EXECUTIV4@E ORDER TO POSTPONE AL ELECTIVE SURGERIES ACROSS THE STATE4@ HERE IN KNOX COUNTY.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED
A STAY AT HOME ORDER4@ BEGINNING
TOMORROW.
THAT MEANS ALL NON-ESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES4@ WILL BE FORCED TO
CLOSE FOR 14 DAYS.
THAT DOES NOT4@ INCLUDE GROCERY
STORES, PHARMACIES, MEDICAL
FACILITIES OR RESTAURANTS
OFFERING TAKEOUT SERVICES.
>> AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY4@ TO
STAY HOME IF YOU CAN TO HELP
PROTECT4@ OUR FIRST RESPONDERS
AND HEALTH 4@CARE WORKERS WHO AE
GOING TO BE ON THE FRONTLINES
WHO CANNOT STAY HOME.
AND THAT INCLUDES OUR PEOPLE4@
WORKING AT4@ GROCERY STORES,
PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING THE
BUSES, PEOPLE4@ WHO ARE, YOU KNW
,MAINTAINING4@ OUR POLICE AND
FIRE.
>> KNOX COUNTY NOW4@ 19 CASES.
>> THE KNOX COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS NO CASES4@ HAVE
REQUIRED HOSPITILIZATION HEALTH
LEADERS SAY THERE IS COMMUNITY4@
SPREAD WITHIN THE COUNTY.
THAT MEANS PATIENTS ARE BEING
EXPOSED IN KNOX COUNTY AND HAVE
NOT TRAVELED TO OTHER AREAS4@ TO
NEWS REPORTER PAUL SULLIVAN HAS
THE DETAILS ON THE SAFER AT
HOME ORDER WHICH CLOSES ALL
NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS TONIGHT
.
A NEW STEP TO COMBAT THE
SPREADING4@ CORONA VIRUS.
THE KNOX COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS STAY HOME WITH
THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CASES
WE FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME TO
TAKE A MORE A LITTLE MORE
EXTREME PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURE.
>> THE ORDER4@ CLOSES ALL
NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES AND
EXTREME PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURE. >> THE ORDER4@ CLOSES ALL NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES AND4@
BANS GATHERINGS4@ OF MORE THAN 0
PEOPLE.
>> THE 12 CASES CONFIRMED IN
KNOX COUNTY NOW INCLUDE
COMMUNITY SPREAD.
THAT MEANS PATIENTS CONTRACTED4@
KOVIC 19 HERE.
>> NOT EVERYBODY HAS A
CONNECTION TO ANOTHER KEVIN 19
CASE.
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE TWO
WEEK ORDER.
>> GROCERY STORES4@, PHARMACIES
BANKS, POST OFFICES AND GAS
STATIONS WILL ALL STAY OPEN.
>> RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN FOR
TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY AND PEOPLE
CAN STILL L4@EAVE THEIR HOMES.
>> WE WANT PEOPLE4@ TO HAVE SOME
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY IS TO4@ OUR MENTAL
HEALTH.
HAIR AND NAIL SALONS PLUS
TATTOO PARLORS4@ ON THE LIST TO
CLOSE.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW
SERIOUS THIS THIS IS4@ HOW
SERIOUS KEVIN 19 IS AND I'M
TRUSTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES
TO DO THE BEST THING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND FOLLOW THIS ORDER
AND CLOSE THE GOAL.
>> SLOW THE RATE OF INFECTION
SO DOCTORS4@4@ CAN KEEP UP WHEN
AND CLOSE THE GOAL. >> SLOW THE RATE OF INFECTION SO DOCTORS4@4@ CAN KEEP UP WHENE
RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE SHORT IS
TOO LATE AND SO WE'RE PREPARING
AS IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN
ESCALATION OF THE BURDEN OF
DISEASE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> AS KNOX COUNTY ASKS EVERYONE
TO STAY INSIDE TO STAY HEALTHY.
>> WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE
UNPRECEDENTED DECISIONS BETWEEN
PEOPLE'S LIVES AND PEOPLE'S
LIVELIHOODS.
>> AND4@ WHILE LIVELIHOODS ARE
IMPORTANT, LIVES ARE EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT.
4@>> I'M JOINED NOW BY NOTTS
COUNTY MAYOR GLEN JACOBS.
MAYOR JACOB SPREAK4@, CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
HE'S JOINING US WITH MORE ON
THIS SAFER4@ AT HOME ORDER.
LET'S BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT
WHAT WENT4@ TO MAKING THIS
DECISION.
>> WELL, UNDER TENESSEEE STATE
LAW, THE4@ LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR
HAS VAST POWER TO COMBAT AN
EPIDEMIC.
AND AFTER CONSULTING WITH OTHER
MEDICAL EXPERTS AND THE
HOSPITALS, I THINK DR. KINCANON
FELT THAT AT THIS4@ POINT SHE HD
REALLY NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO TO
ISSUE THIS ORDER SAY TO THOSE
LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ARGUE
WORRIED ABOUT SURVIVING THROUGH
THIS TIME4@.
>> I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT
LOCAL BUSINESSES.
>> I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE
ECONOMY4@.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE IMPACTS
OF FIGHTING THE POTED 19 IS
JUST THE EFFECT4@ IT'S GOING TO
HAVE ON OUR4@ ECONOMY BOTH
LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
AND4@ I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US AS A COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER
THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH
THIS BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
STICK TOGETHER AND ESPECIALLY
ONCE4@ ONCE THE VIRUS IS PASSED
AND ONCE WE'RE THROUGH THAT
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TO REALLY
STICK TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A WEB SITE.
IT'S A VOLUNTEER ETF DOT ORG.
PEOPLE HAVE A4@4@ YOU CAN FIND S
OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
THERE.
I WAS JUST SAW ON TWITTER WHERE
SECOND HARVEST IS NEEDED
DONATIONS AND JUST ALL OF OUR
SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
IN GENERAL COULD REALLY USE
SOME HELP RIGHT NOW4@.
BUT YES4@, I AM VERY WORRIED
ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND WHAT
WE'RE GOING4@ TO DO GOING FORWAD
.
LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE WATER
.
>> HOW WILL4@ IT BE ENFORCED?
>> WELL, WITH WE CAN'T L4@OCK
PEOPLE4@ IN OUR HOMES SO WE ARE
REALLY ASKING FOLKS, YOU KNOW,
TO JUST MINIMIZE MINIMIZE BEING
AROUND OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT4@ STAYING INSIDE BUT
IT'S TRYING4@ TO STAY AWAY FROM
OTHER FOLKS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE@
STAYING AT HOME.
BUT AS DR. BUCHANANS SAID, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IS HIS
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE.
4@SO CERTAINLY WE WANT PEOPLE TO
GET OUT AND UTILIZE THE PARKS
AND THE GREENWAYS JUST ENSURE
THAT YOU'RE MAINTAINING THE
SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS
THERE AS WELL.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST4@
IMPORTANT THINGS IS NO MATTER
WHAT.
WASH YOUR HANDS, MAINTAIN
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ABOVE ALL
IF YOU FEEL SICK, PLEASE DON'T
GO OUT BECAUSE4@ WHAT YOU'RE
DOING IS YOU COULD POTENTIALLY
BE PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE AT RISK@
.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THIS
WATER COULD GET EXTENDED AT
THIS4@ POINT?
I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S NOT A DECISION WE
ALREADY4@ MAKE.
>> NOW I KNOW YOU'VE SAID THIS
BEFORE INCLUDING EARLIER TODAY
ABOUT HELPING4@ EACH OTHER.
YOU TALKED ABOUT IT JUST A
MOMENT AGO THAT THIS AFFECTS
OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND WE'LL
TAKE ALL OF US TO GET THROUGH
IT.
WE WILL CERTAINLY GET TO IT AND
GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
BUT ANY OTHER WORDS OF HOPE
THAT YOU'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR
COMMUNITY?
>> SURE.
I MEAN AT THE END OF THE DAY
WE'RE GONNA BEAT THIS THING4@ AD
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO
CONCENTRATE ON.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT COMES
NEXT FOR US IS COMMUNITY4@ THE
DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AND HOW
WE'RE4@ GONNA HELP EACH OTHER4@
NEXT FOR US IS COMMUNITY4@ THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AND HOW WE'RE4@ GONNA HELP EACH OTHER4@T
AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GO ON.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING
THAT GIVES ME HOPE IS LIVING
HERE IN EAST TENNESSEE4@ WE HAVE
THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD.
AND4@ YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOE
THINGS, RIGHT?
I KNOW THAT WE MIGHT GET
KNOCKED AROUND EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE, BUT IN THE END WE'RE
GOING TO STAND STRONG AND
THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO