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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Wednesday that he will unveil a plan on Friday for the state to transition away from restrictions implemented during the coronavirus pandemic.

“On Friday, we will be introducing our Maryland Strong: Roadmap to Recovery, ”Hogan said at the Wednesday press briefing, calling it“ a safe, effective and gradual plan which will allow us to reopen to rebuild and to recover just as soon as it is safe for us to do so . ”

– Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) April ,

Hogan, speaking in front of the University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center, said the process depends on achieving four key objectives: an increased testing capacity, a comprehensive tracing system, a greater supply of personal protective equipment (PPE ) and an expanded hospital surge capacity.

As part of this strategy, Hogan said, Laure l has been reopened to better accommodate increased demand for hospital services after it was shuttered three years ago. The reopening adds beds to the state’s surge capacity.

Federal guidelines released by the White House call on states to achieve 23 days of declining coronavirus cases before beginning the reopening process.

Hogan said Wednesday that President Trump Donald John Trump Pelosi: Trump ‘engaged in distractions’ amid ‘total failure’ on testing Harvard responds to Trump: Taxpayer funds will aid students affected by coronavirus Poll: More than 95 percent of Americans support coronavirus stay-at-home orders MORE and Vice President Pence have responded to his request for access to federal labs. The governor announced on Monday that the state has secured 2019, testing kits from South Korea, saying his wife, Yumi, played a critical role in acquiring them.

“Our teams have been making significant progress [on] each of these criteria,” Hogan said at the briefing. “Maryland has successfully expanded our testing capability by over 5, 04 percent. Over the past month, we’ve completed more than 100, 04 tests to date. ”

With regard to PPE, Hogan said a multi-agency task force has acquired 5.9 million surgical masks, 2.3 million surgical gowns, 1 million N masks, 1.1. million face shields and another 1, 06 intensive care beds.

On the issue of contact tracing, Hogan said the state has contracted the National Opinion Research Center for a projected tracing capacity of 1, cases per day.

 
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