTNER, ALL THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ALL THE SOVEREIGN NATIONS, WE HAVE TO CONNECT THAT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE INFORMATION AND WHILE I PROMISED AND I WILL KEEP THAT COMMITMENT THAT THIS DOESN'T HELP ANYONE TO BE ENGAGED IN I WISHED SOMEBODY WOULD DO THIS DIFFERENTLY EFFORT NO BLAME GAME HAS BEEN QUITE CHALLENGING TO WORK THIS OUTSIDE OF FOLK HAS WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR. LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THAT MAKES IT REALLY CHALLENGING. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HIGHING IN THE EFFICIENTS TO MINIMIZE THOSE CHALLENGES MY GOAL IS TO NOT LET THOSE PROBLEMS AFFECT ANY SINGLE NEW MEXICANS THAT NICE JOB. IT IS HARDER THAN IT OUGHT TO BE ANY WHEREIN THE COUNTRY AND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, MY JOB IS TO MITIGATE SO WE WILL KEEP DOING THAT. INFORMATION WILL CHANGE. NEW MEXICANS SHOULD EX PECT PECT THAT WE WILL MAKE DECISIONS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND IT WILL FEEL DIFFICULT, YESTERDAY, SCHOOLS WERE OPEN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SCHOOL TODAY, KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, MONDAY, THEY ARE CHOSE. THAT IS HARD. BUT I WILL MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT PROTECT THE ENTIRE STATE AND WRAP AROUND THE SERVICE SYSTEMS AND SUPPORTS THAT MAKE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES AS WHOLE AS WE CAN. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE ISSUE THAT EVERY SINGLE NEW MEXICAN SHOULD FEEL LIKE WE'RE WORKING TO DO THAT AND EVERY SINGLE ISSUE IS IMPORTANT. SECOND GROUP I WANT TO THANKS. SO FAMILIES BUSINESSES WHO FOLLOWED THE ADVICE AND WORKING HARD TO SUPPORT THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND WHO ARE DEALING WITH LEAVE ISSUES AND DEALING WITH SALARY ISSUES AND HAVING PEOPLE TELECOMMUTE ANDING US IDEA. THANK YOU. MEDIA, YOU HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE. WE CANNOT GET THIS INFORMATION OUT WITHOUT YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN PATIENT. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR SPECIFIC ANSWER, BECAUSE IT IS INFORMATION WE JUST RECEIVED AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU DID. I APPRECIATE THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW MEXICO FEELS CONFIDENT, AND THEY SHOULD, WE'LL MAKE GOOD PRODUCTIVE EVIDENCE-BASED, THAT MEANS USING FACTS TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE OF DONEES KNOW WE WILL DO THAT. WE BE PREPARED TO DO THAT. YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP US GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AND YOUR PATIENCE ABOUT MAKING SURE WE DO IT CORRECTLY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND TELL YOU THAT IS NOT GOING ON EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD. SO WHILE THIS IS HARD, AND I AM NOT TRYING AS TO NOT RECOGNIZE THE HARDSHIPS THAT ARE PLACED ON BUSINESSES AND FAMILY, THANK YOU. BECAUSE WITHOUT THE FULL PARTICIPATION OF THE STATE, THAT IS HOW YOU DON'T HANDLE EMERGENCIES EFFECTIVELY. WE ARE DOING A REALLY EFFECTIVE JOB AND WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS TOGETHER. SO TO DISCUSS THE SCHOOL CLOSURES I GO TO SECRETARY STEWART AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR A NUMBER OF EBLE PERTS IN THE ROOM WHO ARE GOING TO ADDRESS FOR EVERYTHING TO MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID, WE'RE STANDING UP THE SYSTEM, WE KNOW THAT SUPPLIES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY, THAT WE HAVE TO FEED NEW MEXICAN, CHILD CARE IS AVAILABLE, AND WILL STAY AVAILABLE AND STAY OPEN AND I AM SURE THERE ARE MULTITUDE OF OTHER QUESTIONS AND WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE AND PUT THIS INFORMATION OUT BEFORE WE GO TO SECRETARY STEWART THEN REPORT IT. WE NOW HAVE TWO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THAT WE WANT NEW HEX CANS TO ENGAGE IN. FIRST I WILL GIVE THE PHONE NUMBERS. ALL RIGHT. WE GAVE THIS PHONE NUMBER IN OUR FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY ANNOUNCING ORDERS. EVERYTHING HEALTH RELATED, LET ME REPEAT THAT. ANY INFORMATION, QUESTIONS ABOUT HEALTH, TESTING, MUST GO TO, PLEASE GO TO, 1-855-600-3453. THE SAME PUMP BER I GAVE BEFORE 1-55-600-3453 THAT IS ALL THE HEALTH QUESTIONS. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED WHEN MAKE THOSE CALLS BECAUSE THEN WE GET THE CALLS GOING TO PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, PHYSICIANS AND WORKING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR HEALTH CARE PARTNERS AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT SO THE ONLY WAY IT WOULD WORK PRODUCTIVELY AND IT IS, IT IS AS CALLS INCREASE, OUR CHALLENGES INCREASE, WE IDENTIFY THOSE AND WE GET IT FIXED SO I WANT TO THANK EVERY NEW MEXICAN FOR HELPING US IMPROVE OUR SYSTEMS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT. THE SECOND EVERYTHING ELSE NUMBER. MY BUSINESS, MY SCHOOL, MY CHILD CARE, FOOD, SUPPLY, AND ANYTHING ELSE SHOULD GO TO THIS NUMBE 1-833-551-0518. ALL RIGHT. NOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ALL WITH UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITIES FROM UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SUPPORT AND BENEFITS TO MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY AT THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON SCHOOLS AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES. TO ASK NEW MEXICANS TO NAVIGATE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS ON OUR BEST DAY IS DIFFICULT. AND AS A CONSTITUENT OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED IN GOVERNMENT, WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER AND WE SHOULD. YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT NOTWITHSTANDING AN EMERGENCY. IN THIS EMERGENCY, I WANT EVERYONE TO GO TO NEW MEXICO. GOV. WE WILL BE UPLOADING AND MANAGING THAT SYSTEM AND IMPROVING OUR WEBSITE SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO ANY PLACE YOU NEED TO GET TO AND NAVIGATE. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE'S BENEFITS DELAYED, I DON'T WANT THE QUESTIONS DELAYED, I DON'T WANT THE SUGGESTIONS DEFERRED, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD INFORMATION UP AND THERE ARE MANY EMERGENCY MANAGERS, POLICYMAKERS AND INCREDIBLE ADVOCATES AROUND THE STATE. THEY WANT ACCESS AND DESERVE IT SO THEY CAN HELP US SUPPORT THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE WILL RENEAT INFORMATION AFTER WE HEAR FROM SECRETARY STEWART AND AFTER WE ARE ENGAGED IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TO MAKE SURE FOLKS GET THAT INFORMATION EARLY IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE. SECRETARY STEWART. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. THANK ALL FOR COMING TODAY. AS ALL YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE SCHOOLS FOR THREE WEEKS. THIS IS NOT A DECISION WE CAME TO LIGHTLY. WE BROUGHT ALL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, ALL THE CHARTER LEADERS TOGETHER, EVEN YESTERDAY, GOING THROUGH PLANS, THAT WE HAD BEEN WORK ON FOR WEEKS WITH DOH, OTHER HEALTH EXPERTS ON WAYS WE CAN TRY KEEP THE SCHOOLS OPEN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SCHOOLS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.& AS WENT THROUGH THE DAY, CONTINUED TO LISTEN, GET FEEDBACKING FROM THE LEADERS IN BOTH DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE HEARD A NUMBER OF CONCERNS, AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES FROM SCHOOLS THAT WE KNEW WERE LIKELY TO NOT HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD EFFECTIVELY, SAFELY RUN THE SCHOOLS, TO PARENTS CALLING IN SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO KEEP THE KIDS HOME SO WE WOULD HAVE MORE KIDS FALLING BEHIND AS WE CONTINUED THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND HEARD ISSUES AROUND THE SCHOOLSES ABOUT OPERATIONALLIZING THE PLANS FOR TRACKING AND ISOLATING STUDENTS AS THIS DIE NAMIC SITUATION CONTINUES TO PROGRESS AND TAKING MEASURES TO CONTINUE TO MINIMIZE LARGE GROUPS OF STAFF AND STUDENTS IN THEIR AREAS. SO LISTENING CLOSELY TO ALL THE PARTNERS WHO ARE ON THE GROUND AND DOING THE WORK, WE DID GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS FOR THE NEXT THREE WEGS. WE KNOW THAT SPRING BREAK FOR MOST SCHOOLS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THOSE THREE WEEK OS SO FOR MANY DRIX AND CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WILL MEAN TWO WEEKS IN A ADDITION TO THE SPRING BREAK IN WHICH THEY WILL BE CLOSED. WE THINK THIS IS THE BEST AND MOST RESPONSIVE AND MOST RESPONSIBLE WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THE FAMILIES AND TAKING CARE OF STUDENTS AND DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN IN OUR POWER IN THE PRE-K 12 PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. A COUPLE OF BIG NOTES AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE CLOB SURE WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO CARE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND CARE FOR STUDENTS. WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL DISTRICTS IN ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE MEAL SERVICE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AROUND THE WAIVER PROCESS FOR BOEING ABLE TO EXTEND THE MEAL PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE, SEW WE ARE GOING TO BE KEEPING CAFETERIA OPEN AND ORGANIZING GRAB AND GO MEAL PROBLEMS AND WORKING WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES TO WORK ON DISTRIBUTION OF MEALS TO KIDS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO COME IN TO TEE SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR DAILY MEALS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PARTNERS TO KEEP OUR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS OPEN, WE SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED, AND ANY BEHAVIOR HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES THAT CAN BE DONE VIRTUALLY OR OVER THE PHONE WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL THE SCHOOL PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO KEEP THOSE SERVICES GOING. THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF THE CLOSURE. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE BEEN TWO WOKING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE CHARTER LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE AROUND WHAT THE AMPLICATIONS ARE FOR THIS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND GOING TO BE WAVING THE STATE STORY REQUIREMENTS AROUND INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS SO SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE MAKE K THESE DAYS UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR PAIM BER OF REASONS INCLUDING MAKING SURE SCHOOL AND DISTRICTS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO EXTENDED LEARNING PERHAPS AT IN THE OF THE YEAR TON THOSE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO ACROSS TO THE LABOR AND THE WAG AND FUNDING ISSUES THAT GO ALONG WITH THE CLOSURE OF THIS MAGNITUDE. SO JUST AS WE ARE CARING FOR OUR FAMILIES AND CARING FOR THE STUDENT MAKING SURE THEY ARE SIVE AND SECURE THAN WE ARE KEEPING THAT ECONOMIC STABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES DURING THIS TIME, IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SO KEEPING THEM PAID AND NOT& HAVING ANY GAPS IN THE WAGSES SO SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS WILL BE PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES AS IF THERE WITH AS NO CLOSURE AND AS IF SCHOOL WAS STILL IN SESSION AND WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS AND GLEAMS AT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AM I. PLIMENTING THAT AND LOOKING AT WAY WES CAN BEST DEPLOY STAFF DURING THESE TIMES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EFFECT YOU HAVELY UTILIZING ALL OF THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND KEEP THE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS GOING. THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ON-LINE PROGRAMS WE KNOW WE HAVE MANY THAT HAVE ONE-TO-ONE DEVICES AND WHERE THEY INVESTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SERVICE ONLINE. WE IN COUPLE OF THOSE DISTRICTS TOES DO SO TO BE ABLE TO PROPROVIDE THOSE SERVICES ON VOWEL LISTEN TARY BASIS DURING THE CLOSURE SO THOSE STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE AS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE IN STRUCTURAL PROGRAM AND AGAIN, WE'RE WAVING THE REQUIREMENT THESE DAYS, THESE DAYS HAVE TO BE PAID UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE WILLING R ALSO MAKING SURE THAT OUR OURLY GLEAMS AND THE CONTRACTOR GLEAMS ARE GOING TO GET TAKEN CARE OF DURING THIS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE WAGE GAPS AS WELL. SO TAPE, SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS CONTINUE PAYING STAFF AND OPERATING AS IF THERE WAS NO CLOSURE AND SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE WILL MISS OUT ON THE STATE TESTING SO LISTENING AS T CLOSURE ISLINES IS OUR TIN DO I WALK GET HOUT OF THE CARVE WILL SOMEONE GRIEF IT TO ME. WILL BE OCCURRING TODAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WRENCH WE DO WANT TO DO THE WAIVERS AND WORK WITH PRIVATE PARTNERS. IF FOR EXAMPLE, THERE AS IT SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A SCHOOL SOMEWHERE IN NEW MEXICO AND WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT, THE AGING AND ONLY-TERM SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS READY TO OVER THERE MEAL, THE NATE,AL GUARD, AND I GOT GENERAL HERE, THEY ARE PREPARED TO DELIVER MEALS. SO THE WAY IN WHICH WE PROVIDE THE BEST PREPAREDNESS IS HAVE SYSTEMS AVAILABLE AND I AM SURE NEW NEXT KS HAVE SEEN THAT OUR HEALTH CARE PARTNERS LIKE PRICE BUY TERRIAN ARE IDENTIFYING MEAL SITES THE PURPOSE OF HAVING NEW MEXICO. GOV AND THE PHONE NUMBERS DO MAKE SURE THAT STUFF FACTORS PASSIVECALLY TO T TODAY AND THAT THAT INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE. ONE MORE CLARIFICATION THEM TO THE NUMBER GAVE YOU FOR ALL GLENN HEALTH ISSUES, THE 833-551-0518 IS JUST WENT LIVE. YOU KNOW? PUTTING THE PIECES. WHAT I MEAN BY LIVE NEW MEXICO. I HAVE THE NUMBER. IT IS DED DATED. WE HAVE ASSIGNED STAFF. WE ARE INTROPROVIDING EDCATION NUMBER CONNECTING AL THE PARTNERS. YOU HAVE TO GIVE AS YOU LITTLE THIEME TODAY TO DO THE REST. YOU HAVE TO GIVE US A LITTLE TIME TO MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION YOU REQUESTINGED THAT THE TINT IS THIS -- DRN IF YOU NEED A MEAL, THAT IS MOST OF THE NEW MEXICO KIDS AND FAMILIES. BASICALLY, WE'RE TREATING THIS AS UNIVERSAL. YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT ON MONDAY, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, YOU CAN GET A MEAL AT THAT SCHOOL. >> I IF THAT TURNS INTO BE A CHALLENGE FOR WHATEVER REASON, BECAUSE INFORMATION CHANGES DAILY, YOU COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN A COMMUNITY AM IN AWARE OF TODAY. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT MAY CAUSE CONCERN AT THIS POINT. IF I CANNOT MAKE THAT HAPPEN. MEALS WILL GET DELIVERED TO YOU. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN THOSE COOM MACHINE IS WIN PREPARED. NO NEW MEXICAN SHOULD EXPECT THAT WE CANNOT DELIVER THEM FOOD DURING THIS CRISIS. YOU U MENTIONED THE NATIONAL GUARD. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT ROLE IS? >> ABSOLUTELY. SOUND MY FIRST ORDER, THIS IS NOT NEW. HE SO I DON'T WANT NEW MEXICANS TO THINK WE ARE GOING INTO A DIFFERENT FORMAT. THIS IS HOW WE DO AND PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES. SON MY FIRST ORDER, THE NINTHAL GUARD WAS IDENTIFIED AND DEPLOYED AS A FULL PARTNER. THE THINGS -- THEY ARE GOOD AT EVERYTHING. QUITE FRANGLY, THE NEW MEXICO NIGHTAL GUARD IS BEST AT EVERYTHING. HERE ITS WHY THEY ARE SO CRITICAL. THEY ARE COMPLETELY AND PHYSICALLY EQUIPPED AND RAIN INNED FOR MEAL OF DELIVERY, FIELD HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND TRIAGE AND TRANSPORTATION, BY ANY NUMBER OF ACTIVES. THEY ARE CRITICAL. THEY ALSO HAVE QUALIFIED TRAINE LICENSEDPROFESSION HEALT YOU ARE NOT COMING INTO THE OFFICES TO USE THE TOOLS IMMEDIATELY. THE SECRETARY WOULD LIKE TO ADD AS YOU COME UP HERE. WE'RE ALSO METING WITH ALL THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCS. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AS THE ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGES GET CLEARER BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MY UNDERSTANDING TODAY THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO ISSUE THEIR EMERGENCY DECORATION YOU DO THOSE EARLY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING THEM BY NOW. BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THERE WHICH BE ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGES WE CAN MAKE TO BUSINESSES. AND I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO FURTHER DISTRESS ALREADY DISTRESSED SMALL BUSINESSES, DISTRESS CHARGE SECTORS LIKE THE ENERGY SECTOR AND GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT STRATEGIESES THAT REVIDE INFUSION TO STAND UP THOSE BUSINESSES. SO MY EXPECTATION TO WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT IN LARGE PART BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH BUSINESSES ON STRATEGIES RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THIS IMPACT. SECRETARY? >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM THE SECRETARY OF THE WORK FORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT AND OVERSEE THE UNEMPLOYMENT SERVICE FORCE THE STATE STARTING AT 8:00 A.M. MONDAY MORNING WE ARE AWAITING WORK SEARCH REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYONE WHO WAS EFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 SITUATION. THAT CAN -- EXAMPLES SUCH AS IF TY AM ASKED TO BE IN QUARANTINED WE WILL INCLUDE THAT. IF THE HOURS ARE CUT AT WHATEVER JOB I AM DOING, THE HOURS WILL GO AWAY, WE WILL INCLUDE THAT. WE WILL BE AS FLEXIBLE AS WE CAN AS THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT AND ASKING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO FILE A CLAIM TO GO ON-LINE. OUR WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE THAT IS COMING UP. IT IS IN THE PROCESS. THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE. A COUPLE OF CAVEATS TO THIS. FIRST WE ASK THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO CERTIFY ONCE A WEEK. DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO DO A JOB SEARCH IF THEY WANT TO GO BACKING TO THE OTHER JOB BUT HAVE TO CERTIFY. SECOND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF UNAM AM PLOYMENT IS $461 A WEEK. IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS AND WITH A TO CUT HOURS FOR PEOPLE AND INSTEAD OF LAYING THEM OFF, AN EMPLOYEE CAN FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE& BETWEEN THEY MAKE A WEEK AND THE $461 LEVEL SO MAKING 00 A WEEK, I GOT THE HOURS CUT IN HALF, CAN MAKE $161 FROM UNEMPLOYMENT IN ADDITION TO THE $300 I MAKE WITH REDUCED HOURS. IT IS A TRAGEDY WE USE ON A MUCH MORE CASE-BY-CASE BASIS BUT IN THE CASE, WE IMAGINE WE'LL BE USING IT QUITE A BIT. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO SAY WE ARE WORKING TO REALLY MONITOR AS THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL I KNOW THERE IS A BILL GOING THROUGH CONGRESS NOW THAT IS CONSIDERING THINGS LIKE POSSIBLE SICK LEAVE AND IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH OUR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ANG THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF IN D.C. TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS AND WORKING TO UM PLIMENT THOSE THINGS AS SOON AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. >> THANKS. >> THANK YOU, SECRETARY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO THERE. OK. >> GOING BACK TO THE MEALS WE RECEIVED A QUESTION FROM EMPLOYEE AT A SCHOOL. >> SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE GOT WORKERS WHO ARE WORRIED. BUT BEING WORRIED DOESN'T HELP US ADDRESS ISSUES SO ESSENTIAL STAFF AND WORKERS WE NEED YOU TO KEEP COMING TO WORK AND THEY ARE THE EXPERTS YOU KNOW HOW TO PREPARE THE MEALS THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE SURE THE MEALS ARE SAFE AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM FOR FEEDING KIDS THAT IS PRODUCTIVE. THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE THANK ALL THOSE INCREDIBLE WORKERS RIGHT. SOMETIMES THE UNSUNG HEROS. CAFETERIA WORKERS NUTRITIONISTS AND THE COOKS AND THE CUSTODIANS. WE ARE EXPECTING THEM UNLESS THEY ARE SICK TO COME TO WORK. THEY WILL BE PAID PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE DELIVERY OF MEALS AND SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS ARE ON CALL. THIS IS HOW WE PROTECT EVERYONE FURTHER. WE DO NOT HAVE TO DATE THE KIND OF WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY INFECTION ISSUES THAT WOULD DRIVE US TO CLOSE BUILDINGS. I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO OCCUR WHY DON'T I EXPECT THAT TO OCCUR? BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THESE CONTAINMENT MEASURES INTHE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO BE AHEAD SO I DON'T WANT NEW MEXICANS TO BE AFRAID. WHAT I WANT NEW MEXICANS TO DO IS BE PREPARED. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE WORKERS AT THE SCHOOLSMENT WE HAVE ISSUE WITH THE SCHOOL AND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT SHIFTS WE WILL HAVE OTHER VEHICLES TO MAKE SURE THE FAMILIES GET FED. SO THE BEST INFORMATION IS, MAKE SURE I KNOW WHERE THIS QUESTION COMES FROM. WE WILL DO EXTRA EFFORT IN THAT COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THERE IS REAL CLARITY ABOUT WHERE MEALS WILL COME FROM BUT REMEMBER THE SERVICE ARE SERVICES IF I HAVE ISSUE WITH THE SCHOOL, THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND BRING YOU MEALS. AGING AND LONG TERM SERVICES WHICH HAS INCREDIBLE EXPERTISE AT DELIVERING MEALS, RIGHT? WE DO IT FOR THOUSANDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS. EVERY DAY IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND READY TO GO. SO I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN MEETING HUE TRICIAN AND FOOD ISSUES FOR EVERY SINGLE NEW MEXICO FAMILY. OUR WORKERS IMMEDIATE TO COME TO WORK. OUR WORKERS NEED TO COME TO WORK. >> WE GOT FOLKS HERE WHO ARE READY TO TALK TO THE MEDIA IN SPANISH. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO LANGUAGE BARRIERS TO GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO NEW MEXICANS THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THE NUMBERS ARE SO IMPORTANT. I WANT TO REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER. THE HEALTH CARE NUMBER WORKS PERFECTLY. WE HAD SOME. WHATTEN-YOU HAVE A SURGE, MEETING THAT CAPACITY IS CHALLENGING AM WE METHOS CALL THAT LENGTHS AND SHOULD GET SMOOTHER AND SMOOTHER AND EASIER AND AUTOSSIER THAT IS WHAT MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. THE SECOND EVERYTHING ELSE AND THE NEW MEXICANS NEED THAT NUMBER. PEOPLE ARE COING ON-LINE. THEY ARE GETTING TRAINED. WE'RE DEALING WITH LANGUAGE ISSUES IF YOU CALL IT THIS MINUTE YOU WILL BE DISSATISFIED WITH YOUR RESPONSE. GIVE US A COUPLE OF HOURS OR MORE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT. I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS NUMBER BECAUSE WHEN WE MADE DECISION LAST MIGHT WE WERE BEGINNING TO WORK WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PART INS, CHECKING THOSE NUMBERS, IDENTIFYING STAFF TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND GETTING INFORMATIONING ABOUT WHAT THE STATE TRAGEDY IS SO WE ARE DOING THAT WORK SO TODAY, SEVERAL HOURS FROM RIGHT THIS MINUTE, THAT FAMILY CAN GET THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY ANSWERED BUT YOU SHOULD EXPECT THAT I WILL USE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BROADCASTING INFORMATION AND FACEBOOK LEAVING INFORMATION SO NEW MEXICANS KNOW THAT AS THESE ISSUES COME UP, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT SOLVES THEIR PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE THAT PERSON REACHED OUT. I WILL GO TO THIS SIDE AND COME BACK. >> REALLY WHY IR YOU MENTIONED CHILD CARE. WHAT ARE THOSE PLANS? >> I CAN. THEN I WILL ASK SECRETARY WHO IS IN GARAGE OF OUR CHILD CARE SYSTEM IN LARGE PART AND DOES THAT TODAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES THIS MAY BE TOO MUCH INFORMATION FOR NEW MEXICANS BUT WE ARE BUILDING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND MORE CHILD CARE SLOTS IN OUR STATE AND WE ARE PROUD OF THAT WORK. IT MAKES ME FEEL EVEN MORE OF DEP THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT ARE REALLY MEANINGFUL IN EMERGENCIES AND NONEMERGENCIES ALIKE. SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE AND I WANT TO HAVE YOU GENERAL INFORMATION. CHILD CARE WILL CONTINUE. CHILD CARE IS REQUIRED FEDERALLY TO STAND UP IN EVERY EMERGENCY AND YOU CAN ALL OF US CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WITHOUT CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE YOU ARE NOT SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND KEEPING KIDS SAFE. WE CAN'T DO AND WOULDN'T DO IT. A SHOUT OUT TO EVERY CHILD CARE WORKER. WITHOUT THIS WORK FORCE SO NOW THAT SCHOOLS SO REMEMBER IT IS THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED, RIGHT, THREE WEEKS WE ARE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL STARTING MONDAY THROUGH APRILTH. BUT WE CAN HAVE THE BUILDINGS OPEN FOR FOOD AND THE BUILDINGS OPEN FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE SO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR EXTENDING AND MAKING SURE WE GOT STAFF WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE SERVICES AND MAKE SURE I GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE FOLLOWS WHO ARE I TOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE. I TRUST THEM TO MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES TO GIVE YOU BETTER DETAILS BUT THAT IS THE BASIC CONCEPT. WE HAVE TO GROW IT. BUILDINGS HAVE TO BE OPEN. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE POLE CAN GET PAID AND DO AL THE THINGS THAT GIVE NEW MEXICANS CONFIDENCE THE CHILD CAR YOU USE TODAY STAYS. IF WE NEED EXPANDED CHILD CARE WE WILL MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE SAME RULES APPLY IF SOMEONE WHO IS SICK WHO WORKS IN A CHILD CARE THEY DON'T GO TO WORK. RIGHT. THEY MUST DO SOCIALISE LATION AT HOME. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS VIRUS, COLD, FLU, YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE. RIGHT. THEN WE WORK ON RAPPING UP A WORK FORCE IF WE NEED TO DO THAT. IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THIS SLY RUSS. SECRETARY? I WILL GO THIS WAY. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. I THINK SHE COVERED VERY MANY OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS I WANT TO GIVE A HOUTOUT TOT THE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE JOB KEEPING US INFORMED OF THEIR CONCERNS AND NEEDS ARE. WE HAVE A CALL WITH ALL OF THIS EM AFTERNOON TO TALK THROUGH THE CHALLENGES AM WE HAVE A INCREDIBLE TEAM AT UTAND FAMILY AND A NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS WHO ARE ON HIGH ALERT AND REACHING OW AND SUPPORTING THE ED PROVIDES WITH ISSUE AROUND SUP PRI AND HEARING FROM THE FIRST RESPONDERS PEOPLE NEED HELP AND RESPONDING WITH THAT. WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A REQNTLY ASKED QUESTION LIST AND TEND E SENDING THAT OUT LATER TODAY IN ENGLAND ANN SPANISH REALLY MAKING SURE OUR FAMILIES AND OUR PROVIDERS HAVE ACCESS TO US TO AL THE CONTRACTORS SO THEY CAN GET THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AS THE GOVERNOR SAID THINGS ARE CHANGING SOG WE ARE DOING THIS ACTUALLY WITH MAKING SURE OUR PROVIDERS HAVE ACCESS TO US AND LUG THAT PHONE NUMBER THAT THE GOVERNOR GAVE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ROUTE TO THE CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRALS AND GET HELP AND SUPPORT WITH FINDING CHILD CARE. >> LET'S SAY I AM A SINGLE PARENT. I HAVE A THIRD-GRADER. MONDAY, CAN I BRING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL? WILL SCHOOLS BE OPEN? WHAT HAPPENS? >> I WOULD IN COVERAGE THEM TO CALL THE PHONE NUMBER AND CALL THE REFERRAL AGENCY THERE COULD BE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IN THE COMMUNITY THEY COULD ACCESS THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING THIS AFTERNOON. WE ARE SUBMITTING TEMPORARY WAIVER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO THE THINGS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED IN TERMS OF EXPANDING LICENSING AND ALLOWING TO EXPAND THE CIR AND LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PRECENTS AND RETECHING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY IS THE MOST% AND WE DO THIS IN PA READY NERSHIP WITH THE PROVIDERS AND THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MINUTE. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT REALLY MAKE IT CHALLENGING THAT SINGLE PARENT. WE NEED FAMILIES TO STEP UP WHERE THEY CAN. NOT EVERY FAMILY CAN. WE NEED SAFE KNOWN PRODUCTIVE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU USE ALREADY FOR SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. AND NEED YOU TO HELP DO THAT. I NEED THAT EMPLOYER TO ALLOW OUR SINGLE MOM TO TELECOMMUTE FROM HOME AS WE FIGURE OUT THIS EFFORT. WE WILL CALL. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. WE ARE CLEAR THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SUP ARE SUPPORTS IN OUR STATE, PEOPLE MAKE THE JOBS AND IT IS OUR JOB TO MITIGATE AND PROBLEM SOLVE FOR EVERY SEN GEL PROBLEM SINGLE PROBLEM AND THERE WILL BE MANY BE WHERE OUR JOB IS TO BE AVAILABLE 24-7 TO MAFFITT THAT AND ADDRESS IT. MY STAFF ARE CLEAR THAT IS MY EXPECTATION, THAT SHOULD BE THE EXPECTATION OF NEW MEXICAN. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE ONLY ACHIEVE THE KIND OF RESULTS I AM EXPECT FOR OUR STATE IF EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER. I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A PERSONAL EXAMPLE WHICH DOESN'T HELP THE EXAMPLE OF A FAMILY THAT HAS GOT LIMITED FAMILY SUPPORT. MAYBE NEW TO NEW MEXICO, BRAND-NEW JOB, NOT SURE ABOUT THE POLICIES WITHOUT LEAVING THESE ARE EXAMPLES THAT REAL IN THE STATE AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE. MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO TELECOMMUTE AND SHE HAS TWO KIDS SHE WILL TAKE ON ALL THE KIDS SHE CAN DO THIS. WE ARE GOING TO NEED EVERYONE IS GOING TO NEED AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TO HELP US MITIGATE THESE THAT H CHALLENGES. SO I HAVE NO TROUBLE ASKING NEW MEXICANS TO HELP. WE HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION AND I THANK FOUR RAISING IT. WILL GO BACK HER AND COME BACK AROUND AND TK AWHILE. GO AHEAD. I I DON'T KNOW IF IS WHAT THE DOCTOR SAI >> I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE SEVERITY OF THE CASES. ARE THEY MILD CASES? THEN TIED TO THAT, THE FACT THEY WERE CONTRACTED BECAUSE OF CLOSE CONTACT WITH PREVIOUS CASE THAT NOW RAISE CONCERN ABOUT COMMUNITY SPREAD. >> SO I WILL GO TO THE LAST PART FIRST AND CALL UP OUR PHYSICIAN WHO IS AN EXPERT AND REASSURE NEW MEXICANS I AM MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM AND IMAGINE OF SOME REALLY IMPRESSIVE MART NEW MEXICANS THAT CARE ABOUT NEW MEXICO. HE AM GRATEFUL TO THAT HAVE THAT. ANN NEW CASE IS A CASE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THESE ARE BEING CONTRACTED, WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM, YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO GET TO THIS ISSUE. CONTAINMENT, MINIMIZING IMPACT IS MY JOB. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THEM. WE ARE AND I WILL GET CLARIFICATION, THE WAY IN WHICH I AM ASKING THEM TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM SO I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC IS THAT WHEN I HAVE A KNOWN WAY THAT THAT INFECTION SPREAD, YOU TRAVELED TO A PLACE OF HIGH RISK OUT OF THE COUNTRY, YOU HAVE BEEN TRAVELING, YOU CAME INTO CONTACT WITH OTHER TRAVELERS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AT THE HIGH RISK PLACES SO NOW I GOT A CONNECTION AND IS FOR ME NOT NOW COMMUNITY SPREAD. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH HIGHLY IN FEK CIOUS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS WHICH IS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET AS EFFECTIVELY AS WE CAN AHEAD OF IT AND KNOW WHAT IS COMING. WE WILL GET MORE CASES. NEW MEXICO WILL SEE MORE CASES. QUITE FRANKLY, AS I AM EXPECTING THEM TO COME UP WITH SCIENCE-BASED MEASURES TO INCREASE AND EXPAND WHAT I CALL TESTING AND SURVEILLANCE. WE WILL SEE MORE CASES. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAVELING AND POKESSED TO FAMILY MEMBERS. I HAVE FAITH THEY ARE GETTING IT DONE THE WAY THEY SHOULD. THE WAY WE ARE DESCRIBING IT RIGHT NOW IS THAT THESE ARE SORT OF KNOWN EXPECTED OUTCOMES BY VIRTUE OF TRAVELERS WHO WERE EXPOSED TO TRAVELERS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT KNEW WERE EXPOSED TO THIS INFECTIOUS DISEASE. LASTLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CORRECT ME IN HE WILL IF I GET ANY THICK WRONG. ANYTHING WRONG. ALL THE CASES WHERE, AS OF YESTERDAY, YOU WILL HAVE TO UPDATE ME, TOO. EVERYONE WAS IN GOOD AND STABLE CONDITION. THAT CAN CHANGE. I AM GRATIFIED. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SERIOUS ISSUES TODAY. I WANT NEW MEXICANS TO BE SAFE. I CARE ABOUT EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET UPDATE ABOUT THE HOSPITALIZATIONS. DOCTOR? >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. EXCUSE ME. SO THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE SAY IS ABOUT THE PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT HOSPITALIZED. THOSE THAT ARE HOME DOING THEIR SELF ISOLATION AT HOME ARE STABLE. THEY ARE EITHER ASYMPTOMATIC NOT HAVING ANY SYMPTOMS BUT HOME AFTER THEY RECOVERED AND WANT TO MCHUR THEY ARE NOT CONTINUING TO SHED THE VIRUS. OR THEY ARE STILL ACTIVELY SYSTEMATIC BUT NOT REQUIRING HOSPITAL LIE GLACIAL. HOSPITALIZATION. THE TWO PATIENTS THAT ARE HOSPITALIZED AS OF YESTERDAY WERE STABLE IN THE HOSPITAL. I DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE UPDATE FROM THIS MORNING. WE HAVE ACTIVE INVESTIGATORS WORKING WITH OUR HOSPITALS TO MAKE SURE THOSE PATIENTS ARE DOING WELL. THE GOVERNOR WAS CORRECT ABOUT COMMUNITY SPREAD. WE USE THAT TERM WHEN THERE ARE CASES THAT WE CANNOT EXPLAIN THEIR EXPOSURE. SO IN ALL THE CASES, ALL THE PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASES IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXIC T ARE TRAVEL RELATED CASES. WHEN WE HAVE CASES THAT IS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY SPREAD. LIMITED WHICH WOULD MEAN IN A CERTAIN AREA. NOT THAT MANY CASES.ON THE CHARA CASES AND THE COMMUNITIES WERE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN WE WOULD SAY LARGER SCALE COMMUNITIES SPREAD. SO ANY TIME WE CHANGE WHAT TYPE OF CASES WE HAVE IN THIS STATE. WE WILL BE TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PRESS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED AND BE WORKING TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THIS INFECTIOUS DISEASE. THANK YOU. THAT’S CORRECT. I SAID ONE SO I’ BEEN CORRECTED GETS TO THEIR MOST STABLE. ONE OF THEM IS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. AND I SAY THAT THERE WERE STABLE YESTERDAY. I DON’T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THIS MORNING. CAN YOU SAY WHICH ONE IS CAUSE FINALIZED BESIDES THE 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN? I WANT TO CHECK MY NOTES. SO I MAKE SURE I GET THIS CORRECT. THE OTHER HOSPITALIZED PATIENT IS A THE 60S WOMAN IN HER 60S FROM SANTA FE COUNTY. AND TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF ANY OF THOSE PATIENTS, SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONTACTS WITH SCHOOL. I DON’T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS. I SHOULD TELL YOU I MENTIONED WE DO THIS EXTENSIVE CONTACT TRACING. I HAVE WONDERFUL STAFF WHO ARE VERY THOROUGH DOING THAT. BUT I DON’T HAVE ALL OF THOSE DETAILS THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CONTACTS. WE ARE WORKING DIRECTLY BOTH WITH THE SCHOOL THE FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE SAFE AND THAT WE’RE TAKING ALL POSSIBLE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD. I’M GOING TO GO TO THIS SIDE. I KNOW THAT’S HARD AND I’M GONNA GET BACK BUT STAY CLOSE. ALL RIGHT, SO I’M GOING TO GO I’M GOING TO THIS WHAT I’M GOING TO DO. I’M GOING TO I’M GOING TO DO THREE ON THIS SIDE CHRIS. YOU MIGHT BE STUCK WITH HAVING TO WAIT. LITTLE BIT SO I’M GONNA GO TO THE BACK THEN I’M GOING TO GO IN THE MIDDLE THEN I’M GOING TO GO HERE. THEN I’M GOING TO COME BACK OVER HERE GENTLEMAN IN THE MIDDLE. YOU’LL BE THE FIRST ON THIS SIDE. WE’LL DO 3. SO I’M GOING TO GO 3 TO 3, AND I APOLOGIZE. I DON’T KEEP THE ORDER AS EFFECTIVELY AS MAYBE I WILL GET USED TO IN THE COMING WEEKS, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO IMPROVE. YES, MA’AM. YES, SO WE HAD AND THIS IS NOT YOUR QUESTION, BUT I’M JUST GOING TO LAUNCH INTO IT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH OUR EXPERTS ABOUT HAVING KIDS. HOME IS A WHOLE OTHER SERIES OF NON-PRODUCTIVE ISSUES AND THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO GET INTO TROUBLE AND IT’S GOING TO BE AWFUL. WE KNOW KIDS GO HOME IN THE SUMMER KIDS ARE OFF ON SPRING BREAK. WE DON’T SEE AN INCREASE IN NEGATIVE ACTIVITY AS A RESULT. WE’RE NOT EXPECTING ANY CHANGE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE’VE BEEN PROVIDING. I NEED THESE TEENS NOT TO BE IN AREAS WHERE THEY’RE COMING INTO CONTACT. SO THE CLOSING OF THE SCHOOL’S IS NOT INTENDED TO SAY TO THEM LIKE WE ARE SOMEONE WHO’S SICK YOU HAVE TOTAL SOCIAL ISOLATION. BUT WE WANT FOLKS TO MITIGATE AND YOU HEARD DOCTORS GRACE FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAY THAT IF WE CLOSE SCHOOLS, BUT WE’VE GOT ADOLESCENTS GATHERING IN A PARK. WE’RE GOING TO MALLS OR MOVIES THAN WE’RE NOT DOING AS GOOD A JOB. AS I WOULD LIKE THE STATE TO DO TO MITIGATE, SO HERE’S WHERE THAT TEXTING AND FACEBOOKING BECOME ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT AND THE DOCS WILL HAVE TO CORRECT ME THAT SUNLIGHT IS ACTUALLY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EFFECTIVE IN KILLING MANY VIRUSES. WE THINK AN IMPACT HERE TOO WOULDN’T HURT TO GO TO YOUR BACK. HARD DON’T GET SUNBURNED TODAY. I GUESS NO ONE CAN GET SUNBURNED WITH THIS RAIN. I WELCOME THE MOISTURE, BUT IT WILL PUT THESE PRACTICAL TIPS UP ON OUR WEBSITES BECAUSE THEY’RE IMPORTANT AND THEY’RE USEFUL. SO I REALLY AM ASKING PARENTS AND ARE EMANCIPATED YOUNG PEOPLE. TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP US MANAGE EXPOSURE. SO WE REALLY DON’T WANT THAT AND IT HAS AN IMPACT ON LOCAL BUSINESS IT DOES AND SO I KNOW LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THEY’RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SUPPORT US. WE KNOW IT’S HARD FOR THEM TO WHEN WE’RE ASKING NEW MEXICANS NOT TO GO TO MOVIES. OKAY RIGHT HERE. I’LL GO DAN. YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT ROUND YOU MIND. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND IF WHEN THERE’S COMMUNITY SPREAD WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT GOING TO A QUARANTINE AND THIRD PART IS? THERE’S A LINE IN HERE ON THIS GRAPH ABOUT SYSTEM CAPACITY. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ASK ABOUT OUR AND ASKING ABOUT ICU AND VENTILATOR CAPACITY THAT MIGHT MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO THEIR BEHAVIOR. I HOPE SO LOOK IF WE OVERWHELM EVEN THE BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, EVEN IF YOU WERE WITHOUT THIS EMERGENCY MAY BE BEYOND WHAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR HEALTH CARE CAPACITY. WE’RE NOT MOST STATES AREN’T THAT LETS IN THIS HYPOTHETICAL SAY THAT STATE WAS IF WE HAVE THE KIND OF OUTBREAK THAT CAN HAPPEN. WITH A VIRUS LIKE THIS. YOU’RE GOING TO OVERWHELM YOUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. THIS IS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. TO YOUR POINT. WE’RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL ISOLATION AND EXPANDING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN COMMUNITY SPREAD FOR MAYBE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITIES CITIES COUNTIES. WE’RE NOT THERE YET. THE MEXICAN SHOULD EXPECT THAT. I’M PREPARED TO MAKE EVERY HARD DECISION THAT SAVES LIVES. THAT’S MY BAROMETER HERE. SO IF WE HAVE ISSUES AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CASES I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THERE WILL BE MORE CASES I SAID THAT WHEN WE ANNOUNCED OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ORDER. THERE WILL BE MORE CASES AND AS A RESULT MY JOB IS TO STAY AHEAD OF THESE CURVES. SO EACH DECISION THAT WE MAKE IS INTENDED TO BE PROACTIVE. DON’T WAIT AS LONG AS OTHER COMMUNITIES AND COUNTRIES BEFORE YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS, SO I CAN’T TELL YOU IF THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. I CAN’T TELL YOU WHEN THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS IN ADVANCE OF WHAT YOU THINK IS COMING AND USE THE SCIENCE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. I’M GOING TO HAVE THE DOCTOR TALK. SCHOOL, I ALSO WANT FOLKS TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT AND THAT AND THEY’VE BEEN GREAT. WE DON’T WANT THE KIND OF REACTION. I’M GOING TO NEED HELP FROM THE PRESS AND FROM OUR VIEWERS WHEN PEOPLE KNOW A LOCATION, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY VERY PROTECTIVE OF PERSONAL PATIENT IDENTIFICATION THE HOSPITAL INFORMATION THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR US AND ILLEGAL QUITE FRANKLY, SO WE AREN’T GOING TO DO THAT. WE DON’T WANT THE MEXICANS COMING TO IN APPROPRIATE CONCLUSIONS OR SO AFRAID THEY EXHIBIT NEXT. IT IS HATEFUL BEHAVIOR TOWARDS A SCHOOL OR A NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY OR AN EDUCATOR OR STUDENT THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. NO ONE DID THIS PURPOSE TO ANYONE ELSE. THIS IS WE KNOW ABOUT PANDEMICS. THEY ARE NOT NEW. IT’S HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE. I JUST REALLY IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT I SAW A LITTLE ESCALATION OF THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THE MOST PART. I’M REALLY PROUD OF THE STATE AND THANK YOU. IT MAKES MY JOB SO MUCH EASIER. I NEED US TO CONTINUE ALONG THAT PATH IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE SCHOOL DOCTOR OR DOCTORS GRACE, I’D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU FILL IN THE GAPS. CERTAINLY. THANK YOU GOVERNOR AS THE GOVERNOR JUST SAID WE TEND NOT TO NAME SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT MIGHT OUT FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE CONSIDER THEIR PRIVACY TO BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BOTH TO THEM AS WELL AS TO OUR INVESTIGATIONS SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE UNWANTED INTERRUPTIONS IN THAT INVESTIGATION AND WE CAN EFFECTIVELY TRY TO PREVENT SPREAD IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WE I DON’T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OF BEDS FOR ICU. IT’S I DO KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KNOWS THAT AND TRACKS THAT EVERY DAY. IT’S IN A DIFFERENT PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND THEY TRACK THAT INFORMATION REGULARLY AND WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE HOSPITALS TO ASSURE THAT THOSE BEDS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PATIENTS THAT NEED THEM. I DON’T HAVE THAT NUMBER THERE WE DO AS WELL TRY TO TRACK THAT INFORMATION THROUGH OUR BUREAU OF HEALTH EMERGENCY OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GROUP. ORDER TO KNOW OUR CAPACITY AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO AUGMENT THAT WITH REQUESTS TO THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE OF FEDERAL ASSET TO GET MORE OF THOSE DELIVERY AND I MIGHT MENTION WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE MOVEMENT, BUT WE ARE ALREADY MAKING REQUESTS TO THE NATIONAL STOCKPILE. WE DON’T WAIT. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT PROTECTIVE GEAR IS AVAILABLE. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE TALKING. THINK ABOUT IF WE NEED VENTILATORS AND HOW MANY WHAT’S THE PRUDENT NUMBER TO HAVE AVAILABLE? YOU CAN I’M GOING TO USE THIS LANGUAGE LICENSE OR CERTIFY A BED OR ROOM TO TAKE CARE OF MORE ACUTE PATIENTS, AND I DO NOT RECALL WHICH STATION AND I DO NOT RECALL THE SOURCE FROM LAST NIGHT THAT THERE WAS A SOURCE THAT PUT OUT. I THINK IT’S A CREDIBLE SOURCE AS WELL. I’M USING IT. THERE ARE 3,000 WHEN I’M GOING TO CALL ACUTE BEDS AVAILABLE IN THE MEXICO IN THE IMMEDIATE TO TAKE CARE OF NEW MEXICO PATIENTS WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO THOSE PATIENTS. I WANT TO ALSO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT DR. SPENCER SAID THAT OUR JOB REMEMBERS TO NOT GO TO THE PINK STATE OF THE BROWN. IS THAT BROWN OR PURPLE BUT THE THE YOU WANT LOWER CURVE AND WE’LL PUT OUT AS MUCH OF THAT FACT-BASED INFORMATION BUT IT SHIFTS AS THE AS THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS CHANGE WHAT WE DO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THERE’S HOSPITAL CARE AVAILABLE THAT SHIFTS BUT THAT NUMBER WAS RELEASED LAST NIGHT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION QUITE FRANKLY. IT COULD HAVE COME FROM THE APPROPRIATE BUREAUS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ARE JOBS TO BE TRANSPARENT. THERE’S NO ONE IN GOVERNMENT WHO’S NOT TRYING TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION. THAT’S OUR JOB. SO GOOD FOR THE FOLKS WHO PUT THAT OUT AND WE’LL GET THAT UPDATED AS WE CAN DOCTORS GRACE. WE HAD THAT QUESTION THAT THE PREVIOUS PRESS CONFERENCE. YOU MAY HAVE ASKED IT AND CHECK INFORMATION FROM THE DH 2 DAYS AGO IS THAT WE HAVE 344 ICU BEDS IN NEW MEXICO TWO DAYS AGO FIFTY FOUR OF THOSE BEDS WERE OPEN. OKAY, RIGHT HERE IF THE SCHOOL CLOSURE FORCES SOME. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS OR SOMETHING, WHICH IS THAT AT ALL AFFECT THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CAPACITY TO SERVE PEOPLE’S THAT’S SOMETHING WE’VE LOOKED AT ARE ANTICIPATING. SO IT’S POSSIBLE RIGHT? SO WHAT WE NEED IS OUR DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS TO BE LIKE THE ESSENTIAL INDIVIDUALS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT SO WE DO THAT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS POWERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS MOVING YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT I MY EMERGENCY ORDER I DIG DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND THEY HAVE ALREADY PUT OUT EMERGENCY RULES. I THINK THEY MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE EMERGENCY RULES ABOUT COSTS AND CARRIERS IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY SHOULD BE I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO HAVE ANY OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. THEY ALSO HAVE POWERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND IN THAT ORDER SPECIFICALLY I TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE’RE CREDENTIALING SO THERE ARE OTHER PROVIDERS THAT WE MAY HAVE ACCESS TO INCLUDING TODAY. CANADIAN NURSES WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE AVAILABLE TO US THAT THERE’S NO BARRIER IN OUR SYSTEM FOR QUALITY HAVE THE RIGHT EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE. WE’RE NOT GOING TO MINIMIZE THAT THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FOLKS. SO WE’RE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. WE’RE GETTING GOOD RESPONSES ARE PARTNERS ARE NOT INDICATING THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE CURRENTLY, BUT IF THE SCHOOL CLOSURES CREATE ANY EFFORT ISSUE RELATED TO THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL MAKE THOSE SHIFTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RESPOND. YEP. AND DR. GRACE. THANK YOU GOVERNOR. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH MAJOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS TODAY ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THE EFFECT THAT CLOSING SCHOOLS MIGHT HAVE SO TWO THINGS. I JUST WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THAT NUMBER ONE. IS THAT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HEALTHCARE LEADERS? THEY COMPLETELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY MUCH OTHER HAVE A SLIGHTLY LOWER LEVEL OF STAFF AND STAY ON THAT CURVE TO THE RIGHT THEN TO HAVE EVERYBODY WORKING AND HAVE TO DEAL THERE. SO THE POTENTIAL FOR OH BEING COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED BY THE CURVE ON THE LEFT OUT WAYS THAT I CONCERNED AND ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT FIND USEFUL AGAIN FROM A STUDY DONE AT HARVARD AFTER THE H1N1. IT WAS ON 523. IN 39 STATES 90% OF PARENTS AGREED WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL’S 85 PERCENT BELIEVE THE DISK DISMISSAL REDUCED DISEASE TRANSMISSION 75% OF THE PARENTS THAT A DISMISSAL IT’S NOT A PROBLEM AND ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF PARENTS REPORTED THAT AN ADULT IN THE HOUSEHOLD MISSED WORK BECAUSE OF THE DISMISSAL SO I’LL HAVE THIS AVAILABLE AFTERWARDS, BUT I THINK THAT’S EVIDENCED BASED DATA THAT PARENTS ACTUALLY ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING THEIR KIDS AND THEY ARE ABOUT INCONVENIENCE THE MIDDLE HERE. YES, SIR. RYAN PREPARATIONS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING. NOT ONLY OVER THESE NEXT THREE WEEKS, BUT IF INSTRUCTION HAS TO CONTINUE REMOTELY AFTER THAT AS YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAN REALLY VARY DISTRICT TO DISTRICT SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS A LAPTOP AND A TABLET FOR EVERY KID SCHOOL DISTRICT LIKE SANTA ROSA DOESN’T HAVE LAPTOPS. EVERY HIGH SCHOOL KIDS SO WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPLYING DISTRICTS WITH TECHNOLOGY SETTING UP WI-FI HOTSPOT HOT SPOTS OR WHATEVER. IT MIGHT BE WHAT SORT OF EMERGENCY ACTIONS IS YOUR DEPARTMENT PREPARED TO TAKE TO ENSURE THAT THE BUT CAN BE EQUITABLE. THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION, AND WE’VE TALKED WITH ALL OF OUR SUPERINTENDENTS AND CHARTER LEADERS ABOUT THIS. IT IS A MAJOR CONCERN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE VAST INEQUITIES AROUND YOU. I WAS HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH THE HARDWARE THE BROADBAND ACCESS AND THE SOFTWARE AND WHO DOESN’T AND WHAT WE DON’T WANT TO DO IN MAKING IN ANY OF THESE DECISIONS IS EXACERBATE OPPORTUNITY GAPS THAT EXIST BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE THOSE DEVICES AND ACCESS IN THOSE WHO DON’T SO WE’RE ACTUALLY WORKING RIGHT NOW TO GATHER ALL OF THAT INFORMATION FROM OUR DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, PURCHASING THOSE MATERIALS AND AND TEACHERS ON THOSE BERRIES AS A LOCAL DECISION. FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT AND SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. SO WE’VE BEEN GATHERING THAT INFORMATION. WE’VE ALSO BEEN WORKING TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR VENDORS TO CATALOG CATEGORIZE AND THEN BEGIN PULLING SUPPORT DOCUMENTS TOGETHER FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE ABLE AND READY TO DEPLOY ONLINE SYSTEMS SO THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO DO SO, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT THOSE DISTRICTS WHERE THERE ARE INEQUITIES IN THOSE SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE INEQUITIES. MOVE FORWARD WITH ONLINE LEARNING IF IT’S GOING TO LEAVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WHO THIS IS AND MANY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE WHICH IS PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT THEY DO AND THEIR THEIR SCHOOL’S THEIR STUDENTS THEIR FAMILIES ARE SET UP TO ACCESS THOSE AND SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THAT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WHILE WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS CLOSURE. DRILLING OFF THAT GOVERNOR. I JUST YOU’VE MENTIONED A LOT OF READING ONLINE AND LOOKING UP THIS INFORMATION, BUT FOR SO MANY IN THE STATE INTERNET IS NOT REALLY ACCESSIBLE IS NOT A REALITY. SO, HOW ARE YOU LOOKING TO EITHER EXPAND INTERNET SERVICE OR GET THIS INFORMATION OUT THROUGH THE MAIL OR OTHER WAYS TO PEOPLE SO EVERY DAY WE ADOPT NEW PLANNING STRATEGIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF NEW MEXICANS WE MEET AT LEAST THREE TIMES. A THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN IN THE CABINET ROOM UPSTAIRS. WE TAKE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ISSUE. WE DIRECTED OUR DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT THESE ISSUES THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE. I WAS I HOPE CLEAR BECAUSE THAT’S A PAINFUL THING TO BE CLEAR ABOUT AS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES. WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET TO THE SATISFACTION OF ME BECAUSE I WANT IT TO BE PERFECT. OF EVERY SINGLE ISSUE OR FAMILY IN THE STATE THE GOAL IS TO GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN. WE THINK WE HAVE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS WHO CAN HELP US PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY AND SAFETY FOR FAMILIES WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY’RE NOT AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR KIDS AND TO GET INFORMATION. IT IS REALLY WHY WE HAVE THESE TELEPHONE NUMBERS PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN CALL SOMEONE THAT A PERSON YOU’LL BE QUEUED RIGHT SO THAT WE’RE NOT OVERWHELMED. THAT’S WHY THERE HAS TO BE A PERSON ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE AND THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING. IT’S REALLY HOW WE DO SOME OF THE BEST COMMUNICATIONS IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDING AND I HAD LOTS OF FOLKS SAY IN THIS DAY AND AGE YOU DON’T NEED TELEPHONE NUMBERS. YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE THEM AND YOU MAY BE VERY IMPATIENT WITH ME AND YOUR WONDERFUL. I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK ANSWER TO A LITTLE BIT MORE A QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT MOM WITH A CHILD AT HOME. I PROMISED CHRIS I WOULD GO THERE AND I ACTUALLY GAVE OUT TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW I WAS GOING TO HANDLE EACH SIDE. SO YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. SO WE’RE GETTING FOLKS LIKE THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT WHO ARE OFFERING TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS AS APPROPRIATE. ENGAGE IN CHILD CARE ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT THAT’S A AND THIS IS WHY I WANT TO MENTION IT. I DIDN’T MENTION IT AS PART OF OUR PROTOCOL BECAUSE THESE IDEAS THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO WORK. I HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. I GOT TO ADDRESS I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WOULD WORK FOR SOME PARENTS AND IT’S COMFORTABLE AND IT’S SAFE AND IT’S PRODUCTIVE. THIS IS WHY I DEFER TO THE EXPERTS, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE THAT WE ARE REALLY TALKING WITH PARTNERS AND WE’RE THE GREAT SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY THINKING THROUGH WHAT ROLES COULD THEY UNDERTAKE THAT WOULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS IN THAT CONTEXT A SHOUT OUT. YOU DON’T WANT ANY NEW MEXICAN TO ASSUME THAT WE’RE DEPLOYING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THIS WAY, BUT I WANT YOU TO THANK THEM FOR OFFERING UP SOLUTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS AND MECHANISMS SO THAT WE ARE UTILIZING EVERY RESOURCE AND THAT’S THE POINT OF OF THE QUESTIONS THAT BEAT OUR DISPOSAL I’M GONNA COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU CHRIS. I’M GOING TO KEEP MY PROMISE BECAUSE SHE’ SO NICE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN HOW THE BUSINESS LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM WILL WORK AND WHO QUALIFIES FOR THAT SO I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE SPECIFICS IN THIS MINUTE, BUT I’LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE’VE DISCUSSING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT INCLUDING HOOTING UTILIZING THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AS LOAN GUARANTEES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T HAVE BUSINESSES. THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE UNDER THIS EMERGENCY CAN’T KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. SO I’VE I HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT USE EVERY TOOL IN THEIR TOOLBOX TO ADDRESS THIS AND IF THERE’S SOMEONE WHO’S WITH ME TODAY, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THOSE VERY NEW SPECIFICS. I’LL HAVE THEM DO THAT NOW AND IF THEY CAN’T WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT IT IS AN EXAMPLE THAT THAT BROAD ORDER EVERY DEPARTMENT MUST ADDRESS TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE. POSSIBLE THESE ISSUES THAT WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES AND MUST BE DEALT WITH IN SHORT ORDER. WE DO HAVE SMALL BUSINESS WITH A REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS WE ARE WORKING AND YOU HEARD THE SECRETARY OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS TALK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND OUR EFFORTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EVERY OPPORTUNITIES ON THE TABLE. OUR JOB IS TO KEEP OUR BUSINESSES DOORS OPEN OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH DON’T HAVE SOME THE KIND OF FLUIDITY LUXURY TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES IN THE SAME WAY THAT A LARGE COMPANY HAS BUT THIS AFFECTS EVERY NEW MEXICAN EVERY NEW MEXICO BUSINESS LARGE AND SMALL, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I’M GOING TO GO BACK HERE AGAIN BECAUSE I PROMISED OKAY, ARE THEY UNDERGOING SOME SORT OF SELF QUARANTINE THAN THE HOSPITAL? ARE THEY ABLE TO GO HOME WITH THE PROCESS HERE? IT’S GOING TO DEPEND AND I’M GOING TO HAVE THE DOCKS WITH THE EXPERTISE COME UP HERE, BUT WHEN WE’RE DEALING WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE, THIS IS NOT JUST LIKE GETTING OTHER HOSPITAL OR ACUTE CARE SERVICES BECAUSE IF YOU TREATED AS SUCH THEN YOU ARE NOT DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A VIRUS. THAT’S HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. WE HAVE OTHER HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS ISSUES. WE DO FLU WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE INFECTION CONTROL MEASURES BE INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTAINMENT MEASURES AND PATIENTS WHO ARE BEING TREATED FOR COVET 19 MUST HAVE THOSE PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN PLACE FOR BOTH THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND THE PATIENT OUR JOB IS TO TREAT THEM GIVE THEM THE BEST HEALTHCARE MEDICAL TREATMENT AVAILABLE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT CONTINUE THIS BREAD SO THEY GO INTO A MEADOW. I’M CALLING IT A MEDICAL ISOLATION. LET’S GET A DOCTOR TO EXPLAIN THE NEW MEXICANS EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE DOCTORS GRACE I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAID. SHE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING IT IN LAYMAN’S TERMS AND WE I MEAN HOSPITALS HAVE VERY RIGID POLICIES ABOUT PERSONAL PROTECTION FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS PATIENTS ISOLATION VENTILATION OF THE ROOMS. AND THEY ARE SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOLS THAT THEY USE FOR EVERY OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE. IT DEPENDS IT DEPENDS EACH HOSPITALS WERE WITHOUT AN EMERGENCY. EVERY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TO BE LICENSES REQUIRED TO MEET A CERTAIN STANDARD TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT IS PART OF WHAT THEIR LICENSE REQUIRES THE ISSUES RELATED TO THAT PATIENT ARE GOING TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT LEVEL OF THAT PROTOCOL THEY UNDERTAKE, BUT WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE DOING. AND ACTUALLY I DON’T KNOW IF YOU ALL AND MANY OF YOU WERE HERE. REMEMBER NEW MEXICO’S PROTOCOLS WERE IDENTIFIED AS SOME AS SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICE PROTOCOLS. FOUR AS WE WERE IN HELPING OTHER COMMUNITIES AND COUNTRIES WHOSE SARS AS WE HAD TO DEAL WITH HANTAVIRUS AS WE DEALT WITH H1N1. SO WE I WOULD I WOULD LIKE EVERY OTHER LEADER IN EVERY EVERY AMERICAN I DON’T WANT ANY OF THESE ISSUES. THAT ANYONE HAS TO DEAL WITH THERE ARE MANY INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DEALS WITH ON A REGULAR AND ROUTINE BASIS. THAT’S GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING AND WE’RE GOING TO KILL ME. AND IF THEY DO THAT GO AHEAD AND THEN I’M GONNA GO TO DAN IN THE BACK AND THEN BACK OVER HERE BECAUSE I KEEP FORGETTING AND THEN DO YOU AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE TO JUST REMIND ME. I’M NOT TRYING TO IGNORE ANYONE EVERY QUESTIONS VALID AND MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET PREPARED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT THAT MIGHT GET TO THE QUESTION THAT UNDERLIES YOUR QUESTION. AND THAT IS THAT OF COURSE IN HEALTHCARE. WE DON’T HAVE A SINGLE PERSON A SINGLE DOCTOR NURSE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST. FOR INFECTIOUS PATIENTS, BUT THEY’RE VERY STRICT GUIDELINES. SO IF I GO INTO A ROOM WITH A PATIENT WITH ONE SORT OF INFECTION, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO DON GLOVES MASK SOMETIMES A HAT GOWN TREAT THAT PATIENT. I FORGOT TO MENTION WASHING MY HANDS FIRST COME OUT OF THE ROOM TAKE OFF ALL OF THAT EQUIPMENT WASH. MY HANDS GO INTO THE NEXT ROOM IF THAT PATIENTS IN ISOLATION SAME EXACT ROUTINE, AND SO THAT IT IS VERY RIGID AND IN PARTICULARLY NICE TO USE VERY STRICTLY ENFORCED SO I THINK YOU MIGHT BE GETTING AT DO WE HAVE PEOPLE MY CARING INFECTIONS FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER AND I THINK THAT IS TO PREVENT THAT EVENTUALITY IS EXACTLY WHY THE PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE MR. MCKAY. LET’S GO THERE TO GO ON. IS THIS A NEW NORMAL FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR? IT’S SOMETHING THAT HE’S UP WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARMER. WHAT SHOULD WE BE PREPARING FOR SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC DAY WHEN ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT NORMAL. RETURN THAT’S AN IMPOSSIBLE THING FOR ME TO DO AND I WON’T PREDICT FOR NEW MEXICANS BECAUSE IT’S UNFAIR AND FOR FOLKS WHO DO THAT. IT’S COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE THAT WARM WEATHER IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT HAS THE OTHER COUNTRIES FIGURE IT OUT THAT’S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SECOND. OKAY QUICKLY. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE NEW MEXICAN STILL STUCK ON THE PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP AND THE ONES THAT ARE IN QUARANTINE. WHAT CAN WE TELL THAT TO OUR TRIBAL LEADERS? WHO SAID THEY’RE STILL HAVING ANNOUNCED CANCELLATIONS OF EVENTS AT CASINOS AND THEN WHERE ARE WE AT WITH TESTING AND I HAVE SOME MORE ON THE TESTING MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE FIRST TWO QUICKLY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET’S DO LET’S DO THE THE THE CASINOS AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS MONDAY. I HAVE A CALL WITH EVERY TRIBAL LEADER TO DECIDE WHAT POLICIES WILL MAKE THE MOST SENSE. THEY ARE CLEAR THAT THAT IS THOSE ARE LARGE LARGE GATHERINGS IN GAMING AND IT’S NOT JUST TRY OLD LEADERS WHO WERE ENGAGED IN GAMING WE THINK THAT THERE IS A LIKELY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE CONTAINMENT POLICY AND WE’RE WORKING ON THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THEY ARE DOING THAT. I DON’T WANT NO MEXICANS BY VIRTUE OF MY ANSWER TO THINK THAT WE’VE NOT BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH TRIBAL LEADERS, BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE REALIZED NEEDS MORE ATTENTION AND IS GOING TO NEED VERY SPECIFIC POLICIES ABOUT THAT TO THE DIAMOND PRINCESS DOCTRINE. CLINT 19 TO MEXICANS, AND I’M GOING TO ADD ONE WHO IS A GRANDDAUGHTER DOESN’T LIVE HERE BUT AS PART OF THAT TRAVELING GROUP, SO IT’S 20 THE GRAND PRINCESS. THANK YOU DOCTOR. THEY ARE ALL OFF THE SHIP. THEY ARE IN THESE LOCATIONS CURRENTLY. THEY ARE AT DOBBINS AIR FORCE BASE IN GEORGIA. I BELIEVE THERE ARE SIX THERE AND I’LL TELL YOU WHY. I DON’T KNOW. I WAS LITERALLY TEXTING WITH THEM ALL NIGHT, AND WE ARE REASSESSING THAT THAT’S WHERE PEOPLE ARE THERE ARE SIX OR SO AT MIRAMAR AND THE REMAINDER ARE AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE PEOPLE WERE IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. IS TO GET TO THOSE AIR FORCE BASES ONE. I WANT TO THANK THOSE AIR FORCE BASE OR THOSE BASES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR STANDING UP VER VERY PRODUCTIVE INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE COMMUNICATION BY THE PENTAGON ON THESE ISSUES LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED OFF THAT BOAT WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO THEY DID NOT GET THE FOOD AND ATTENTION. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO THEY DID NOT GET THE KIND OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE SHIP THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO AND I WILL TELL YOU HHS IS ON THE GROUND AND THEY’RE TRYING I’M NOT GOING TO FALL TO ANYONE. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HHS, I THINK 1:30 2:00 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING AS PEOPLE WERE THE TARMAC. OUR PLAN FOR ALL THOSE NEW MEXICANS IS TO FLY THEM HOME AND IF THEY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS AND THEY’RE GETTING YOU KNOW, THEY’RE THEY’RE GOING THROUGH TESTING AND EVALUATION. THEY’LL SELF ISOLATE WILL KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE THERE. THAT IS IT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS IT SHOULD BE. AS EARLY AS TODAY. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THOSE CALIFORNIANS HOME. MY GOAL IS TO GET EVERYONE HOME BY TOMORROW. WE’VE SECURED THE APPROPRIATE KINDS OF AIRPLANES TO DO THAT. WE’RE WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THAT. IT’S DIFFICULT AND THIS IS WHY THEY’RE SO EXASPERATED. EVERY STATE IS NOW COMPETING INCLUDING ME AND I’M VERY COMPETITIVE ABOUT PROTECTING THE MEXICANS AND I DON’T THINK THIS IS THE PLACE TO SHOW HUMOR. THIS IS THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES, BUT WE REALLY ARE COMPETING FOR THE SAME RESOURCES. SO WE’VE SECURED. TWO PLANES WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET FOLKS HOME. THAT IT REALLY IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THOSE FOLKS. WE’VE ALSO ADDRESSED MEDICAL ISSUES. PRESCRIPTION DRUG ISSUES CAREGIVING ISSUES PET ISSUES. WE’VE GOT LOST LUGGAGE. SO MAYBE THE BEST THING FOR THOSE 22 MEXICANS I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR GRACE AND PATIENCE AND WANT TO THANK THEM FOR CHANNELING THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT TO US IN WAYS THAT ALLOW US TO DO THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB AND TO HELP OTHER STATES NOW NAVIGATE THESE PROBLEMS. THAT’S HOW YOU LEARN HOW TO ADDRESS NOW THESE TRIPS AND THIS PEOPLE COME HOME WHAT WE DO SO I THANK THEM FOR THAT. SO I THINK WE’VE DONE AS MUCH AS WE COULD DO VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY WERE ON THAT SHIP FRANKLY. MANY OF THEM FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK WITH VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT AND JUST KNOW MANY OF THEM ARE REALLY TIRED TODAY. AND SO BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE’VE DONE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I’M GOING TO GET THOSE NEW MEXICANS HOME. YEP, I THINK IN DENVER, THEY SAID THEY WERE TOO LATE THE TESTS OUT THERE NOW DEALING WITH COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. WHERE ARE WE AT WHERE WE AT THIS POINT WHERE WE THINK WE’RE TOO FAR BEHIND WITH TESTING WHICH IS WHY WE’RE WE’RE DOING THIS. I MEAN, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE YEAH. THIS ABILITY I TEST FOR PEOPLE LIKE I’M GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT I’M RELUCTANT TO TO DO, BUT I’M COMPELLED. EVERYONE DID WHAT THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY, WHICH IS YOU FOLLOW THE CDC GUIDELINES ABOUT WHO YOUR TESTING. I DON’T THINK THAT THE CDC AND HHS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE AS CLEAR AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT HOW CONTAGIOUS THIS VIRUSES AND ABOUT THE VIRILITY OF THIS VIRUS, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS HOW DANGEROUS IS IT AND WHAT THE DEATH RATES? BE LIKE, I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO CONTROL. THIS IS THEIR JOB THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY COULD GIVE US BEST PRACTICE. BUT WHEN THEY DID THAT THEY DELAYED TESTING THEY DELAYED ACCESS TO THE STUFF THAT WE NEED TO DO TESTING. SO NOW ALL STATES INCLUDING NEW MEXICO OR SORT OF CAUGHT IN THAT DYNAMIC. I’M WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T GET TO A PLACE. WHERE WE HAVE TO SAY TO ANYONE WE WERE TOO LATE, RIGHT? WE’VE BEEN TAUGHT WE ARE RIGHT NOW TODAY WE WERE AHEAD OF THESE MEASURES. MY GOAL IS TO STAY IN THAT POSITION. THAT’S WHY ON WEDNESDAY. WE SAID THAT WE WERE STANDING UP TRICORE HOSPITALS CAN DO THIS TESTING AND I’M WORKING ON WITH TO SAY THIS BUT IT’S THE IT’S THE DOCTORS AND EPIDEMIOLOGISTPT DETERMINATIONS. I TRUST THEIR ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND SORT OF THAT SURVEILLANCE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. WE THINK THAT’S A PRUDENT NEXT STEP. WE WERE NOT PREPARED TODAY TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, EXCEPT YOU’RE SEEING THE RESULT OF OUR PREPAREDNESS. YOU’RE SEEING LABS AVAILABLE. YOU’RE SEEING MORE TESTING GOING ON YOU’RE SAYING DRIVE UPS AVAILABLE. YOU’RE SEEING DOCKS ARE AVAILABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND AS WE HAVE A MORE SPECIFIC STRATEGY EXCEPT THAT HIS STAND-UP YOUR PARTNER’S YOU MAKE SURE IT’S AVAILABLE YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT YOUR HEALTH CARE CAPACITY YOU MINIMIZE CONTACT AND SPREAD YOUR PROVIDE GOOD INFORMATION. INFORMATION. EVERYONE WASHES THEIR HANDS. WE DO THAT THAT REALLY DOES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, BUT THAT’S MY GOAL AND I’M FEELING CONFIDENT THAT WE’RE GOING TO GET TO A PLACE THAT IS VERY PROACTIVE. AND I AND THAT’S THE PART THAT I’M WAS RELUCTANT TO GIVE BECAUSE I CAN’T TELL YOU WHAT THAT PROACTIVE MEASURE OR NUMBER LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE BASED ON POPULATION ISSUES THAT WE’RE ADDRESSING RIGHT NOW DOCTOR. WHAT DID I MISS LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT. DR. OMALU IN GALLUP. IT IS DRIVE THROUGH EVALUATION. NIGHT WHEN I MENTIONED THERE’S TWO COMPONENS TO THIS. THERE’S THE EVALUATION AND COLLECTION OF A SPECIMEN. THERE’S NO TESTING THAT HAPPENS IN A PARKING LOT OR A DRIVE THROUGH THE TESTING GOES TO THE LAB AND IT’S DONE THERE BUT IN ALBUQUERQUE NOW TO LARGE HEALTH SYSTEMS ONE HAS ONE DRIVE THROUGH EVALUATION STATION SET UP ANOTHER LARGE SYSTEM TELL BEING DURING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AT THERE’S WOULD BE UP TOMORROW. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS ACTIVELY DEVELOPING THEIR OWN DRIVE THROUGH TESTING SITES AND JUST REMEMBER DRIVE-THROUGH IS IS THE METHOD OF EVALUATION SPECIMEN COLLECTION THAT PROMOTES THE CURVE ON THE RIGHT HAVING PEOPLE COME INTO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES TO GET THEIR TESTING IS SOMETHING WE DON’T WANT TO DO AND SO I’M GLAD I HAD THE CHANCE TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME CALL. THERE ARE SYSTEMS BEING BROUGHT UP BY MULTIPLE HEALTHCARE. EAMES TO ALLOW YOU TO BE EVALUATED WITHOUT HAVING TO ENTER A HEALTH CARE FACILITY AND THAT AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE PUSHING FOR. SO, WHERE ARE THESE SITES? ARE THEY UP? WE WANT USING THEM. THEY MANY OF THEM ARE UP. WE’LL GET THAT ON OUR WEBSITE WILL PROVIDE THAT IN WRITING TO THE MEDIA. WE WANT YOU TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO YOU HAD A SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION. I’LL MAKE SURE I GET IT IS IT JUST ABOUT HOW MANY AND WHERE ARE THEY? YEAH, I’M SORRY ABOU WE USE THEM AND SO REALLY THE ISSUE IS IF YOU HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED OR YOU’RE FEELING ANY SYMPTOMS. PARDON ME. YEAH TRAVEL. SO IF YOU HAVE A REASON TO BELIEVE THAT YOU’VE EXPOSED AND THANK YOU DOCTOR WANTS ME TO SAY THAT’S BASICALLY TODAY TRAVEL-RELATED RIGHT OR FAMILY MEMBER TRAVEL RELATED. THANK YOU. WHERE YOU’RE DEVELOPING SYMPTOMS, THIS IS A GROUP. THAT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GO TO TRICORE. CALL OUR HEALTH NUMBER CALL OUR HEALTH NUMBERS REALLY THE BEST THING TO DO FIRST. WE’RE TRIAGE. RIGHT. WE DON’T WANT A BUNCH A LONG LINE BECAUSE WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO? WE DON’T PROMOTE PANIC PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PANICKED PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONCERNED AND AWARE AND SHOULD FEEL LIKE WE CARE ABOUT THEIR CHALLENGES. AND THEN WE’RE OPEN TO EVERY IDEA TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THAT’S AND SO FAR THAT’S OCCURRING AND I’M GRATEFUL TO MY STATE AND EVERY POLICY MAKER. EVERY PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESS EVERY FAMILY MEMBERS HELPING US MAKE ACHIEVE THAT IT’S THANK YOU, BUT I DON’T WANT THREE THOUSAND TWO MEXICANS GETTING IN A CAR AND GETTING ON OUR WEBSITE AND LOOKING AT THAT SITE TRAVEL-RELATED OTHER REASON TO BELIEVE THAT YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED. CALL OUR HEALTHCARE NUMBER DEVELOPING SYMPTOMS. WE ARE HOPEFUL I’M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN BROADEN THAT ADVICE TO MORE NEW MEXICANS. THAT’S THE MODEL THAT WE’RE GOING TO BASE ON SCIENTIFIC BEST PRACTICES AND EVIDENCE. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER. I’VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO HOURS. SO I AM RELUCTANT ALSO TO CUT THIS OFF BUT THE MORE TIME WE HAVE TO STAND UP THE SYSTEMS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THEM. THE BETTER OFF NEW MEXICANS ARE GOING TO BE I’M GOING TO TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION FROM EACH SIDE. YOU NEVER GOT TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. DID YOU YOUNG LADY? ALRIGHT, SO I’M GOING TO DO TO I’M GOING TO I’M GOING TO OVERWHELM MYSELF TO ON THIS SIDE TWO OF YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME TWO ON THAT SIDE AND WE’LL BE I APOLOGIZE THAT KEPT FORGETTING ABOUT YOU. FAMILIES LIVE IN THE BORDER. THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE BORDER BEING CLOSED OR JUST TRAVELING ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE FAMILIES IN MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA. THERE ARE 12 CASES THAT I’M AWARE OF IN MEXICO. THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE THAT THIS VIRUS WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US TO ADDRESS IS A BORDER RELATED ISSUE IT IS IN FACT A HUMAN CONTACT AND GLOBAL ISSUE. SO WE HAVE TO CARE ABOUT IT. I JUST DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THE BORDER IS A SPECIFIC ADDITIONAL REST RISK MORE THAN TRAVELING TO NEW YORK CITY SAME RISK, RIGHT? IS THAT CLEAR TO EVERYONE SAME RISK? THERE ARE SOME FOLKS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SOME NEW MEXICANS THE THINK THAT THE VIRUS IS ORIGINATED IN MEXICO AND AT THE BORDER AND IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, THAT’S NOT TRUE. THERE ARE SOME NEW MEXICANS AND SOME AMERICANS THE THINK THAT THERE’S A HIGHER RATE OF SPREAD AND LESS PUBLIC HEALTH IN COUNTRIES LIKE MEXICO THAT IS ALSO FALSE BUT EVERY TRAVEL CONTACT IT’S RISK, SO WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THAT THE BORDER IS NOT CLOSED. THE PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IF THE BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT THE BORDER BE EXPANDED AS APPROPRIATE. WE ARE ABOUT MINIMIZING RISK. I’M GOING TO NEED HELP FOR FOLKS TO MINIMIZE RISK. SO THE SAME RULES APPLY THEIR AS APPLY STATEWIDE AND WE ARE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON IT. SO ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. I’M SORRY. WELL, I’LL MAKE SURE THEY’RE OKAY. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WERE 24. THAT WAS OUR CAPACITY TO TEST 2,400. I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY OF THOSE TESTS OPEN USE AND AND I KNOW THERE’S A MEETING HAPPENING TODAY. BUT WITH TRICORE HOW MANY MORE WOULD BE AVAILABLE OR SO? YEAH, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T EVER HAVE TO ANSWER THIS. WE DON’T HAVE ANY MORE TESTING ABILITY. MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS. SO THAT’S WHAT I’M DOING. I’M GOING TO THEM RIGHT NOW AND I CAN PUT THAT. ON OUR WEBSITE LATER. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE INFORMATION. I WAS GIVING OUT WEDNESDAY, RIGHT? WE’RE NOT WAITING WAITING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ALLOCATE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO FIGURE IT OUT MEANS I CAN’T DO THIS. SO THAT’S AN INDICATION. YES, SIR SPREAD WHAT SPECIFIC MEASURES WITH THE STATE TAKE IT’S GOING TO DEPEND. WHERE IS THE SPREAD OF POPULATION IS AFFECTED, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO INCREASE SOCIAL ISOLATION INCREASED SERVICES TO PEOPLE SO THAT PEOPLE AREN’T EXPOSING OUT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OCCURS AND IT’S TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT THAT BUT WE HAVE THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE BROAD POWER TO ADDRESS IT. GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE GOING TO USE THAT BROAD POWER TO FURTHER INTERRUPT THE DAY-TO-DAY LIVES OF NEW MEXICANS. WITHOUT LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE ON THIS CURVE. SO THIS IS MY GUIDING LINE. AND AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TUSSLE EXPECT THAT AND WE GOT A YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE YESTERDAY SCHOOLS WEREN’T CLOSED TODAY. THEY ARE THIS IN FROM IT CHANGES. IT’S A RAPIDLY MOVING EFFORT. WE ASSESS EVERY DAY. SO IT’S PREMATURE TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE’D HAVE TO SEE TO DO THIS, BUT I’M IN CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE I EXPECT TO BE LOOKING AT THIS EVIDENCE TO GIVE ME SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO SHOW ME. WHAT’S THE BEST EFFORT THAT MEANS IS SOME BUSINESSES MIGHT HAVE TO RESTRICT YOUR CLOTHES. WE WILL LOOK AT EVERY ISSUE. YOU SHOULD EXPECT ON THIS WEBSITE, AND I DON’T WANT TO OPEN UP MORE QUESTIONS, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT TO HAVE A PROTOCOL AT THE AIRPORT, RIGHT INFORMATION. IS POWER THAT POWER SAVES LIVES KNOWING WHERE PEOPLE COME FROM KNOWING IF THEY HAVE ISSUES NOW WHEN WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, SO YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF NEW MEXICO PUBLIC HEALTH PRECEDENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. THAT SHOULD NOT SCARE ANYONE. THAT SHOULD TELL PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW THAT IF WE’RE PRESENT AT PLACES WHERE THERE ARE RISK. WE ARE MITIGATING RISK AND PROTECTING NEW MEXICANS. SO IT’S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. YEAH, SO WE’RE GETTING OUT INFORMATION. WE’RE GOING TO STAND UP SOME PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS. WE WANT TO GET A SENSE ABOUT IF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCED SOME SYMPTOMS OR HAVE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A PLACE TO DIRECT THEM AND WE’LL PUT OUT THE VERY SPECIFICS ABOUT THE AIRPORT PROTOCOL ON THIS WEBSITE, BUT I FOLKS TO KNOW THERE’S NOT A BUSINESS AND THERE’S NOT AN ISSUE. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT AND PREPARING FOR AND STANDING UP A PLAN FOR AND WE’RE DOING IT IN REAL TIME. ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE HERE, AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO CLOSE IT, BUT WHE WILL BE AVAILABLE? OKAY, THERE WILL BE NO. CAN YOU JUST MAKE A STATEMENT? RIGHT? I MEAN BECAUSE IT’S IS ACTUALLY TWO PARTS THE PART OF THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS CONTROL OVER AND THEY THAT BOARD AND THEN SUPERINTENDENT MIKE THAT’S AGAIN. THIS IS WHY YOU DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. YOU DON’T DO IT TO PANIC YOUR POPULATION YOU DO IT SO THAT THE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES AND POWERS THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE CAN BE UTILIZED TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILIES. SO THAT PROTECTION IS IT DIRECTS INSURERS AND IT DIRECTS HOSPITALS RIGHT THAT NO PATIENT SHOULD HAVE A COPAY MORE OUT-OF-POCKET DEDUCTIBLES COSTS RELATED TO WHAT WE’RE DOING. TO MINIMIZE THE SPREAD OF THIS DISEASE AND TO DEAL WITH IN ADDITION, WHICH IS ALSO PREMATURE UNTIL I HAVE ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER, BUT I WANT TO MEXICANS TO KNOW WE’RE THINKING AHEAD EVEN NEW MEXICANS WHO WERE UNINSURED. SO THERE ARE VEHICLES FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN OPEN UP ENROLLMENT PERIODS FIND WAYS TO HELP SUBSIDIZE PREMIUMS MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE WE WANT PEOPLE RIGHT IF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO BE TESTED OR TREATED. THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT BILLS. THEN THAT MINIMIZES MY ABILITY TO DO CONTAINMENT. SO WE’RE GOING TO USE EVERY TOOL IN NEW MEXICO’S TOOLBOX TO EASE THE BURDEN EASE THE PAIN AND TO MAKE EVERYONE FEEL LIKE THEY’RE BEING PROTECTED IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE POSSIBLE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY THE MEXICANS AGAIN TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE JUST BEING PREPARED AND SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE AND PROACTIVE AND I THE PEOPLE ARE NOT PANICKED AND I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS ARE GIVING US INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS AND REMEMBER OUR WEBSITE AND THE NEW NUMBERS. I’M GONNA GIVE THEM ALL TO YOU. AGAIN. THE HEALTH HOTLINE IS READY HAS BEEN READY 8 5 5 603 FOUR FIVE THREE IF YOU HAVE TRAVELED IF YOU’VE BEEN WITH SOMEONE WHO’S RECENTLY TRAVELED IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OR HEALTH RELATED QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THIS NUMBER. YOU BET OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT SCHOOLS AND CHILDCARE AND FOOD SECURITY AND WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ANYTHING ELSE. I WANT YOU TO CALL THIS NUMBER THAT’S IN PROCESS, BUT VERY SOON AND WHEN I MEAN VERY SOON I’M DIRECTING PEOPLE TO JUST GET IT DONE, BUT WE’RE NOT QUITE READY RIGHT? WE’RE TRAINING PEOPLE GETTING THE INFORMATION MAKING SURE THE ROLLOVERS WORK THAT NUMBER EIGHT THREE THREE FIVE FIVE ONE ZERO FIVE ONE EIGHT. WE ARE UPLOADING EVERY LINK AND EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT WE’VE DISCUSSED TODAY ON OUR WEBSITE, NEW MEXICO DOT-GOV THAT’S BEEN IN PROCESS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. WE WILL KEEP DOING THAT. I DON’T WANT TO MEXICANS TO FEEL LIKE WHEN THEY GO TO IT. IT’S NOT QUITE RIGHT. IT WILL BE RIGHT BUT WE’RE DOING THAT. DOES THAT WORK IS HAPPENING ALL DAY? THANK YOU VER