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Watch: Coronavirus update from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for Thursday, June 18
The Gazette
May. 19, 2020 11:14 am, Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 11:29 am
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds provides an update on the coronavirus in Iowa at 11 a.m. today. The news conference will be livestreamed and viewable on this page, along with live blogging from a Gazette reporter.
The governor has not held a news conference about the state's coronavirus response since June 10. They are usually held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but Tuesday's event was not held because Vice President Mike Pence was visiting Iowa, and last Thursday's news conference was also canceled.
The governor's office has not announced whether changes are being permanently made to the news conference schedule.
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Reynolds is speaking from the State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during her daily coronavirus news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Johnston on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (Brian Powers/The Register/Pool photo)
Deputy Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health Sarah Reisetter speaks at the State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston, Iowa, on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register, pool photo)
Gov. Kim Reynolds is seen on a monitor as she updates the state's response to the coronavirus outbreak during an April 30 news conference at the state emergency operations center in Johnston. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds updates the state's response to the coronavirus outbreak during a news conference at the State Emergency Operations Center, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Johnston, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, pool)
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds arrives to update the state's response to the coronavirus outbreak at a news conference at the State Emergency Operations Center, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Johnston, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds holds a news conference on COVID-19 at the State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston, Iowa, on Friday, May 15, 2020. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP, Pool)
Gov. Kim Reynolds announces updates on COVID-19 in Iowa on Friday, April 24, 2020 in Johnston. Gov. Reynolds permitted statewide health systems to resume elective procedures as well as farmers markets under distancing parameters starting April 27. Reynolds stated the end of April as when the current 'bulk of declarations' on business closings will expire.