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KING5 NEWS AT NOON STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> TODAY WE ARE ANNOUNCING A
PACKAGE OF DECISIONS THAT WILL
CONTINUE PROTECT THE HEALTH AND
LIVES OF WASHINGTONIANS
INCLUDING A THREE WEEK
EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT
RESTRICTIONS.
>> BREAKING NEWS GOVERNOR
INSLEE SPEAKING A SHORT TIME
AGO EXTENDING THE STATE'S
CAUVIN RESTRICTIONS FOR THREE
ADDITIONAL WEEKS.
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YOU FROM OUR KING5 NEWSOURCE
ASPX KING5 DREW MICKELSEN NOW
LIVE OUTSIDE THE STATE CAPITAL
WITH MORE ABOUT WHAT THE
GOVERNOR SAID THIS MORNING.
ALL RIGHT, DREW, IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'LL OFFICIALLY BE RIDING OUT
THE REMAINDER OF 2020 WITH
COPUNTY RTESTRICTIONS NOW,
RIGHT?
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, JAKE .
THE GOVERNOR SAID THE STATE IS
IN A QUOTE EXTREMELY ALARMING
SCITUATE.
AND AS A RESULT HIS
RTESTRICTIONS THOSE THAT
BUSINESS OWNERS HOPED WOULD
EXPIRE NEXT WEEK HAVE NOW BEEN
EXTENDED INTO NEXT JANUARY
EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW IN
PLACE UNTIL AT LEAST JANUARY
4TH, ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNOR DID
SAY THAT IF WE SEE SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT BEFORE THEN THAT
COULD BE ROLLED BACK A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER.
BOTTOM LINE, NO GYMS MUST
REMAIN CLOSED.
BARS AND RESTAURANTS CAN ONLY
HAVE OUTDOOR TAKEOUT OR
DELIVERY SERVICES.
THE GOVERNOR DID SAY THAT AN
ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION DOLLARS
IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO
BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY
THESE RESTRICTIONS.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS AS THE CASES
CONTINUE TO CLIMB AT A RECORD
RATE AND AS HOSPITALS GET
CLOSER TO CAPACITY, PEOPLE JUST
NEED TO AVOID GATHERING IN
PUBLIC WHEN IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
WHAT WE DO NOW LITERALLY WILL
BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
FOR MANY OF OUR CITIZENS.
>> AND SO OUR CONTINUED EFFORT
THROUGH THESE LAST MONTHS
PERHAPS THE MOMENT OF UTMOST
IMPORTANCE, UTMOST EFFORT AND
UTMOST RETURN BOTH IN LIFE
SAVES BUT IN OUR ABILITY TO
RESTORE OUR ECONOMY TO ITS FULL
PRODUCTIVE LEVEL.
>> THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE IS
FULLY CONFIDENT THE STATE WILL
RECOVER ONCE A VACCINE IS MADE
AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
AND WE LEARNED TODAY THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PLANS ON
GETTING SOME 200000 DOSES
OF THE PFIZER VACCINE BY THE
END OF THE YEAR.
>> SO THAT'S A SIGN OF SOME
PROGRESS.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS IT IS
IMPERATIVE THAT CONGRESS TAKE
SOME ACTION TO GIVE ALL
AMERICANS THE HELP THAT THEY
NEED RIGHT NOW.
>> AND OF COURSE THESE
EXTENSIONS TAKE US THROUGH THE
DECEMBER HOLIDAY SEASON THROUGH
NEW YEAR'S AS WELL.
THE GOVERNOR IS HOPING FOLKS
LISTEN TO HIS ADVICE THAT HE
GAVE ON THANKSGIVING AND JUST
AVOID THE TRADITIONAL LARGE
FAMILY GATHERINGS THIS YEAR.
LAVERN OLYMPIA DREW MICKELSEN
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>> CALIFORNIA HAS IMPLEMENTED
US A STAY HOME ORDER AS WELL.
TIGHT RESTRICTIONS DOWN THERE
AS WELL.
DID THE GOVERNOR SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL OR
PRIVATE GATHERINGS HEADING INTO
THE HOLIDAYS CHRISTMAS NEW
YEAR'S?
WE ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOU AND I
DO, WE'RE KIND OF ON AN HONOR
SYSTEM HERE IN THE STATE.
>> THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ON THE
TABLE.
THEY'VE LOOKED AT ALL SORTS
OF OF OPTIONS.
BUT HE SAID THAT LOOKING AT
WHAT HAPPENED THANKSGIVING, HE
BELIEVES PEOPLE LISTEN TO HIS
ADVICE AND AVOIDED THE LARGE
GATHERINGS.
HE THINKS THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN
AGAIN FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
BUT HE DID NOTE THAT DON'T PLAN
ON SEEING THE NATIONAL GUARD
BREAKUP ANY HOLIDAY PARTIES.
HE'S HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL DO
THIS ON THEIR WITHOUT ANY SORT
OF OFFICIAL ORDER.
>> YEAH, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE
A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR
NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT.
JIM ACOSTA LIVE AT THE STATE
CAPITOL THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
BUSY DAY AHEAD.
WE'LL KEEP CHECKING BACK.
ANDREW, THANKS.
ALSO DURING HIS NEWS CONFERENCE
THE GOVERNOR SAID WASHINGTON
STATE WOULD RECEIVE A TOTAL
OF TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN
THOUSAND COROAVIRUS VACCINED
THIS MONTH.
YOU JUST ALLUDED TO SOME SIXTY
TWO THOUSAND DOSES ARRIVING BY
DECEMBER 15TH.
>> ALSO NEW TODAY, NEWLY
RELEASED DOCUMENTS SUGGEST THE
FDA WILL APPROVE PFIZER'S
VACCINE FOR EMERGENCY USE IN
THE U.S. ON THURSDAY.
THE DOCUMENTS POSTED ON THE
AGENCY'S WEB SITE STATE THAT
THE VACCINE MEETS THE CRITERIA
FOR SUCCESS.
RESEARCH DATA SHOWS THAT THE
VACCINE WAS 52 PERCENT
EFFECTIVE AFTER JUST THE FIRST
DOSE AND NINETY FIVE PERCENT
EFFECTIVE AFTER BOTH DOSES.
THE VACCINE ALSO DIDN'T RAISE
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