Moving forward, I know people are getting impatient to hear the plans going into our community's response. Our leaders took swift and decisive action. There was a threat in our community rallied almost overnight to stop it in its tracks, but this next phase our communities recovery gives us the needed time for this to be a measured considered and thoughtful plan. That's why we. Meeting with community leaders across sectors, we're looking at what other communities States and the nation are doing. We're weighing what our Department considers our most important focus, which is to preserve life and prevent the spread of disease, But we also recognize that what we what we have asked you to do is hard, possibly some of the most difficult sacrifices. Many of us have made in our lifetimes and we know that. Need to get back to their lives? What we are hearing from so many community leaders is that we need to do this right, the first time we need a phased in approach that doesn't endanger the progress we've made, but also doesn't move so slowly that people can't get back to work. Our community was an early adopter of stay-at-home orders and we know that proactive that the proactive move by the city and County has made a huge impact. But it also means we're among the first to navigate a path out as well. I've referenced all often during the course of this disease, the 1918 Spanish flu and how Saint Louis was a community that was a model in aggressive control of disease. They weren't perfect at one point they moved too quickly and experience the secondary spike of disease that led to a high death rate. We cannot repeat that history, we must learn from it. We must navigate a smooth path forward and I'm not saying that there won't be bumps in the road, but we need to navigate the complexities of this very carefully. I keep getting a. When the things return to normal and let me just say this, we're going to have to define a new normal for a while, just as the President and Governor mentioned yesterday, there will have to be a phased in approach to normal, but let me assure you we want to turn to recovery. We want to get moving again. I want my wife and my kids to go back to work. I want them to be. When they do return to work, however, This is not over we have not solved Covid- 19. It's not cured. There's still an illness with no treatment, no vaccine and that we don't have immunity to it's going to continue to stock us and we must remain vigilant in the last two days. we have seen an increase of seven cases in Green County. this morning, I saw highlight our headlines about the biggest jumping cases in Missouri in one day that's And it doesn't mean our stay-at-home orders are not working. This is the natural Evan flow of disease, but it does mean there is still disease in our community and that is something we have to take seriously for instance, one of our new positive cases worked while sick now 60 - five of that patient's coworkers are under quarantine order. 13 of those are symptomatic and have been referred to test. Team this very well could be our next round of positive cases that brings me to a word of caution for employers, Both those who are considered essential at this time and those who are non essential but looking forward to returning to work, I've seen how businesses have jumped into action to protect their customers, but you've also got to be thinking of your employees. That's where we're seeing some of our cases and I would recommend screening. Excluding employees who are sick, employing physical distancing when possible, hand, washing and other health and safety practices also need to be applied. We also need people who are experienced symptom experiencing symptoms rather to seek testing our health care community has aggressively rallied to expand testing capacity testing is our only window into this disease. currently, if you have. Covid-, 19, Remember those are coffee ever or shortness of breath. please please talk to a provider. I know that not everyone has a primary care provider. I know some people will be concerned with the cost, but our health care partners have made options available to get a physician referral for testing. Both Cox Health and Mercy have virtual care options. The CDC has develop. Covid-, 19 Self check tool on its website. We don't want anyone to think that they can't be tested for Covid- 19 because they can't afford it. There are resources in this community that are available to you. Let me just end by saying I know this has been tough. We're all tired and we're ready to be together again, but we have to stay the course we have to And stay at home. I was reminded that today is April seventeenth 417 Day. I was inspired by a video about how many how our community has banded together about the why of why we're doing this because our community comes together and takes care of each other. I just want us to all remember that is what we are made of in this community I look for. To the day when this is all behind us when you don't have to see me as frequently when we can all get together again and celebrate our community strength to nasty and support enlight a very trying times, but I'm encouraged and hopeful that we will get there. I am Italian it over to you. Coral Okay. We're gonna turn it over to Corey Scott, who will open up questions from the media. Thank you, The first one is from Jesse Inman at Color 10. How was the County keeping track of recoveries and is it possible for someone to infect others after they've been deemed medically cleared? Excellent question Jessie and I'm going to read to you the CDC guidance on what is considered a a recovered patient. they need to be at least three days or 70 - two hours that have passed since recovery is defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever, reducing medications, medications and improvement in respiratory symptoms. Seven days have passed since the symptoms first appeared so it's three days without symptoms seven days since the start of illness and you can't have a fever with fever suppressant and then we consider you medically recovered now. let me explain this to you. It's not perfect in the perfect world, we would have two consecutive negative tests and we're probably headed that direction eventually when we have plenty. Testing supplies in the meantime, the CDC definition sufficent, However, we continue to give that patient guidance on using the physical distancing practices and face covering cough cover those sorts of things in the interim, but eventually we will head toward two consecutive negative test to be the definition of recovery. that's going to be a little bit away until we get those testing resources that we need in the community. Kinda the same question from Collin Lingo at Color 10 and Katie Colette, the newsletter. you mentioned a business that now has 60 - five employees on quarantine. Can we know what business that was? and if not can we know what industry the business So, please remember that at my previous statements on this subject, we only go public with notification if there is a threat to the general public so in this case we were able to get good information on all people that were that we had concerns for who might have been in contact with that positive case and so I will not be releasing further details at this time. David Chaz with color 10 and a lot of these questions. I believe you hope you answered in your opening statement, but I'll just run through them for transparency purposes if and when the city reopens in phases, which businesses should be the first to go back to work and why how soon will large groups be able to meet again? what guidelines will be set for future social slash work gatherings. Social distancing limitations went from 250 to 50 to 10 people will there be the same limitations to public gatherings, but in different a different order, one screen County reopens and also Governor Parson said. Yesterday that people will go back to work on May fourth. The screen County have the same expectations if not win and I'll try to summarize what you said earlier Clay so it is anticipated than an order will be issued next week, extending the current order to be consistent with the governor's time frame, so that would be essentially no change and what Springfield in Green County currently have in place and it just an extension of the current order that is set to expire April 20, -fourth beyond that, there's still work underway to to deem what is what would be the appropriate next steps in opening Measured in scientific way and the approach to recovery will be based on medical science and data, and there's a general thought that we want to open our economy back up, but in a safe way that builds in metrics that will allow us to monitor the situation closely so that we do not erase any progress we've already made and have to take steps backwards. I don't believe we have any other questions but Clay, I will turn this back over to you to see if you have any final thoughts. I'll just do a quick summary really quickly on what we have currently 80 - eight total cases, no new deaths, Seven hospitalized, 40 - five that fall into that recovered category. What we've tested at our Mobile test unit 1690 - six individuals that's a phenomenal effort by our community. Eight deaths Total 30 - five active cases and a total of 20 - one hospitalizations remember. Thank our community for doing the right things and just ask that you stay healthy this weekend and we'll talk to you soon. Thank you.