Reeves addresses Covid-19 response on national news

OF THEUNION WITH JAKE TAPPERDISCUSSING THIS STATE'SRISING NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES,WHICHARE PUTTING A STRAIN ON OURHOSPITALSYSTEM...THE GOVERNOR SAYS ADDITIONALMEASUREARE BEING LOOKED AT TO HELP SLOWTHESPREAD..."WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED MASKMANDATES, WE'RE LOOKING ATBARS.

WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUTBARS AND THE POTENTIALSPREAD THERE OVER THE LAST SIXOR SEVEN DAYS.

AND WE ARETAKING STOCK OF WHAT IS GOING ONTHERE AND WE MAY IMPLEMENTADDITIONAL MEASURES IN THENEAR FUTURE."CURRENTLY THREE OF THE FOURSTATES THATBORDER MISSISSIPPI ARE UNDER ASTATEWIDEMASK MANDATE -- IN THE MAGNOLIASTATE ONLY 13OF 82 COUTIES ARE UNDER THEMANDATE..."ISN'T THAT LIKE HAVING PART OFTHE POOL THAT IS IS OKAY TO PEEIN, IMEAN PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM COUNTYTO COUNTY... "NO ITIS NOT AT ALL LIKE THAT...REEVES SAYS HE BELIEVES FOR THEMOSTPART MISSISSIPPIANS IN THE OTHER69 COUNTIESNOT UNDER THE MANDATE ARECOMPLYING..."I HAVE HEARD FROM BUSINESSOWNERS WHO HAVE SAID THATPOLITICIANS NOT IMPOSING STATEMANDATES PUT THEM IN A TOUGHSPOT.""IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS ANDTO THOSE BUSINESSOWNERS THAT SUGGEST THINGS AREDIFFICULT FOR THEM, WELLTHINGS ARE DIFFICULT ACROSSAMERICAN RIGHT NOW.THIS WEEK STATE HEALTH DIRECORDR.THOMAS DOBS SAYS THERE ARE EIGHTMAJORMEDICAL CENTERS IN MISSISSIPPIWITH NO I-C-U BEDS AVAILABLE BECAUSE OFTHEOUTBREAK...REEVES SAYS DESPITE THAT --MISSISSIPPI HAS APLAN..."IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR OURPAITENTSTO BE TRANSFERED FROM ONEHOSPITAL TO THE NEXT AND THAT ISJUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST INARUAL STATE.

AND SO THIS IS NOTSOMTHING THAT IS UNCOMMON, IS ITCHALLENGING ABSOLUTLY IT IS.DOES COVID-19 MAKE IT MOREDIFFICULT AND MORE CHALLENGINGABSOLUTLY IT DOES.

BUT WE AREPREPARED AND WE WILL MAKE THEDECISIONS TO MAKE SURE EVERYPAITENT GET'SQUALITY CARE."MARCUS HUNTER 16 WAPT NEWS DOCTOR THOMAS DOBBS ISSUING ANEMERGE