WILL ALSO BE TESTED. JESS, BACK TO YOU. DAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT. TESTING FOR CORONAVIRUS WILL QUICKLY BE RAMP UP AND AVAILABLE TO A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN PHILADELPHIA, AND MONTGOMERY COULDN'T, AND HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST TWO CLUSTER INS MONTGOMERY COUNTY. HEALTH REPORTER STEPHANIE STAHL HAD A ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW TODAY WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA SECRETARY OF HEALTH. STEPHANIE? WELL, DOCTOR LEVIN TOLD ME THERE IS NOW A BIG FOCUS ON THREE THINGS MAINLY. WIDESPREAD TESTING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS IT SHE SAID GETTING ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGE CAPACITY OF PATIENTS FOR THAT THEY'RE WAVING REGULATIONS COVERING HOSPITAL BEDS.
WE ARE DISCUSS WITHING THEM WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADD BEDS, HOW TO ADD ICU BEDS, AND THEN IN PARTICULAR THE EQUIPMENT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, ALL ARE HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK, AS WE PREPARE. DOCTOR RACHAEL LEVIN SECRETARY EVERY HEALTH IN PENNSYLVANIA TOLD ME IN A ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW, THAT HOSPITALS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPAND THEIR BED CAPACITY TO CARE FOR COVID-19 19 PATIENTS IN NECESSARY. AND THE CONSIDERATIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR TEMPORARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. SHE SAID MEDICAL SUPPLIES, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR HOSPITAL STAFF, IS RUNNING THIN, EVERYWHERE. BUT PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO GET MORE. AND SHE REVEALED THAT CLUSTERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. I ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CARDIOLOGIST WHO HAD CONTACT WITH FAMILIES AT THE PULSE FACILITY AND THE POLICE OFFERS NERVE LOWER PROVIDENCE, WHO PRESUMABLY HAD CONTACTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
FOR PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY. BUT I THINK THAT YOU UNDERSTANDS THE SITUATION QUITE WELL. NOW BOTH THE DOCTOR, THE POLICE OFFICER DID NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS, WHEN THEY WERE WORKING AND INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE. ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH THEM HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY HEALTH OFFICIALS, TAN APPEARS, SEVERAL OF THEM TESTED POSITIVE. NOW, CLUSTERS OF THE VIRUS ARE MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT, LIKE IN FAMILIES OR THE WORKPLACE, BUT WE NOW KNOW.
