COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will give an update on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic Thursday afternoon.
The briefing is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. Watch it live in the media player below:
Thursday's briefing comes after DeWine's Wednesday briefing when he pleaded with Ohioans, regardless of the county they live in, to wear a mask to prevent the spread of the virus.
"My friends, this is not a drill. This certainly is not any hoax. This is not a dress rehearsal. It's the real thing. The enemy is here and Ohioans have simply come too far in this fight to cede ground now. My fellow Ohioans, you have changed history with this virus before. You did it. You can do it again, but I am afraid that our window of opportunity may be soon closing. As we have seen in Florida, California, Arizona and Texas. Once things start moving downhill, they move very quickly. And it's so very, very hard then to turn things back around. My fellow Ohioans, you, all of us, together, we have the power to change that future. This is a defining time, the defining time for each one of us. And there has been no greater call in recent times for Ohioans than for us to call upon our better angels, as President Abraham Lincoln said, to do what is right to protect each other."
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The CDC and the Ohio Department of Health are now recommending the use of cloth face coverings in public to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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