Skip to content
NOWCAST 40/29 News at 6:00
Live Now
Advertisement

Gov.: Arkansas at "critical point" in COVID-19 pandemic

Gov.: Arkansas at "critical point" in COVID-19 pandemic
JOB, AND THE - MAJORITY ARE REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS. BUT THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW THAT PUT THEIR OWN COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE ABOVE THE HEALTH OF OTHERS AND THAT IS NOT HELPFUL AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE GRAPHS, WE’RE REALLY AT A CRITICAL POINT IN OUR JOURNEY DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND THE CRITICAL POINT IS IS WHETHER WE ARE AT O PEAK AND WE’LL START LEVELING OFF OR WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ARE GO DOWN OR LEVEL OR WHETHER WE GO UP AND THE THE DIRECTION THAT WE GO FROM HERE TOTALLY DEPENDS UPON THE DISCIPLINE AND THE COMMITMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF ARKANSAS TO AVOID CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD. AND SO I CHALLENGE ALL ARKANSANS TO THINK THIS THROUGH AND REALIZE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO OPEN UP OUR ECONOMY TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS THE RESTRICTIONS. WE’RE IN PHASE 1, BUT WE WANT TO GET TO PHASE TWO AND WE CAN’T GET TO PHASE 2 WHENEVER WE SEE A CONTINUED UPWARD TRAJECTORY, SO I CHALLENGE EVERYONE LET’S COMMIT TOGETHER TO AVOID THE SPREAD AND TO GO DOWN AND HOSPITALIZATIONS TO AVOID AN INCREASE IN CASE TREND AND THE COMMUNITY SPREAD AND ARE EVELYN IS REQUIRED
Advertisement
Gov.: Arkansas at "critical point" in COVID-19 pandemic
"We're really at a critical point in our journey during this pandemic. And the critical point is whether we are at our second peak, and we'll start levelling off, or where we go from here, or whether we go down on level, or whether we go up," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. Watch the video above to learn more.

Advertisement

"We're really at a critical point in our journey during this pandemic. And the critical point is whether we are at our second peak, and we'll start levelling off, or where we go from here, or whether we go down on level, or whether we go up," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. Watch the video above to learn more.