GOVERNOR
GOVERNOR JARED POLIS ANNOUNCED
>>>
>>> COLORADO IS NOT ON LOCKDOWN, AT LEAST NOT AT THIS
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED NEW
STEPS IN A PLAN ECONOMIC
RECOVERY TODAY.
RECOVERY TODAY. HE TALKED ABOUT THE SURGE OF
HOSPITALS, BUT THERE WAS NO
STEADY AT HOME ORDER TO THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. BY
STATE. BY MONDAY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
IN FOUR DIFFERENT STATES WILL
BE WITH THOSE STAY-AT-HOME
ORDERS.
ORDERS.
ORDERS. WHETHER COLORADO WILL BE NEXT.
>> GHOST TOWN, THAT'S THE
REALITY, EVEN IN AMERICA'S
BIGGEST CITIES RIGHT NOW, TIMES
SQUARE, NO LONGER BUSTLING.
LOS ANGELES HIGHWAYS WITHOUT
GRIDLOCK.
GRIDLOCK.
GRIDLOCK. CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR WAS THE
FIRST TO ISSUE A STAY-AT-HOME
ORDER.
ORDER.
ORDER. >>
ORDER. >> WE ARE CONFIDENT THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA WILL ABIDE BY IT.
>> AND THEN ANDREW COMEAU IN
THE MOST NEW YORK WAY POSSIBLE.
>> THIS IS NOT LIFE AS USUAL
AND ACCEPT IT AND REALIZE IT
AND DEAL WITH IT.
>> Reporter: THIS AFTERNOON,
ILLINOIS, CONNECTICUT DID THE
SAME.
SAME.
SAME. >>
SAME. >> TO AVOID THE LOSS OF
POTENTIALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF LIVES, WE MUST ENACT IN
IMMEDIATE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER.
>> Reporter: THAT'S ROUGHLY 75
MILLION PEOPLE BEING TOLD NOT
TO VENTURE OUTSIDE, ALL OF THIS
BEING TOLD TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
GOVERNOR JARED POLIS WOULDN'T
SAY FRIDAY IF COLORADANS WOULD
BE UNDER A SIMILAR ORDER.
BUT SINCE HE'S LOOKING AT OTHER
STATES, SO WILL WE.
>> ARE WE REDUCING DENSITY?
YES.
YES.
YES. DO
YES. DO WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY HOME?
YES.
YES.
YES. ARE
YES. ARE WE GOING TO DO QUARANTINE,
ARE PEOPLE IMPRISONED IN THEIR
HOMES?
HOMES?
HOMES? NO.
NO.
NO. >>
NO. >> Reporter: THIS IS NOT A FULL
BE LOCKDOWN SCENARIO.
ALL FOUR STATES WITH THE ORDER
ARE ALLOWING FOR WORKERS TO
STILL SHOW UP, ESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES COULD KEEP OPERATING
TOO LIKE PHARMACIES, GROCERY
STORES, AND RESTAURANTS
OFFERING TAKEOUT, AND YES
COLORADO PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO
EXERCISE OUTSIDE THOUGH KEEPING
DISTANCE FROM OTHERS IS BEING
STRESSED.
STRESSED.
STRESSED. IT IS SOMETHING GOVERNMENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
PONDERING, WEIGHING THE THREAT
OF FURTHER CRIPPLING BUSINESSES
AS A WORSENING PANDEMIC
APPROACHES.
APPROACHES. IN DENVER RYAN HAARER, 9NEWS.
>>> SUGGESTING THE STATES WILL
REALLY DIFFER WHEN IT COMES TO
ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT. CALIFORNIA SAYS THEY COULD
HANDLE MISDEMEANOR PENALTIES
FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. WHEREAS NEW YORK SAYS IT IS
GOING TO FINE BUSINESSES THAT
WILL REFUSE TO CLOSE.
IN ILLINOIS GOVERNOR SAID HE IS
JUST HOPING EVERYONE WILL WORK
TOGETHER AND SPECIFY THE
PENALTIES IN CONNECTICUT AND
THEY DID NOT GET INTO THAT AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. THERE ARE 39 COLORADANS BACK
HOME TONIGHT AFTER THEIR CRUISE
SHIP WAS HELD OFF THE COAST OF
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS ON THE
GRAND PRINCESS CRUISE TESTED
POSITIVE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
SHIP DOCKED MARCH 9 AND
EVERYONE ON BOARD WAS
QUARANTINED.
QUARANTINED. SELF-QUARANTINING AT HOME SINCE
IT HAS NOT BEEN THE FULL TWO
WEEKS SINCE THE SHIP DOCKED.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS NONE
OF THE COLORADANS ARE SHOWING
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. COLORADO IS UP TO 363 CASES OF
COVID-19 THAT WE HAVE REPORTED
FOR THAT SO FAR.
SAFEWAY HAS A PLAN TO PROTECT
SOME OF ITS WORKERS BY
INSTALLING PLEXI GLASS BETWEEN
THE CLERK AND THE FOLKS IN THE
STORE.
STORE.
STORE. ALBERTSON'S, WHICH OWNS
SAFEWAY, SAYS IT WILL INSTALL
THE GLASS IN ITS CHECKOUT LANES
IN 2,200 STORES.
WORK IN SOME OF THE STORES
SHOULD BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
SAFEWAY TAKING ANOTHER
PRECAUTION AS WELL TEMPORARILY
CLOSING SOUP BARS, SALAD BARS,
AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD DEEP
CLEAN THEIR STORES AT THE END
OF EACH DAY.
>>> WE HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF
YOU FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE LENGTH
OF TIME THAT IT IS TAKING FOR
YOUR CORONAVIRUS TEST RESULTS
TO COME BACK.
TODAY WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO
LEARN ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE
BACKLOG IN OUR STATE.
STATE LAB IS BEHIND BY 2,600
TESTS RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THAT
LAB AND A PRIVATE OUTFIT.
THE STATE COULD GO THROUGH
ABOUT 600 TESTS A DAY.
THERE ARE SO MANY TESTS COMING
IN AND SO FEW RESULTS COMING
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. THAT
OUT. THAT IS WHY IT IS TAKING DAYS
FOR YOU TO LEARN THE RESULTS OF
YOUR TESTS.
YOUR TESTS. DENVER HEALTH HAS COME UP WITH
ITS OWN SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE,
NOW DOING TESTS IN HOUSE.
THIS IS NOT FOR THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOSPITALIZED THERE AND FOR
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
THOSE TEST RESULTS WILL COME
BACK IN LESS THAN A DAY.
>> WHEN WE CAN'T GET QUICK TEST
RESULTS BACK, WE HAVE TO TREAT
EVERYONE WHILE WE'RE WAITING
FOR THEIR TEST RESULTS AS A
POSITIVE PATIENT.
POSITIVE PATIENT. SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH MASKS,
GOWNS, AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT
THAT GOES WITH AN ISOLATION
PATIENT.
PATIENT.
PATIENT. >> DENVER HEALTH COULD DO
UPWARDS OF 200 HEALTH A DAY AND
THERE IS ALSO AN ISSUE OF
SHORTAGES IN TESTING MATERIALS.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS STRESSED
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO THE
POINT THEY'RE DOING THINGS THAT
WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE JUST A
SHORT TIME AGO.
GENERALLY DISPOSED THROUGHOUT
THE DAY THEY'RE ROTATED.
9WANTS TO KNOW, KEVIN VAUGHAN
FOUND OUT DOCTORS AND NURSES
ARE BEING TOLD TO KEEP USING
THE SAME MASK FOR THE ENTIRE
SHIFT.
SHIFT.
SHIFT. >>
SHIFT. >> THE GUIDELINES ARE SIMPLE,
FIT MASKS NOT UP TO FACE, THEN
DISCARD IN A WASTE CONTAINER.
BOTH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,
THOSE RULES ARE NOW OUT THE
WINDOW AT COLORADO HOSPITALS.
>> WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
EARLIER THIS WEEK TO PICK THE
BRAINS OF SOME OF THE FOLKS ON
THE COAST WHO ARE ABOUT 10 TO
14 DAYS AHEAD OF US.
>> Reporter: IN THE ADVICE
JULIE LONGBORD HEARD.
>> PRESERVE NOW EVERY PIECE OF
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
YOU CAN.
YOU CAN.
YOU CAN. >> PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT OR PPE, GLOVES,
GOWNS, GOGGLES, AND MASKS.
>> WE PUT THAT OUT TO ALL OF
OUR HOSPITALS AND SUGGESTED
THAT EVERYONE PRESERVE, MAY
HAVE SOME IN OUR SUPPLY CHEST
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE
NOW. WE KNOW IF THIS CONTINUES WE
WON'T.
WON'T.
WON'T. >>
WON'T. >> Reporter: THAT LED TO
DIRECTIVES LIKE THIS ONE
OBTAINED BY 9WANTS TO KNOW.
ONE MASK PER EMPLOYEE PER
SHIFT.
SHIFT.
SHIFT. >>
SHIFT. >> THE DECISION OF NOT HAVING
ANY PERSONAL EQUIPMENT, THE
BETTER OF TWO EVILS TO REUSE
THE EQUIPMENT.
THE EQUIPMENT. >> Reporter: BETTER, BUT NOT
IDEAL ON THE EYES OF 9NEWS
MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR. PAYAL
KOHLI.
KOHLI.
KOHLI. >>
KOHLI. >> IT IS ESSENTIALLY A SETUP
FOR FAILURE WHEREAS THE RISKS
WITH REUSING EQUIPMENT IS
CERTAINLY THERE BOTH TO
YOURSELF AND TO YOUR PATIENTS,
BUT IT'S A LOT SMALLER THAN NOT
HAVING THAT EQUIPMENT AT ALL.
>> I DON'T THINK WE BELIEVE IT
MAKES THEM MORE VULNERABLE NOW.
I THINK WE BELIEVE IT WILL KEEP
THEM FROM BEING VULNERABLE IN
THE BACK END WHEN THERE IS NO
MORE PPE.
MORE PPE.
MORE PPE. >> Reporter: NO ONE SEEMS TO BE
ABLE TO ANSWER IF AND WHEN
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT
TO MEET THE COMING DEMAND.
KEVIN VAUGHAN 9NEWS.
>>> STATE LEGISLATORS,
BUSINESSES, TEAMING UP TO GET
GEAR HOSPITAL WORKERS.
ON SUNDAY THEY WILL HELP THE
SUPPLY DRIVE, LOOKING TO GATHER
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
DROP OFF SUPPLIES FROM NOON TO
4:00, ASKING FOR UNOPEN BOTTLES
OF HAND SANITIZERS, BLEACH
BOTTLES, WIPES, GLOVES, AND
UNUSED GOGGLES, FACE SHIELDS,
MASKS, GOWNS, OR RESPIRATOR
MASKS.
MASKS.
MASKS. >>> UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN
COLORADO ARE LIKELY TO REACH
25,000 TO 630% INCREASE FROM
LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. IT IS A SHOCKING NUMBER THAT
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
TRYING TO KEEP QUIET.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE GOING
TO BE GETTING THAT NEXT WEEK
FOR COMPARISON.
FOR COMPARISON. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS
TELLING STATES TO STOP SHARING
THEM AS THEY HAVE BEEN.
AND A LETTER FROM THE
DEPARTMENT WILL TELL STATES TO
USE GENERALITIES LIKE HIGH
INCREASE RATHER THAN IN ACTUAL
NUMBER.
NUMBER.
NUMBER. THE FEDS SAY THE STATES NOW
COULD ONLY RELEASE UNEMPLOYMENT
NUMBERS AFTER THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DOES JUST ONCE A
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. GOVERNOR POLIS HAS ORDERED THE
STATE TO EXPEDITE THE
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, CREATING
EMERGENCY ECONOMIC COUNCIL.
THEY WILL BE WORKING ON SHORT
AND LONG TERM STEPS TO HELP
COLORADO'S ECONOMY.
COLORADO'S ECONOMY. THE FORMER DENVER'S MAYOR WILL
LEAD THAT TASK FORCE, MOST
RECENTLY BEEN AN INVESTMENT
BANKER.
BANKER.
BANKER. >>> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
COVID-19, WE HAVE AN UPDATED
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION STORY
ON THE 9NEWS APP THAT INCLUDES
ANSWERS TO A LOT OF THE
QUESTIONS YOU PROBABLY HAVE
ABOUT THE VIRUS.
HOW YOU KEEP YOURSELF HEALTHY
AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU
THINK YOU ARE SICK.
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