Oversight panel wants documents from Gov. Stitt

Oversight panel wants documents from Gov. Stitt

UNDER FIRE FOR HOW HE'SHANDLED THE COVID-19PANDEMIC.

THE CHAIRMAN OFTHE CONGRESSIONALCORONAVIRUS OVERSIGHTPANEL... DEMANDING IN ALETTER.

HE SHOW HOW THESTATE IS COMBATING THEPANDEMIC.

2 WORKS FOR YOU'SKATIE KELEHER TELLS US WHATTHE LETTER SAYS.AND GOVERNORSTITT'S RESPONSETHIS LETTER SAYS GOVERNORSTITT AND THE STATE ARE NOTFOLLOWING FIVEOF THE STRICTRECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENTCOVID-19.

GOVERNOR STITTSAYS - OKLAHOMA IS DOINGEVERYTHING RIGHT.THE LETTER IS WRITTENWRITTEN BY REPRESENTATIVEJAMES CLYBURN - CHAIRMAN OFTHE U-S HOUSE CORONAVIRUSOVERSIGHT PANEL - TO THEWHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASKFORCE.

IT SAYS FOUR STATES- OKLAHOMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIAAND TENNESSEE - ARE NOTFOLLOWING STRICTRECOMMENDATIONS FROM ANUNPUBLISHED REPORT - DESPITEBEING "RED ZONE" STATES.

ITSAYS OKLAHOMA "CONTINUES TOHAVE HIGH NUMBER OF CASESDIAGNOSED AND HIGH TESTPOSITIVITY.

AND THAT MORECOUNTIES ARE IN THE RED ZONETHIS WEEK." THE UNPUBLISHEDREPORT RECOMMENDS CLOSINGBAR AND GYMS, REDUCINGINDOOR DINING TO 25 PERCENTCAPACITY, AND LIMITINGSOCIAL GATHERINGS TO 10PEOPLE OR FEWER.

THE LETTERSAYS GOVERNOR STITT MADEIT CLEAR THAT HE HAS NOPLANS TO ROLL BACK THESTATE'S REOPENING OR PLACE ASTATEWIDE MASK MANDATE.

INA RESPONSE TO THE LETTER,GOVERNOR STITT RELEASED ASTATEMENT SAYING IN PART"The regions of concern havestepped up to implement morestringent public healthpolicies and guidance forbusinesses that take intoconsideration populationdensity and the data fromlocal contact tracingefforts.

OSDH has notidentified a "red risk"county based on its fourgating criteria for howCOVID-19 is impactingOklahoma's healthcaresystem."THE OKLAHOMA STATEDEPARTMENT OF HEALTHRECENTLY CREATED A COVID-19ALERT MAP.

THE LATEST UPDATEOF THE MAP - FROM LASTTHURSDAY - SHOWS THERE ARENO COUNTIES IN THE RED ZONE.NATIONAL MAPS VARY.

THIS MAPFROM THE C-D-C SHOWSOKLAHOMA IS IN THE SECONDHIGHEST CATEGORY FORREPORTED COVID-19 CASES.MEANWHILE - THIS MAP FROMTHE HARVARDGLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTEPLACES OKLAHOMA IN THE REDZONE FOR DAILY NEW CASES PER100-THOUSAND PEOPLE.

THELETTER IS ASKING FORDOCUMENTS AND INFORMATIONABOUT HOW THE STATE ISHANDLING THE PANDEMIC BYAUGUST 12TH.TO VIEW THE ENTIRE LETTERALONG WITH GOVERNOR STITT'SENTIRE STATEMENT, VISIT OURWEBISTE KJRH DOT COM ORDOWNLOAD OUR FREE 2 WORKSFOR YOU APP.

KATIE KELEHER,2 WORKS FOR YOU.THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT..