{"id":4962,"date":"2020-05-14T14:59:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2020-05-14T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:12:53","slug":"indian-health-service-media-call-may-14-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/05\/14\/indian-health-service-media-call-may-14-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Health Service Media Call &#8211; May 14, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/820529683&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\">&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;<\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The Indian Health Service hosted a media briefing on May 14, 2020, to discuss the agency\u2019s public health response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).<\/p>\n<p>Participants included:<\/p>\n<p>* Rear Adm. Michael Toedt, M.D., chief medical officer, Indian Health Service<\/p>\n<p>* Dr. Loretta Christensen, chief medical officer, Navajo Area Indian Health Service<\/p>\n<p>* Jillian Curtis, director, Office of Finance and Accounting, Indian Health Service<\/p>\n<p>* Lisa Gyorda, director, Office of Human Resources, Indian Health Service<\/p>\n<p>* Capt. Angela Mtungwa, director, Division of Commissioned Personnel Support, Office of Human Resources, Indian Health Service<\/p>\n<p>* Capt. Robert Hayes, director, IHS National Supply Service Center<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Indian Health Service media call, Chief Medical Officer Michael Toedt said 250 Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> rapid testing machines and supplies for &quot;over 90,000 tests&quot; have been distributed within <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IHSgov<\/a>. Also, 35 million gloves and 7 million <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/N95?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#N95<\/a> masks have been distributed. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1260981769907720198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We are testing very heavily,&quot; Loretta Christensen, Chief Medical Officer for Navajo Area of Indian Health Service says on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IHSgov<\/a> media call. Says &quot;social distancing is working&quot; and &quot;We feel like we have flattened the curve\u201d on largest reservation in U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1260982615026413570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to Jillian Curtis of Indian Health Service, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IHSgov<\/a> has allocated over $1.1 billion for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> preparedness and response. Another $750 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> testing and testing related efforts is coming, Curt says on IHS media call.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1260983740811149313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It&#39;s critical for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> preparedness and response,&quot; Jillian Curtis of Indian Health Service <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IHSgov<\/a> says of $53 million allocated for urban Indian health organizations. Majority of American Indians and Alaska Natives live in urban areas. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UrbanIndians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UrbanIndians<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1260985060242731008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Health Service hosted a media briefing on May 14, 2020, to discuss the agency\u2019s public health response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[14,153],"class_list":["post-4962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-institutions","category-updates","tag-ihs","tag-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4962"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4976,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions\/4976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}