Posted on 04/16/2020 12:18:30 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said Ohio will begin to open back up on May 1.
“I am an optimist and am confident that Ohioans will also live up to the challenge of doing things differently as we open back up beginning on May 1st,” he said.
DeWine said as the state open backs up, they will continue to monitor where Ohio is in the curve, the amount of PPE that’s available and Ohio’s testing capacity.
“In re-opening any business, it will be essential to provide a safe environment for employees. We cannot have another large spike of COVID-19 cases.,” he said.
DeWine said he wants to talk with superintendents before making a school announcement “early next week” on what the next phase looks like for them.
He asked each industry in the state to put plans together in regard to how they would protect employees and customers when they begin to open up.
In addition, the governor wants essential businesses that have been open to help come up with best practices.
He says the state has to figure out how the safest way possible for businesses, schools, and citizens to emerge from the stay-at-home order
“I’ve felt all along that, as Governor, we have to tell people what we know, when we know it. We will continue to do that. The sad truth is that we’ve won the battle, it appears we’ve flattened the curve, but the monster is still out there," DeWine said.
According to DeWine, major events, such as concerts, sports and fairs, will be the last things to come back from the shutdown.
As of Thursday, Ohio has 8,414 total cases of COVID-19 and 389 deaths.
Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton said face masks will be a big part of our future.
“Do not underestimate the power of donning your face mask,” she said. “The path ahead will consist of several phases and there is a lot of things that you can do to help us continue to flatten the curve, such as great hygiene and wearing a face mask while out in public.”
As of Thursday, Ohio has 8,414 total cases of COVID-19 and 389 deaths.
Gov. DeWine says there is a critical shortage of COVID-19 test kit components, including the swabs used to collect samples and the sterile solution needed to transport the swabs.
The governor says OSU is working with 3D manufacturing companies, including FormLabs, Inc. in Toledo, and academic institutes across the state to manufacture the swabs and swab kits in significant amounts.
The first order of 15,000 3D printed swabs for COVID-19 test kits will be delivered to Ohio State, with a target of 200,000 swabs and swab kits, allowing more people to be tested by the end of April.
Ond of the least hit states like mine, TN.
Our govs are lying fascist libs in RINO clothing.
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Don’t give up hope! There may still be time to get things working in time for your big event.
FWIW, my husband also had a milestone birthday, the second weekend of our stay at home order. We celebrated virtually with family, though it was weird, it turned out ok. Definitely not what we had planned.
We also celebrated a milestone wedding anniversary shortly after his birthday. Ordered take out from our favorite restaurant instead of getting to go there in person. We managed. We discovered we had ONE bottle of our favorite champagne, which was served at our wedding (same vineyard but different year, of course). It was a shining star for us that night.
We are having to look for blessings wherever we find them these days, and sometimes, it’s the small things that end up giving us so much.
I hope you that by the time your big milestone event happens, that you’re able to do it the way you’ve been anticipating for so long. If not, I hope that you can find something wonderful about it despite the current adversity.
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Ohio will begin to open back up on May 1, Gov. DeWine says
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Posted on 4/16/2020, 3:18:30 PM by mmichaels1970
Thank you for the encouragement!
How are you doing? Was thinking about you.
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