Kentucky Starts Gradually Reopening

Kentucky Starts Gradually Reopening

Last day.

The first phase of kentucky plan to reopen the economy begins today.

Healthcare services can resume in the following place?

Hospital outpatient settings healthcare clinics and medical officers physical therapy settings and chiropractic offices optometrists dental offices...with enhanced protections joylyn bukovac has more on how they'll reopen.

All this time spent in quarantine has some people eager for change.

"i'm destroyed."

"your destroyed?"

"yep" "oh he can't go play with his friends."

Some states officials are working to gradually open businesses.

"i think it's good for the economy, but i think people ought to use caution."

On sunda?

Governor andy beshear announcing no?

Emergency healthcare treatments and services to roll out monday.

"it was very unexpected at first so we had to rally behind it and understand we precautions we need to take."

"even though dental offices are allowed to be open, dentists are doing everything they can to keep everyone safe."

"we have the n95 masks and we have face shields and we have gowns."

Having plenty of personal protection equipment is importan?

But doctor gregory is also limiting the amount of patients they se?

Limiting to 20 percent of their capacity.

"when patients come here, they are coming here right now out of emergencies.

They are hurting."

They will slowly work their way towards routine cleaning?

But the next time you're at the dentis?

It's going to be different.

For starter?

Most people won't be able to sit in waiting rooms. "we will text them or call them to let them know that a room is ready for them and they will enter the building, we will take their temperature and they will come on back."

Eliminating waiting rooms is one of governor beshear's guideline?

Ensuring patients stay at least six feet apart.

Dentists also have to use enhanced aerosol protections while they work.

"there's a lot of germs that can just be in the air from our han?pieces so we use a high speed suction to make sure that we mitigate that."

Dr. gregory says they ordered mirrors with suctions on the bac?

Making adjustments to ensure everyone's safety.

Reporting in henderson, jb 44news.

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