County leaders consider weekly benchmarks to help contain virus
County leaders consider weekly benchmarks to help contain virus
It's been 1 month since the White House put Nevada in the red zone, calling our state a hot spot for COVID-19.
SPOT FOR COVID 19.TODAY STATE AND COUNTY LEADERSWILL START TO CONSIDER WEEKLYBENCHMARKS TO HELP CAN CONTAINTHE VIRUS.JOINING US LIVE RIGHT NOW -13 ACTION NEWS ANCHOR MARISSAKYNASTON - AND MARISSA - THISIS GOING TO BE A BIT DIFFERENTFROM THE PHASED REOPENINGAPPROACH WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.GOVERNOR SISOLAK HAS SAID-HE DOES NOT WANT TO SHUT DOWNAGAIN- CLOSING EVERYTHINGINCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS STRIPCAUSED A BLOW ON OURECONOMY.,SO STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS ARESHIFTING CONTAINMENT EFFORTS-TO A MORE LOCALIZED APPROACH.HERES HOW IT WILL WORK.EVERY COUNTY WILL BERESPONSIBLE FOR MEETING CERTAINBENCHMARKS.THESE INCLUDE STABILIZING DATAFROM TESTING- CASE RATES-AND POSITIVITY RATES.IN ORDER TO MEET THESEBENCHMARKS- COUNTIES MAYHAVE TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT-DECREASE GATHERING SIZE- ORDECREASE CAPACITY AT CERTAINBUSINESSES.STATE LEADERS HOPE THESEBENCHMARKS CAN HELP THE STATEAVOID SHUTTING DOWN AGAIN BUTTHEY ARE NOT RULLING IT OUT.9:59 AGAIN, IF THERE IS NOTENOUGH RELIABLE DATA TO TAKE ATARGETED APPROACH IN A COUNTY,OR IF A COUNTY IS NOTCOLLABORATING WITH THE STATE INA PRODUCTIVE MANNER, THE TASKFORCE AND/OR THE GOVERNORMAINTAIN THE RIGHT TO TAKEBENCHMARKS- STATEAUTHORITIES WILL BE LOOKING ATHOSPITAL CAPACITY- ACCESSTO PPE-TESTING CAPACITY- CONTACTTRACING- PROTECTION OFVULNERABLE POPULATIONS- ANDENFORCEMENT.STATE AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WILLCALL COUNTIES EACH THURSDAYMORNING AND IF A COUNTY FAILSTO MEET MULTIPLE BENCHMARKS,THE COUNTY WOULD BE PLACED INTOAN ASSESSMENT.HOWEVER- IF THEY ARECONSISTENTLY MEETING BENCHMARKS- AUTHORITIES CAN EASE UPON RESTRICTIONS.MK- 13AN.
