Commissioner says Mississippi State Fair will go on with COVID-19 guidelines in place

The Mississippi State Fair will go on, with COVID-19 guidelines in place.

THIS YEAR DESPITE THE COVID-19PANDEMIC..16 WAPT'S KEEGAN FOXX IS IN THESTUDIO WITHTHE PLANS TO MAINTAIN SOCIALDISTANCING ANDABIDE BY CDC GUIDELINES.

MEGAN -- THE AGRICUTURECOMMISSIONER TOLD US TODAY THATHE FULLYANTICIPATES A STATE FAIR THISFALL..ANDY GIPSON SAYS HE ISMONITORING THEPANDEMIC AND IS WORKING CLOSELYWITHTHE GOVERNOR AND THE STATEHEALTHDEPARTMENT.BECAUSE THE FAIR IS AN OUTDOOREVENTGIPSONS SAYS THEY CAN SPACE OUTENOUGH ANDTAKE PLENTY OF PRECAUTIONS TOMAKESURE PEOPLE HAVE A SAFE ANDENJOYABLEEXPERIENCE.

WELL WE HAVE MORE THAN 100 ACRESRIGHT HERE IN THISFAIRGROUND COMPLEX.

FOR THEFIRST TIME EVER WE MAY HAVE TOIMPLIMENT SOME MAXIMUM NUMBERSOF PEOPLE ON THESITE.

SO THAT WE CAN SOCIALDISTANCE 6 FT.

APART.

WE AREGOING TO HAVE TO SPREAD OUT THEFOOTPRINT OF THE FAIR A LITTLEMORETHAN IT HAS BEEN.

WE ARE GOINGTOHAVE MAXIMUM 25 PERCENT CAPACITYIN OUR INDOOR BUILDINGS ANDTHERE WILL BE HAND SANITIZEREVERY WHERE YOU LOOK.THE CONCERNS OVER THE STATE FAIRCOME ASAT LEAST TWO DOZEN STATESINCLUDING TEXASAND TENNESSEE -- HAVE CANCELEDOR POSTPONED THEIR STATE FAIR..OFFICIALS - DEEMING IT TOO RISKYTO HOLD CROWDED FAIRSEFFECTIVELY..

THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIR ISEXPECTED TO BEHELD -- OCTOBER 7 THROUGH THE18..MEGAN.

FREE COVID-19 TESTING WILL BEHELD IN RANKINAND HINDS CO