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- Good afternoon.

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This is Brigadier General Dave Trybula,

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coming to you from the headquarters,

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White Sands Missile Range
on Friday, 29 May, 2020

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with our COVID-19 update.

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To the numbers,

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the state of New Mexico

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is reporting 7,493
positive cases of COVID,

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including 1,445 in the counties
surrounding Albuquerque,

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137 in Santa Fe, 50 in Socorro,

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449 in Donya Ana and 22 in Otero.

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El Paso's reporting 2,623 positive cases

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and Juarez 1,122.

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On Wednesday we discussed the framework

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for assessing the conditions
of COVID in our area.

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And what I wanna do is
follow that up with,

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what is our assessment
within that framework

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and what are we looking at?

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And so the first area is local case rates,

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and that's about the number
of new cases in the area,

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and New Mexico overall is
seeing a downward trend

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in number of new cases.

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The counties surrounding Wismer

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are flats with overall small numbers.

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El Paso has seen a
slightly rising rate again,

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with relatively small numbers

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given the size of the population.

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The other way to look at this measure

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is what is the new cases

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as a percentage of folks that were tested

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and because of the increased
number of tests being done,

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all three of those areas,

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New Mexico, overall Tanya Ana and El Paso,

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were all seen a downward
trend in the percent of cases,

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a percent of tests that
come back positive.

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The next area is the capacity to treat.

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And we are monitoring local hospitals,

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unused capacity to respond
to increases in COVID cases,

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and all surrounding areas
currently have capacity

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to handle a moderate increase in cases.

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The next area is the capacity to test,

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local areas are now testing,

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not just symptomatic people
but also asymptomatic people

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and have plans and supplies

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to continue testing at that level.

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The final area is the capacity to monitor,

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and that's really our ability to trace

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if there is a potential positive case

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to make sure that can be isolated

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and then be able to actually quarantine

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or isolate those individuals.

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And that's one of the reasons why

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we have you sign in, in facilities

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We don't have a way of
tracking who comes and goes

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so that we have that ability
to conduct that trace

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and be able to do that moving on,

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Hey, right now the local area
has sufficient capability

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based on the current rates
and a slight increase in rates

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to monitor those cases and
again, any slight increase.

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Based on this, we continue
to reassess conditions

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and the mitigations that we have in place.

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And as such, we're making
the following adjustments

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to what we're doing at
White sands Missile Range

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Effective today, the gym has been reopened

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in addition to the gym annexes,

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Monday to Friday, 00530 to 1900.

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Saturdays are 0900-1300.

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That's the same for the
gym and the gymnastics,

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and then on Sunday,

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it will be the gymnastics only.

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With the following additional mitigations

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taking place to open the gym,

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wash your hands when you
come in or use sanitizer,

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you're going to have to
scan your ID card or sign in

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to use it.

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This already happens at the annex

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but you will need to do
that in the gym as well.

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The functional fitness room
is limited to eight folks,

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using it at one time.

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The weight room is limited to 15

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and the basketball court
is limited to 10 folks

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and it's for army combat
fitness training only.

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No basketball, no racquetball, no classes,

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no recreational sports and
active duty have priority,

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Although 30 minutes max if
people are waiting for those.

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To be clear, the restrooms, the showers

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and the locker room are open.

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The sauna is closed and there's
a Facebook video available,

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where the team has
actually done a great job

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of laying this out and
walking you through that.

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So you understand,

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and you've got a way of showing
it before you get there.

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In addition to the gym being open,

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today on Monday

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we will start with youth camps,

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and registration has been out all week

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and you can still register.

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And I am told as we're filming

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that there is still some capacity left.

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If you haven't taken that opportunity yet,

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and those will begin on Monday.

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Motor vehicle department
on Monday will be open

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on appointment-only basis,

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and in the same building
leisure ticket services

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will also be open by appointment only.

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The library will expand from takeout only

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to also be open for browsing for box,

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and use of the computer space

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but not for the maker space,

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and that's effective on Monday.

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Auto skills will open on Tuesday.

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They would open on Monday,

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but that is their normal
day for being closed.

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They'll be back to their regular schedule

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as far as that goes.

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And so when we look at this,

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we're taking the precautions
as we open things,

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and that's dependent on
you maintaining yourself

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as our first modern defense,

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from practicing good personal
hygiene, social distanceing,

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If you're inside a facility

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where you can't social distance,

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that you're wearing a mask

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and that you're doing everything you can

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to protect your self, your
family, and our community.

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And we thank you for doing that,

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and we will continue to
look at what makes sense

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and yet open more things up

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or close things that don't make sense

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based on how folks are using them

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and what the conditions are
and the areas surrounding us.

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I thank you for being
our first line in defense

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and we will be back with you on Monday.