Kristine: CORONAVIRUS CASES
HERE IF HAWAI'I ALSO CONTINUES
TO GROW.
NOW STANDING AT 371.
WITH 85 LISTED AS RECOVERED OR
CLEARED FROM ISOLATION.
OF COURSE, A LOT OF CONCERN AND
QUESTIONS THIS MORNING.
JOINING US WITH THE VERY LATEST
IS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND
GOOD MORNING.
Kristine: THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO THE CASES
WE STAND AT 371.
32 NEW CASES REPORTED ON
SATURDAY.
THEN 20 NEW CASES REPORTED
YESTERDAY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU AND
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?
UPCOMING WEEK?
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HAD
HOPED, WHICH IS THAT THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND HOME QUARANTINE
HAS STARTED TO WORK.
WE'RE SEEING THAT FLATTENING OF
THE CURVE, AND WE TRULY HOPE IT
HOLDS.
PLEASE STAY AT HOME.
THE REASON THERE WERE MORE CASES
ON SATURDAY AND FRIDAY, 36 AND
34 CASES, WAS BECAUSE A LOT OF
RESULTS COMING FROM FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN DAYS AGO.
NOW THAT WE'RE CATCHING UP --
1500 OF THEM ON THE SAME DAY.
WE CAN START SEEING HOW MANY
CASES WE'RE GETTING PER DAY.
ALSO, WE'RE BEGINNING IT
APPROACH THE TWO-WEEK POINT FROM
THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER TO STAY AT
HOME TO HOME QUARANTINE, TO
ISOLATE AT HOME.
Kristine: YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
WEARING MASKS.
PEOPLE STAYING AT HOME.
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT PEOPLE ARE
DOING THAT MORE THIS PAST
WEEKEND OR ARE YOU STILL SEEING
A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT HEEDING TO
THE RECOMMENDATIONS?
WELL, SOME PEOPLE ARE
LISTENING CAREFULLY AND DOING
THEIR PART TO PREVENT THE SPREAD
TO SLOW THE VIRUS.
IT ONLY WORK IF WE ALL DO.
WE CANNOT HAVE GAPS.
PLEASE, EVERYBODY, YOU MUST WEAR
A MASK IF YOU'RE IN ANY
PROXIMITY TO ANYONE.
DON'T GET WITHIN SIX FEET.
PLEASE DON'T HAVE ANY
GATHERINGS.
THERE'S A STUDY, AND YOU'RE
GOING TO REFLECT ON IT A LITTLE
BIT.
WE CANNOT HAVE PERCENTAGES OF
PEOPLE IGNORING THE HOME STAY
ORDER OR THE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
IF WE DO, ALL OF THIS WILL FAIL.
WE HAVE FLATTENED THE CURVE.
WE NEED TO PUT THIS DEEP DOWN TO
SMALL NUMBERS.
Kristine: THAT STUDY YOU
REFERRED TO PUT OUT BY THE
PACIFIC URBAN RESILIENCY LAB.
THEY SURVEYED 11,000 HAWAI'I
RESIDENTS.
THEY PARTICIPATED DURING THE
LAST WEEK OF MARCH.
FIRST THING THEY FOUND, ONLY 2%
OF THE RESPONDENTS REPORT
K-CASES OF COVID-19.
24 -- 24% REPORT HAVING COVID-19.
MY THOUGHTS IS THERE PROBABLY
IS A BACKGROUND NUMBER OF CASES.
THAT'S WHY THE HOME QUARANTINE
IS CRITICAL.
MOST PEOPLE ARE MINIMALLY
SYMPTOMATIC.
80%HAVE BASIC SYMPTOMS.
A LITTLE SORE THROAT, A LITTLE
FEVER AND IS IT GOES AWAY AFTER
FOUR, FIVE DAYS.
SEVERELY ILL PEOPLE LANDED IN
THE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS.
I BELIEVE THOSE NUMBERS, AND
THAT UNDERSCORES THE NEED TO NOT
GO OUT.
THAT COULD BE POSITIVE AND
SPREADING IT.
KE CAN'T AFFORD -- WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
Kristine: ANOTHER FINDING
OF THE 11,000 REST RESIDENTS
SURVEYED, 3% ATTENDING LARGE
FAMILY GATHERINGS WITH FRIENDS.
EVEN AFTER THE STAY AT HOME
ORDER WENT INTO EFFECT.
IT SHOULD BE ZERO PERCENT,
RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
GATHERED.
HALF CONTRACTED COVID-19.
AND FOR EVERY HUNDRED PEOPLE
THAT END UP CONTRACTING IT,
SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE IN.
ICU IN A VENTILATOR.
IF YOU ATTEND A PARTY, YOU ARE
LIKELY CONDEMNING ONE OF YOUR
LOVED ONES TO DEATH.
THAT IS COMPLETELY TRAGIC.
PLEASE, EVERYONE, DO NOT HAVE
THESE PARTIES.
MAKE IT UNTIL APRIL 30TH.
HELP US TO CRUSH THIS CURVE AND
VIRUS.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THESE
GATHERING, WE WILL NOT SEE
SPREAD.
WEAR MASKS AS YOU GROCERY SHOP
AND WHAT ARE YOU.
WE'RE DOING VERY WELL BUT THAT
CAN CHANGE IN AINEN -- AN INSTANT.
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