Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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In a letter, Gov. Ron DeSantis asks the Trump administration to send the state funds to help with unemployment, crisis counseling, community-disaster loans, and food aid, which DeSantis says the state will need.
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Any of a wide range of underlying health conditions – such as metastasized cancer, AIDS, “severe mental retardation,” advanced dementia and “severe burns” – could disqualify patients from being put on potentially lifesaving ventilators.
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Governors’ actions have transcended party. Republicans like Charlie Baker in Massachusetts and Larry Hogan in Maryland, as well as Democrats like Andrew Cuomo in New York and Gavin Newsom in California, have taken the lead.
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Several small distilleries have joined in an effort coordinated through Centerstate CEO, the local economic development agency. It will get their hand sanitizers to emergency personnel, hospitals and law enforcement.
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Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz told the lawmakers that Gov. DeSantis is watching what other states are doing and "looking at all the different options," including a stay-at-home order.
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Since Monday, law enforcement, emergency management, EMS and fire departments have been in briefings about what they can do to not protect only the community from COVID-19, but also themselves.
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Telemedicine, which allows doctors to consult with patients remotely, has emerged as a vital way to cope with the growing surge in demand for medical services — and to keep health workers safer.
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"What we're doing here today and through this process, however long it goes, is working toward informing the federal government and other local jurisdictions on how this is going to work going forward."
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, like other state correctional institutions, has undergone ‘unprecedented changes’ to protect its staff and inmates from contracting spreading the coronavirus.
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Across rural areas, local officials and health departments have spent recent days developing and implementing strategies to contain COVID-19, which has largely been concentrated in and around Lexington and Louisville.
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Law-enforcement agencies in Franklin County, and throughout the state of Ohio are being advised by courts and prosecutors to arrest only those who pose a threat to society and to issue summonses for non-violent offenses.
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The Ohio Department of Health announced that the number of confirmed cases had surpassed the 100 mark: 119 people in Ohio now have COVID-19. This is vastly up from Wednesday, when 88 people were confirmed. Thirty-three people are hospitalized, up from 26 on Wednesday.
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In Massachusetts, there could be as many as 100,600 people with severe or critical symptoms, including nearly 23,000 people who are 60 or older, according to estimated infection rates by USA TODAY.
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“The president holds the key to the lock where all the money is,” said a Democratic strategist. “It makes no sense to be at loggerheads with the keeper of the purse, and there are times when it’s just smart to put politics aside.”
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The first surge might not overwhelm hospital beds, emergency rooms and intensive care units. But with the experience of Italian hospitals as a telling recent precedent, some are bracing for a second surge.
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It’s a situation that has played out in Italy, where hospitals were overrun by a surge of coronavirus patients. Ventilators soon had to be rationed, forcing difficult decisions by doctors and hospitals.
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“This has been on our mind since at least 2003,” said Stephen Cobb, VP for Centura Health’s Denver Metro Group, who is helping to manage the response at Longmont United Hospital and Louisville’s Avista Adventist Hospital.
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Having a huge number of people get sick at once would stress the resources of the health-care system nationwide, as we’ve seen in some other countries, said one health professional. We must allow resources to catch up.
