Practice English Speaking&Listening with: More triage centers to screen for COVID-19 in Hawaii
SURVEILLANCE TESTING PROGRAM, IN
WHICH 31 RANDOM SAMPLES WERE
TAKEN.
OFFICIALS SAY, ALL CAME BACK
NEGATIVE FOR COVID 19.
MEANWHILE...HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
THEIR RISK OVER SPRING BREAK
BY AVOIDING LARGE CROWDS AND
UNNECESSARY TRAVEL.
IT IS NOT RECOMMENDING PUBLIC
SCHOOLS CLOSE-- AT THIS TIME.
AND MORE TRIAGE CENTERS WILL
SCREEN FOR COVID-19 ACROSS THE
STATE.
JENN BONEZA HAS MORE.
JENN:
I'M HERE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE YOU
CAN SEE THE LARGE
YELLOW TENT... THAT'S THEIR
COVID 19 SCREENING CENTER...IT
OPENED YESTERDAY T TAKE THE
BURDEN OF TESTING OFF OF
EMERGENCY ROOMS. IT'S SOMETHING
I'M TOLD WE WILL BE SEEING AT
ALMOST
ALL HOSPITALS STATEWIDE IN THE
NEXT WEEK
HILTON RAETHEL, HEALTHCARE
ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII: "THERE IS
A ROLL OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AND WEEK ACROSS THE STATE
OF SCREENING
CLINICS FOR COVID."
DR. BRUCE ANDERSON, DEPT OF
HEALTH DIRECTOR: "ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IS SO EXCITED ABOUT
THE SCREENING IS BECAUSE IT
OF THE EMERGENCY ROOMS.
EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE CRITICALLY
NEEDED FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GO
TO
EMERGENCY ROOMS AND RIGHT NOW
THEY'RE GETTING SLAMMED BY
INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BE
TESTED FOR COVID 19."
THE SCREENING AREAS WILL BE
COLLECTING SAMPLES TO BE TESTED.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ONLY TWO
PLACES IN THE STATE THAT CAN
TEST
FOR COVID 19 THAT IS THE STATE
LAB AND TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL
CENTER.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS
THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS IN THE
STATE WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY
TO TEST
FOR CORONAVIRUS REDUCING THE
WAIT TIME FOR RESULTS FROM A
WEEK TO 24 HOURS.
THE CLINICS STILL REQUIRE A
PHYSICIANS REFERRAL TO QUALIFY
TO BE TESTED.
OFFICIAL SAY IT'S CRUCIAL THAT
GROUPS.MANY HAVE EXPRESSED
CONCERNS ABOUT SCHOOL AND
WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE
CANCELED
ANDERSON SAID THERE ARE NO PLANS
TO CANCEL SCHOOL RIGHT NOW
DR. BRUCE ANDERSON, DEPT OF
HEALTH DIRECTOR: "WE ARE HOWEVER
RECOMMENDING EVENTS BE POSTPONED
OR CANCELED AT THE
SCHOOLS."
"TYPICALLY ALL THE LARGE EVENTS
AND GATHERINGS WHICH WE ALL HAVE
COME TO ENJOY ARE PROBABLY GOING
TO BE CANCELED IN THE NEAR
FUTURE I'M
TALKING ABOUT GRADUATIONS AND
PROMS AND ALL THE OTHER
GATHERINGS AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT
MONTH OR SO."
JENN:
ANDERSON SAID THE DOH IS
CONTINUING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. HE STRESSED THAT THE
SITUATION IS EVOLVING AND THINGS
COULD CHANGE. LIVE FROM
QUEENS HOSPITAL JENN BONEZA
KHON2 WORKING FOR HAWAI'I
AZJOE:
HONOLULU MAYOR KIRK CALDWELL IS
ASKING RESIDENTS TO AVOID LARGE
