Governor issues shelter-in-place order for Mississippi

Mississippi governor issues statewide shelter-in-place order.

IN PLACE AS PART OF THE RESPONSETO THECORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK... THE NEWEXECUTIVE ORDERS COME FROMGOVERNOR TATE REEVES, AND MAYORCHOKWEANTAR LUMUMBA...NEW TONIGHT...MORE ON THEDETAILS, ANDREACTION FROM AN AREAPHYSICIAN... BOTH GOVERNOR REEVES, AND MAYORLUMUMBA MAKING THE DECISION TOISSUE SHELTER IN PLACE, AND STAYHOME ORDERS...MISSISSIPPI NOW JOINING THE LISTOF MORE THAN 40 STATES THAT ARETRYING TOSLOW DOWN THIS VIRAL EPIDEMIC...BOTH ORDERS GO INTO EFFECTFRIDAY APRIL 3RD2020...THE CITY'S ORDER AT 12AM, THESTATEWIDEORDER AT 5PM...THE DECISIONS ARE IN RESPONSE TOTHEONGOING WORLDWIDE OUTBREAK OFCOVID-19...AND TO KEEP FROMOVERWHELMING OURSTATE AND LOCAL HOSPITAL SYSTEMSWITHA LARGE VOLUME OF CASES...GOVERNOR REEVES SAYS HE KNOWSTHIS WILL NOT BE EASY, IN FACTIT WILL BEDISRUPTIVE FOR MANY CITIZENS...BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE...THIS ORDER WILL BE ENFORCED ITWILL BE TAKEN VERY, VERYSERIOUSLY.

IT WILL NOT BEFOREVEWE WILL GET THROUGH THIS ANDOPEN OUR STATE BACK UP AS SOONAS POSSIBLE AND AS SOON AS OURHEALTH EXPERTS TELL ME IT ISWISETO DO SO.MAYOR LUMUMBA SAYS THERE ARELIMITATIONSON NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVELS...YOUCANNOTVISIT FRIENDS AND FAMILY UNLESSTHERE ISAN URGENT NEED...BUT ESSENTIAL TRIPS LIKE GOINGTO THEGROCERY STORE, CARING FOR ALOVED ONE AREALLOWED...THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER FEAURESSIMILARDIRECTION...CALLING FOR PEOPLETO STAY ATHOME, WITH JUST A FEWEXEPTIONS...NON-ESSENTIAL BUISNESS IN THESTATEARE TO STOP ACTIVITIES, OTHERTHAN MIMIMUMOPERATIONS...AND, SOCIAL AND NON- ESSENTIALGATHERINGSOF MORE THAN 10, INCLUDINGEVENTS,FUNERALS, WEDDINGS NEED TO BECANCELEDOR RESCHEDULED...THE MAYOR TELLING RESIDENTS THATTHESEMEASURES ARE NOT MARTIAL LAW...SOT FROM ROSS' 5PM PKGTHIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BEINCARCERATION IN YOUR HOME THISISA SAFETY PROVISION.

BUT, LUMUMBASAYS ANY PERSON OR BUSINESSWHO VIOLATES THE ORDER COULDFACE A$300 DOLLAR FINE.DR. CLAY HAYS, THE PRESIDENT OFTHEMISSSIPPI STATE MEDICALASSOCIATION SAYS HISORGANIZATION HAS BEEN ADVISINGTHE GOVERNORAND OTHER LEADERS ON THIEOUTBREAK, ANDSAYS SHELTER IN PLACE IS THERIGHT MOVE..WE'RE STILL NOT UH, WHERE WENEED TO BE, AND WE'RE RIGHTBEFORE THE WAVE THAT REALLY HITSMISSISSIPPI, AND WE NEED TO MAKESURE WE TAKE CARE OFEVERYBODY THAT WE CAN.

THERE ISNO CURE FOR THIS, AND SO WE NEEDTO TRY AND DO PREVENTION ALSO TONIGHT A SOBERINGSTATEMENT FROM LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR DELBERTHOSEMANN, WHO SAYS IN PART IF WEDON'T DO THERIGHT THING NOW THOUSANDS OFMISSISSIPPIANS MAY GET SICK, ANDSOME MAY NOT SURVIVE...YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE DETAILS ONBOTH THEGOVERNOR, AND MAYOR'S EXECUTIVEORDERS ON OUR WEBSITE ATWAPT.COMOR ON THE 16 WAPT MOBILE APP... THE GOVERNOR'S SHELTER-IN-PLACEORDER WILL CLOSE ALL BOATING AND