OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING AT NEW WAYS APPROACH TO COOLING CENTERS WHILE MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING. WITH THE UNOFFICIAL START TO SUMMER BEHIND US, THE SEASON IS BEGINNING TO HEAT UP. WARMER TEMPS AND HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS WEEK. COOLING STATIONS ARE OFTEN GO-TO SPOTS FOR PEOPLE TO BEAT THE HEAT. BUT THOSE CENTERS MAY LOOK DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK. <PHIL ZOOM: :00;40-:00;43 "EVERYTHING THAT WE DO OR TYPICALLY DO NEEDS TO BE REASSESSED."> PHIL ALEXAKOS IS THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THE MANCHESTER HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HE SAYS THE CITY IS NOT OPENING COOLING STATIONS THIS WEEK... BUT IT IS PREPARING NOW TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED THIS SUMMER. <PHIL ZOOM: :01;38-:01;51 "WE HAVE TO NOW THINK OF THINGS LIKE LIBRARIES THAT AREN'T OPEN YET. OR THE MALL WHICH HAS BEEN AN OPTION. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING."> ALEXAKOS SAYS COOLING CENTERS WOULD BE LOCATED IN SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN SPREAD OUT. AND SCREENINGS WOULD TAKE PLACE AT THE DOOR. <PHIL ZOOM: :05;10-:05;14 "WE WOULD ADD QUESTIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO COVID. AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE TEMPERATURES."> THE CITY OF NASHUA IS ALSO LOOKING AT ITS PLANS. HIGHLIGHTING THE MALL, AS A POTENTIAL SET UP AS LONG AS IT WERE TO MEET THE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES. IN THE MEANTIME- -OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING EVERYONE TO GET BACK INTO THE MINDSET OF CHECKING IN ON THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WHO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES. AND WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING GOING ON--OFFICIALS SUGGEST CALLING THOSE NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS RATHER THAN SHOWING UP AT THEIR HOMES. THEY'RE ALSO REMINDING PEOPLE TO HYDRATE AND TAKE IT EASY WHEN EXERC