SOLVE THE MURDER OF AN 8 YEAR
OLD BOY LIFE. YOU'RE WATCHING
32 IN INDIANA COUNTY TONIGHT IS
DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY AS IT BECOMES A
CORONA VIRUS HOTSPOT. STATE
HEALTH LEADERS TODAY REPORTED
THE BIGGEST SINGLE DAY INCREASE
IN KOLBERT 19 CASES BECAUSE OF
THIS OUTBREAK THAT'S TAKING
PLACE IN CASS COUNTY. THAT'S
WHERE WE FIND OUR RICH VAN
WHITE WHO JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT
AT 5. SO RICH, THIS DECLARATION
REALLY COMES WITH LOTS OF
RESTRICTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO
LIVE THERE RIGHT? RESTRICTIONS
AND HOPE FOR HEALTH OFFICIALS
THAT THEY CAN CONTROL OR AT
LEAST SLOW DOWN THIS OUTBREAK
IN THE COUNTY THE NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE IN CASS COUNTY. TESTING
POSITIVE FOR COVE 19 EXCEED THE
HOSPITAL'S WORST CASE SCENARIO.
THIS AFTERNOON THE COVERED CARE
UNIT WAS ALREADY FULL. THERE
WERE MORE PATIENTS IN THE E.R.
THE HOSPITAL HAS ALREADY
TRANSFERRED ONE PATIENT TO
ANOTHER HOSPITAL OUTSIDE THE
COMMUNITY. THIS MORNING THE
COUNTY DECLARED A LOCAL HEALTH
EMERGENCY. EVERYONE MUST WEAR
MASKS WHILE INSIDE SO-CALLED
ESSENTIAL STORES. ONLY ONE
FAMILY MEMBER PER FAMILY
ALLOWED AND NO ONE UNDER THE
AGE OF 16 YEARS OLD. CUSTOMERS
ARE LIMITED TO TWO PEOPLE FOR
EVERY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF
FLOOR SPACE. THAT'S BIG SOCIAL
DISTANCING. THE BIGGEST STORES
CAN HAVE ONLY A MAXIMUM OF 125
PEOPLE SO THOSE STORES WILL BE
COUNTING HEADS NO COVER 19
PATIENTS OR RATHER NON COVERED
19 PATIENTS MAY BE TRANSFERRED
OUT OF HOSPITALS TO OTHER PARTS
OF THE COUNTY. EVERYONE UP HERE
SAYS THEY NEED THESE
RESTRICTIONS TO WORK. WE NEED
THEM TO WORK TREMENDOUSLY. WE
CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE FACT
THAT PEOPLE NEED TO STAY
INDOORS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW
,THE AMOUNT OF CASES THE ONLY
WAY WE'RE GOING TO MITIGATE
THIS AT ALL IS TO HAVE IT. BUT
THE TOWN HAVE A FULL
UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY NEED TO
DO THEIR PART TO STOP THE
SPREAD OF THIS. THE MAJORITY
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE INFECTED
WITH THE VIRUS WORK AT THE
LOCAL TYSON MEAT PROCESSING
PLANT OR HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
ARE CONNECTED TO SOMEONE
WORKING THERE. THESE
RESTRICTIONS, SCOTT, COME WITH
SOME TEETH. POLICE ARE GOING TO
BE ENFORCING THEM. SOMEONE
