{"id":143,"date":"2020-03-24T19:37:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/covid19\/?p=143"},"modified":"2020-03-24T19:38:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:38:29","slug":"wayne-countys-coronavirus-update-mar-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/covid19\/wayne-countys-coronavirus-update-mar-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne County\u2019s Coronavirus Update \u2013 Mar. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the state-wide \u201cStay Home-Stay Safe\u201d Executive Order. The Order is a more aggressive tactic for combatting the spread of Coronavirus, or COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Press Release by the City of Dearborn, people can still go outside and travel throughout their community. The release states that you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the grocery store or pick up take-out food.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the pharmacy to pick up a needed prescription.<\/li>\n<li>Engage in outdoor activities like walking, hiking, running and biking.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the hospital or secure any care necessary to address a medical emergency or to preserve your health or the health of a loved one.<\/li>\n<li>Fill your car with gas.<\/li>\n<li>Return to Michigan to a home or place of residence from outside the state.<\/li>\n<li>Leave the state for a home or residence elsewhere.<\/li>\n<li>Walk your pets and take them to the veterinarian for needed medical care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The release also states that you may not:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leave the home to work unless your employer designates you as a critical infrastructure worker.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in any public gatherings.<\/li>\n<li>Visit someone in the hospital, nursing home, or other residential facilities (with limited exceptions).<\/li>\n<li>Go to the mall or to a restaurant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The executive order has also put new restrictions on businesses for the purpose of minimizing the risk of spread among workers. Those restrictions ask businesses to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote remote work to the fullest extent possible.<\/li>\n<li>Restrict the number of workers present in-person on the job.<\/li>\n<li>Keep employees at least six feet from one another to the maximum extent possible and enabling social distancing for customers who are standing in line.<\/li>\n<li>Any other social distancing practices and mitigation measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans will be announcing new measures later this week. The measures are being created in order to help protect businesses during the Coronavirus Crisis.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, Mar. 24, there are 630 active cases of COVID-19 in Wayne County, according to John\u2019s Hopkins University\u2019s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Resource Center also stated that eight deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in Wayne County.<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the state-wide \u201cStay Home-Stay Safe\u201d Executive Order. The Order is a more aggressive tactic for combatting the spread of Coronavirus, or COVID-19. According to a Press Release by the City of Dearborn, people can still go outside and travel throughout their community. 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