Budgetary dropper.

Mika, Secretary to the governor.

Melissa the Rose up commissioner took from the Health department and General Patrick Murphy pulling General Patrick Murphy.

General Patrick Murphy was in charge of our National Guard for many years.

Did not standing job.

I've been with him in many emergency situations over the years.

Eyes a man who leads from the front My type of leader He had so much fun that he retired And then he came and joined the says Commissioner of Homeland Security.

This team and the team we have working on this New Yorker should have total confidence they because they have done before.

They've been in this situation at this exact situation, but they've handled emergencies.

They've handled the more very well.

So they are proven.

Let's go through this for an update on where we are today.

Overview of the system.

Everybody knows what we're dealing with.

It's It's preventing an overload of the health care system.

So the number of acute cases that are coming into the health care system, the growth in the number of acute cases must match the capacity of the health care system, and that's what we've been working on.

We watch the rate of hospitalizations.

We watch the rate of I C.

U hospitalizations even more closely.

It's the difference between how many beds you need versus how many I seeyou beds and the real focal point the rate of ventilated patients, because that goes to the number of ventilators as we've been discussing.

So those are the three most critical points.

We need more beds.

We've been saying that we know that we've been working on it.

There was a discussion with all the hospitals, of course, the state of New York.

Today there's about a 50,000 bed capacity that has to be increased.

It has to be increased in the existing hospitals.

We're planning to cancel old noncritical elective surgeries, by definition, elective surgeries that air noncritical can be done in a different time, and now is the time not to do them.

We informed the hospitals of that.

We're going to set a date, probably next week.

For that That will free up between 25 to 35% of the existing hospital beds.

We are also instructed all the hospitals to maximize capacity.

We want to know from each hospital how many beds can you get in your hospital?

We waving the Department of Health and GFS regulations about space, et cetera.

This would be for a short term emergency basis, but we want a plan from every hospital.

If you use every available space, how many beds can you get in hospital on?

We started that a few weeks ago, but that is now coming to a critical point with the more beds, you need more staff.

So we're going to nursing schools.

Medical schools asking retired doctors and nurses to come back into service.

Supplies are a major issue P p e gloves, gowns, masks, suppliers.

Uh, I'm now asking a ll product providers oil companies who are in this business.

We will pay a premium for these products if you are a business that doesn't manufacture these exact items.

But if you have equipment and personnel and you believe that you could manufacture these items, they're not complicated.

A mask is not a complicated item to make.

A P.

P E gown is not a complicated item.

Gloves night trial gloves are not a complicated item.

If you can make them, we will give you funding to do it on.

We will give you funding to get the right equipment to get the personnel et cetera.

I'm asking businesses to be creative.

I'm even looking on the state's side.

As you know, we went into the hand sanitizer business, which we're now increasing, by the way, we've opened additional hand sanitizer manufacturing areas.

But I've also spoken to the state facilities that make uniforms.

If you could make a uniform, why can't you make a mask?

And we're researching that?

But it's that kind of creativity we need from businesses.

I can't mandate that businesses make something, but I can offer financial incentives, and that's what we're doing.

Any business that's interested should contact them.

Previously Development corporation.

They will get on it right away.

Eric Gertler is the head of that.

Any company that wants the sell product should contact my office, the executive chamber Cimini to Subotic at that number, there are also a number of companies that have masks.

Goldman Sachs donated 100,000 masks to the state of New York, and I want to thank them, but if you have masks offices that a non essential right now, uh, there were dentists offices that are closed.

There are clinics that are closed.

We need those masks, those gowns, gloves and we need them.

Uh, now in terms of building more beds, As I said, we've had the Army Corps of Engineers here, and we're working with them.

This is Lieutenant General Todd Sema Knight, who is is really top professional.

Ironically, I worked with him when I was Department of Housing and Urban Development, building housing on Native American reservations at the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Eso He's been with the core a long time.

He's top shelf.

We're looking at a possible number of locations for large temporary facilities.

Javits Center.

A number of CUNY sites.

Number of Sunni sites.

ST.

John's University wants to be helpful.

Fordham University So we're looking at all these sites and they're all under analysis.

Where do we have the space?

Where could we get up a temporary facility?

How quickly it's ventilators, Ventilators rental.

Laters.

That is the greatest need.

We're notifying any health department er in the state.

If you have a ventilator and you are not using it at this time, or it is non essential to your use.

We want it, if you worry.

Regulated health facility.

We are asking you by order of the Department of Health to make that ventilator available.

Uh, we will purchase it from you.

You could lend it to us, but we need ventilators and anyone who has them.

Now, please call the New York State Department of Health of that number again.

There are a lot of medical offices that have ventilators that are not operational.

Now, on there just in the corner of the office, we need those ventilators.

The ventilators are to this war.

What missiles were to World War two, right?

Rosie the Riveter.

We need ventilators.

That is the key piece of equipment.

We can get the beds.

We'll get the supplies by hook or by crook, but event the latest a specific piece of equipment.

These are people with a respiratory illness.

We need the ventilators wth e number one.

Opportunity to make a difference here is to flatten the curve, flatten the increase in the number of cases as we've talked about flattened the increase of the number of cases coming into the hospital system.

And the best way to do that is by reducing density, uh, density, control, density, control, valve.

Right.

And that's what we have been doing all along.

And we're going to take it to the ultimate step, which is we're going to close the valve, all right, because the rate of increase in the number of cases portends a total overwhelming of our hospital system.

So we're going to put out an executive order today New York State on Pause policies that assure uniform safety for everyone.

Uniforms, Safety for everyone.

Why?

Because what I do will affect you, and what you do will affect me.

Talk about community and interconnection and interdependence.

This is the very realistic embodiment of that.

We need everyone to be safe.

Otherwise no one can be safe.

We've studied all the other countries.

We've talked to people all across the globe about what they did, what they've done, what works, what doesn't work on that has all informed this policy to basic rules.

Onley essential businesses will be functioning, People can work at home.

God bless you.

But only essential businesses can have workers commuting to the job or on the job.

Second rule remain indoors to the greatest extent to protect physical and mental health on the businesses on the valve, we reduced it to 50% of the workforce.

We then reduced it to 75% of the workforce must stay home and today we're bringing it to 100% of the workforce.

Must stay home.

These are non essential.

Service is essential.

Service is have to continue to function.

Grocery stores need food.

Pharmacies need drugs.

Your Internet has to continue to work.

The water has to turn on when you turn the faucet.

So there are essential service is that will continue to function but 100% of the workforce.

And when I talk about the most drastic action we can take, this is the most drastic action we can take.

We also have a specific rules for people's conduct.

First is for the what we call the quote unquote vulnerable population.

And remember, many people will get this disease.

Different countries estimate 70 80% of the population.

People will get it, people will recover.

That's what's going to happen for the vast majority.

That's what's happening in this state for the vast majority who will we worried about seniors compromised immune system, people with underlying illnesses?

Where are the places were really worried about nursing homes, senior congregate facilities?

We need really diligence with Bill, vulnerable populations.

And there's been a lot of confusion and a lot of different theories and a lot of mixed information.

I've gone through it myself with my own family, Asai said.

We have my mother who lives alone.

Everybody wants to help on.

We've gone back and forth.

Who should go visit?

Mom, should Mom go to my sister's house?

Should Mom go to this house?

Nobody knows for sure.

I asked Commissioner Zucker, speak to every health official.

Get the best rules you can to protect our senior citizens and people with vulnerable populations.

And that's what thes rules are.

Remain indoors.

Go outside for solitary exercise.

Pre screen or visitors and AIDS.

Don't visit households with multiple people.

Don't go to your daughter's house.

Mom doesn't want to be alone.

I understand.

But you bring her into your house and you have 10 people there and they're coming in and out.

And your daughters have friends.

That is a mistake.

That is a mistake.

What?