One by one coastal cities throughout Harrison County are issuing orders to help keep communities safe during the COVID-19 outbreak.
One by one coastal cities throughout Harrison County are issuing orders to help keep communities safe during the COVID-19 outbreak.
One coastal cities - throughout harrison county- are issuing orders to help keep- - - - communities safe during the - covid-19 outbreak.- news 25's victoria bailey spoke- with city leadership and- has the details.- - "don't be out in public if you- don't have to - and stay home"- "if you don't have to be at wor- stay home"- words from coastal city - leadership as the outbreak of - covid-19 continues to wreak - havoc throughout the- world.- gfx:- monday: biloxi issued a shelter- - - - in place order, diberville: sta- at home order and long beach: - stay at home order,gulfport - issued a safer at home order- - - - "it's gotten to the point where- even with the measures we put i- place a couple weeks- ago that they are not having th- effect we'd hoped for.
We're- continuing to see the - spread of a covid-19 virus in - our community.- each order carries a nightly- curfew from 11:00 p.m.
Until- 5:00 a.m.
- "most businesses can still- remain active to a limited- fashion.
They have to make sure- they limit things to 10 people- or less and don't allow people- - - - inside their store greater than- 10.
They have to have the socia- distances 6 feet apart in place- if you- are in a line of work and it's- articulated in this order that- if you're a workout gym - facility, - a barbershop, a salon; places - where you have to be in close - proximity to people - those are businesses we told- need to be shut down" - - - - "mayor gillich believes that 95- of people are following the - advice and the cities are - working together in concert to- take the next step.
The the - curfew is not unlike- something you would see after a- hurricane.
So, nothing to be- alarmed about.
It's just- a step taken to help control th- spread of the virus," - with cases in the magnolia stat- climbing to more than 930 and - the - death toll reaching 20, local - leadership believes it's a- priority to stress the severity- - - - of this virus.
"it's very - important the public adhere to- all the guidelines the- guidelines of the - c.d.c.
The guidelines of of all- elected officials on the coast- it's very important.
We - keep hearing about reducing the- cure, well we don't even want - there to be a curve we- - - - want this thing to be squashed- as quickly as possible but ther- is a personal - responsibility to help stop the- spread" - "we've got to do some things- that are uncomfortable that are- inconvenient but if we don't- this is going to persist a lot- longer than what we're dealing- with now so - let's all be proactive take tha- individual responsibility take- care of our neighbors" for a- complete look at the curfew - orders, visit our website wxxv2- dot com.
For news 25 i'm- victoria bailey -