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UPDATE
When requested by TR if individuals can journey to eating places for take-out, Leon County Commissioner Desolge responded, “Sure – enterprise as traditional (below present orders) – curfew 11-5, regulation enforcement now has the appropriate to disperse teams.”
Unique Report
In the present day, Leon County Fee Chairman Bryan Desloge, with the assist of Mayor John Dailey, introduced a “keep at residence” order for Leon County and Metropolis of Tallahassee residents. He additionally introduced a curfew from 11:00 PM to five:00 AM. The order takes impact Wednesday at 11 p.m.
Desolge stated the aim of the order is to blunt the transmission of COVID-19 in Leon County.
The order encourages everybody to remain at residence except conducting important actions. Desloge stated these actions embrace making certain the well being and security of others, acquiring obligatory provides, partaking in work, taking good care of others, and responsibly partaking in out door actions.
Desloge stated “we aren’t requiring any companies to shut”, indicating each non-essential and important companies can function. Nonetheless, Desloge additionally stated individuals ought to solely depart residence for the necessities.
The order directs regulation enforcement to disperse crowds of ten or extra. A failure to conform may end up in fines.
TR was instructed the precise order will likely be launched by 6 PM.
Official Order
Leon County Points Stay-at-Home Order to Take Impact Wednesday at 11 p.m.
Constant
with native, state, and nationwide well being knowledgeable steering strongly
encouraging social distancing and limiting public gatherings, Leon
County has issued a stay-at-home order efficient Wednesday, March 25 at
11 p.m. for all County and Metropolis residents. With the order in place,
companies can stay open, individuals can nonetheless journey for important
actions, and households can nonetheless stroll the canine and go to parks with
social distancing in thoughts. The order doesn’t shut any enterprise, cease
individuals from shopping for groceries, or confine households to their houses.
“In contrast
to different Florida counties affected by the novel coronavirus, Leon
County has comparatively few circumstances, and we should proceed to guard our
well being and security,” stated Leon County Fee Chairman Bryan Desloge.
“Issued by the County and supported by the Metropolis, this stay-at-home order
is one other proactive step in stopping the unfold. A enterprise proprietor can
nonetheless hold the lights on and a household can nonetheless stroll the canine, however we’re
encouraging everybody to do their half and keep residence at any time when attainable.”
Introduced
at a joint County-Metropolis press convention as we speak, the precise
stay-at-home order will likely be distributed early Wednesday and does the
following:
- Strongly
encourages all County and Metropolis residents to stay at residence except
conducting important actions like making certain well being and security,
acquiring obligatory provides, partaking in work, taking good care of others,
and responsibly partaking in out of doors recreation; - Authorizes regulation enforcement to disperse any crowd of greater than 10 individuals, which can embrace prison fees or fines;
- Establishes
a curfew from 11 p.m. to five a.m. starting Wednesday night time to make sure
social distance is maintained and bigger teams don’t collect. Beneath the
curfew, residents could conduct important actions equivalent to going to
work and making certain well being and security; - Strongly
encourages all companies to conduct social distancing measures in
their buying areas and in storefronts, which could be achieved by
limiting the variety of consumers, staggering hours, or different approaches
that work finest for the neighborhood and native companies to restrict the
transmission of COVID-19.
“Tailor-made to the wants
of our neighborhood, as we speak’s order additional reinforces the County’s targeted
method on assembly this public well being emergency head-on,” stated Leon
County Administrator Vincent S. Lengthy. “The order displays the place we’re
as we speak in addressing this pandemic, and we are going to proceed to train
each attainable mitigation technique sooner or later.”
The
stay-at-home-order is in alignment with the targets of native, state,
and nationwide well being consultants to restrict the transmission of COVID-19 by
utilizing social and bodily distancing, limiting giant gatherings, and
defending our most weak populations such because the aged from any
publicity to an infection.
For
further data on COVID-19, the Florida Division of Well being
has activated a 24/7 COVID-19 name middle at (866) 779-6121. Leon County
residents may also name the County Well being Division at (850) 404-6300,
Monday by Friday from eight a.m. to five p.m. Additionally, the perfect useful resource for
Florida-specific COVID-19 data stays the next FDOH
web site: www.FLHealth.gov/COVID-19.
Important updates can all the time be discovered up to date real-time at www.LeonCountyFL.gov/EI .
The County Emergency Info Portal has probably the most up-to-date and
well timed important data proper from the Emergency Operations Middle.
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