[Durham INC] City of Durham Issues COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Order Effective March 26 6pm

Wed Mar 25 15:24:30 EDT 2020

Sharing in a spirit of helpfulness. Encouragement to delegates/subscribers to circulate widely to lists and contacts. A list of groups already sent this notice is shown below for reference. 

Apologies if this is a repeat posting, and I have missed an earlier share in my incoming mail items. 

Many thanks and continued well wishes,

D Hawkins, delegate for NPNA

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Subject: [duke-homestead] City of Durham Issues COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Order Effective March 26-- "Stay at home" for Durham to be announced tomorrowRe: "Stay at home" for Durham to be announced tomorrow

DURHAM, N.C. – In light of growing concerns regarding COVID-19, City of Durham Mayor Steve Schewel has issued a Stay-at-Home Order for all city residents to further help stop the spread of this virus.

Effective Thursday, March 26, 2020, beginning at 6 p.m., this order requires all city residents to remain in their homes until April 30, 2020 days as part of an attempt to reduce the number of new COVID-19 infections in Durham.

Exceptions to the order will be allowed for those seeking medical treatment, buying food, or exercising outdoors. Essential workers, such as hospital and medical staff, law enforcement and firefighters, food service and grocery store employees, local government employees, etc., will be allowed to travel to work. The order will not prohibit restaurants from providing take-out or delivery options. It also does not prohibit daycares, homeless shelters, and government agencies from operating. The order will be enforced by the Durham Police Department.

All City of Durham facilities, including City Hall, police headquarters, fire stations, and Durham Parks and Recreation facilities and playgrounds, remain closed to the public until further notice.

Durham One Call <https://durhamnc.gov/1439/Durham-One-Call>  along with many City staff from all departments are teleworking and are available during normal business hours to provide assistance either by phone or by email. The City’s website is also fully operational and allows residents to easily make water bill payments and submit online services requests. Durham One Call will also be available by phone at (919) 560-1200, through their free smartphone app available in the Apple and Google Play stores, and through their webpage <https://durhamnc.gov/1439/Durham-One-Call> .

Public safety employees in police, fire, and the emergency communications center (911), along with other City employees such as those who work in the Water Management, Solid Waste Management, and Fleet Management Departments, will continue their duties while observing social distancing and hand sanitization best practices. To read the Order in its entirety, and for a list of FAQs regarding this stay-at-home order, visit  <https://durhamnc.gov/covid19> https://durhamnc.gov/covid19.

For future COVID-19 updates on City operations, programs, and services, visit  <https://durhamnc.gov/covid19> https://durhamnc.gov/covid19 and follow the City’s  <https://www.facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC/> Facebook,  <https://twitter.com/CityofDurhamNC> Twitter,  <https://www.instagram.com/cityofdurhamnc/> Instagram, and  <https://www.youtube.com/cityofdurhamnc> YouTube pages.

To stay abreast of the COVID-19 situation in Durham and to learn more about how to help reduce the potential spread of this virus, residents are encouraged to visit the Durham County Department of Public Health  <https://www.dcopublichealth.org/> website or follow their social media pages.

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On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:12 PM Kate *** wrote:

Per WRAL's Sarah Krueger's coverage of the mayor's remarks:

WHAT ARE ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ALLOWED? -Activity related to health and safety. -Necessary supplies and services for people's households (groceries, food). -Outdoor activity (i.e. taking walks, hiking, running, biking, golfing, tennis...says must still socially distance)

-Taking care of others (care for family member, pet in other household when critically necessary) -Businesses may continue operations that consist of employees working from home

-Electrical grid 

-Businesses that distribute groceries, meds, essential household goods -Human services operation -Media -Gas stations, businesses needed for transportation -Banks (for critical services)

-Hardware stores -Construction -Mail -Laundry services -Restaurants for curbside or delivery -Shelters -Childcare facilities that enable first responders, healthcare workers and others responding to #COVID19 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hashtag_click>  -Hotels & motels

Goes into effect tomorrow at 6pm.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241480471.html
Durham leaders will announce a “stay at home” order Wednesday to limit 
the spread of coronavirus, the city’s mayor said Tuesday in a news 
release.

... . . A news conference announcing the order is scheduled for 11 a.m. 
at the Durham City Hall Council Chambers at 101 City Hall Plaza. 
People can watch the conference on the city’s social media channels or 
on Spectrum channel 8.

... . . Stay-at-home orders differ by community, and the specifics of 
Durham’s order were not included in the news release.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:17 PM Wendy B <wendybernhardt at gmail.com <mailto:wendybernhardt at gmail.com> > wrote:

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241480471.html <https://www.newsobserver..com/news/coronavirus/article241480471.html> 
Durham leaders will announce a “stay at home” order Wednesday to limit the spread of coronavirus, the city’s mayor said Tuesday in a news release.

. . . A news conference announcing the order is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Durham City Hall Council Chambers at 101 City Hall Plaza. People can watch the conference on the city’s social media channels or on Spectrum channel 8.  

. . . Stay-at-home orders differ by community, and the specifics of Durham’s order were not included in the news release.

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