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BE CAREFUL AS YOU APPROACH THAT AREA.
AREA.
AREA. >>>
AREA. >>> DALLAS COUNTY HAS GONE
SEVEN STRAIGHT DAYS WITH MORE
THAN 1000 NEW CASES OF COVID-
19.
19.
19. TEXAS
19. TEXAS IS REPORTING 9700 CASES
OF COVID-19 ACROSS THE STATE.
HANNAH DAVIS IS JOINING US THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. +@
MORNING. IT IS NOT JUST CASES, HOSP+@ITA
ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE AS
MORE PEOPLE COME IN.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
IT IS INTERESTING HO THEYARE
F+@EELING THE PRESSU+@RE.
BEFOE TN THE CONCERN WAS+@
ABOUT VENTILATOR N
RESPIRATORS.
RESPIRATORS. INSTEAD, IT IS STAFFIN+@G.
WE ARE SEEING MORE EFFORTS TO
GET RELIEF DOCTORS AND N+@URSES
GET RELIEF DOCTORS AND N+@URSES@ COME IN TO GET OUR+@ FIRST
RESPONDERS IN TEXAS.
ACTUALLY POSITIVE NEWS IS
PEOPLE WORKED WITHTHIS.
WE HAVE TALKED TO MEDICAL
EXPERTS.
EXPERTS.
EXPERTS. THEY SAY BDAVEN+@TILATOR
CAPACITYHSBE NISSUE.
CAPACITYHSBE NISSUE. IT IS THE STRESS ON THE STAFF
AND FRONT-LINE WORKERS THAT HAS
BECOME THE ISSU+@E.
PARKLAND, AND ANOTHER NORTH
TEXAS HOSPITAL, HAVE BOTH
REQUESTED FEDERAL STAFFING
SUPPORT TO HL EEVDOCTORS
AND N+@URSESTETG COVID
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS. THIS WEEK, THIS LETTER WENT OUT
TO MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL
BOARD CALLING FOR RETIRED
LICENSEES AND OUT-OF-STATE
PROVIDERS TO COME HELP IN
TEXAS, REMINDING MEMBERS THAT
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM
GOVERNOR ABBOT+@T FAST TRACKED
THE PROCESS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
>> THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM HAS
BEEN AT THIS FULL SPEED SINCE
MARCH.
MARCH.
MARCH. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO RELIEVE
OUR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS, EVEN FOR A SHIFT, IT
+@
WORKERS, EVEN FOR A SHIFT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO.
>> PEOPLE WORKING AND WORKING
FULL SPEED SINCE MARCH.
IT IS IMPORTANT IF THEY DO GET
THAT BREAK.
THAT BREAK. THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD SAYS
THOUSANDS OF DOCTORS AND NURSES
HAVE BEEN WORKING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT VIA
+@
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT VIA +@TELEMEDICINE.
+@TELEMEDICINE. THEY WANT TO GET MORE PEOPLE ON
THE GROUND+@ HERE IN TEXAS.
I EXPECT WE WILL SEE THAT.
>>> SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN,
THE QUESTION ON PEOPLE'S MINDS,
CAN AN ANIMAL GET COV+@ID-19 OR
+@
CAN AN ANIMAL GET COV+@ID-19 OR PET GET THE CORONAVIRUS?
YOU REMEMBER WHEN TIGERS WERE
DIAGNOSED MONTHS AGO.
SO FAR, THERE ARE ONLY 17 PETS
+@
SO FAR, THERE ARE ONLY 17 PETS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS
THAT CAUSES COVID-19.
WE HAVE LEARNED A DOG FROM OUR
AREA TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. THE FIRST ANIMAL CASE
DOCUMENTED IN TEXAS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT PET OWNERS TO
KNOW THIS MORNING?
>> I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR
CONVERSATION WITH MARK EARLIER,
YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ME SAY YOU
SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THIS.
WORRYING WILL NOT DO ANYTHING.
JUST TAKE IN THIS INFORMATION.
RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
TO SUGGEST PETS CAN SPREAD THIS
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. TO
VIRUS. TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT COVID-
19, THIS IS THE VIRUS THAT
CAUSES COVID-19.
CAUSES COVID-19. LAST NIGHT, WE LEARNED FROM THE
TEXA+@S ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSIO
THAT+@ A TARRANT COUNTY DOG IS
THE FIRST ANIMAL IN TEXAS TO
TEST POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
THE VETERINARIAN TESTED THE DOG
AFTER ITS OWNERS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
THE GOOD NEW+@S HERE IS THAT TH
DOG IS TWO YEARS OLD, HEALTH+@Y
AND DOING FINE.
THE VETERINARIAN, WHO HAS
+@
THE VETERINARIAN, WHO HAS WORKED AS A VET FOR 33 YEARS,
SAYS IT IS LIKELY THIS WON'T BE
THE ONLY POSITIVE ANIMAL CASE.
>> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF +@
PETS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THIS
AND HAVE NOT BEEN ROUTINELY
TESTED.
TESTED.
TESTED. DOGS AND CATS ARE NOT THE
+@ NATURAL HOST OF THIS.
>> THE DOCTOR AND STATE
RECOMMEND IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE
DOES GET A POSITIVE COVID-19
TEST, +@AND YOU HAVE A PET,