HERE IN HAWAII....
WE'VE HAD 17 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF
SINGLE DIGIT NEW COVID-19 CASES
REPORTED - WITH 4 OF THEM
YESTERDAY.
AND AS A RESULT - GOVERNOR IGE
HAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO
REOPEN
MORE BUSINESSES - INCLUDING
SHOPPING MALLS AND RETAILIERS...
JOINING US NOW WITH THE VERY
LATEST IS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
AND THE
STATE'S COVID-19 LIASON - DOCTOR
JOSH GREEN...
ROSS:
1Q. DOC, CONTACT TRACING IS
VITAL TO KEEPING THE VIRUS IN
CHECK AND KEEPING
EVERYONE SAFE AS WE REOPEN THE
LOCAL ECONOMY.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY
HEALTH OFFICIALS - THEY
RECOMMEND 30 TRACERS PER ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND
RESIDENTS. WHICH MEANS THAT THE
STATE WOULD NEED 420 STAFF
MEMBERS -
300 ON OAHU ALONE...WITH OUR
POPULATION OF 1.4 MILLION.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS
THEY HAVE 80 PEOPLE
.
DOES THE STATE NEED TO STEP UP
AND HIRE AND TRAIN MORE STAFF
FOR THIS? GEN
HARA EVEN OFFERED TO USE HIS
NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WHO ARE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS..DOCTOR
MUGIISHI RECOMMENDED
MORE. DOCTOR ANDERSON DOWNPLAYED
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS -
YOUR IDEA OF HAVING VISITORS
BEING TESTED 3 DAYS BEFORE
COMING TO
HAWAII...SORTA LIKE HEALTH
VISA...
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD WITH MORE
VISITORS FLYING IN - DESPITE THE
14-DAY
QUARANTINE..
WE HAD 246 VISITORS ON MONDAY -
THE HIGHEST NUMBER WE'VE SEEN IN
WEEKS.
SHOULD WE BE IMPLEMENTING THAT
PROPOSED POLICY SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER?
ROSS:
3Q. WE GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM
VIEWERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING
FINANCIALLY WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT...AND NOT GETTING
THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT
CHECKS...
WHERE WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING OUR
RESOURCES AND EFFORTS NOW?
ROSS:
DOCTOR JOSH GREEN WILL BE
FACEBOOK QUESTIONS...A LITTLE
LATER IN THE SHOW...
BUT FOR NOW, LET'S SEND IT OVER
TO KELLY.
KELLY:
CHRIS WILL HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT
THE ROADS AND I'VE GOT YOUR
FORECAST AS