#BREAKING Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils six-step plan to re-open California’s economy & ease the statewide stay-at-home order amid outbreak: (1/6)
1. Expanding state testing capacity & ability to track, trace & isolate individuals who test positive for, or are exposed to, COVID-19.
1. Expanding state testing capacity & ability to track, trace & isolate individuals who test positive for, or are exposed to, COVID-19.
2. Maintain vigilance in protecting most vulnerable from infection & spread, primarily seniors & immunocompromised
3. Address ongoing needs of hospitals, in relation to potential surges & ensuring that doctors & staff have the appropriate protective gear they need.
(2/6)
3. Address ongoing needs of hospitals, in relation to potential surges & ensuring that doctors & staff have the appropriate protective gear they need.
(2/6)
4. Engage with research partners to develop therapeutics & potentially a vaccine.
(3/6)
(3/6)
5. Enact guidelines on what physical distancing would look like within businesses, schools, and public & private facilities.
*This could entail re-drawing floor plans so people can practice safe social distancing outside the home.
(4/6)
*This could entail re-drawing floor plans so people can practice safe social distancing outside the home.
(4/6)
6. Increase capacity to adjust levels of physical distancing & have the ability to reinstate “more rigorous controls” as needed, such as switching back and forth between stricter and looser mitigation efforts as the situation changes.
(5/6)
(5/6)
Newsom didn't provide a timeline for when measures could take effect, but noted any potential action wouldn't come for at least another two weeks.
He also said, "the prospect of mass gatherings is negligible at best until we get to heard immunity and we get to a vaccine.” (6/6)
He also said, "the prospect of mass gatherings is negligible at best until we get to heard immunity and we get to a vaccine.” (6/6)
