Senior centers to close in Baltimore County

There are no suspected cases of coronavirus at this senior center in Towson, and Baltimore County wants to keep it that way.

CASES IN MARYLAND━ ONE CASEOF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.THAT CASE IS IN PRINCEGEORGE'S COUNTY.

THEY HAD NOKNOWN EXPOSURE TO CORONAVIRUSTHROUGH TRAVEL OR AN INFECTEDINDIVIDUAL.

ALL THE OTHERCASES ARE CONNECTED TO TRAVELOVERSEAS OR OUT OF STATE.

INOUR AREA━ THERE'S ONE CASEEACH IN HARFORD AND BALTIMOCOUNTIES.

WMA━2 NEWS JEFFHAGER JOINS US NOW WITH WHATBALTIMORE COUNTY IS NOW DOING━ AFTER LEARNING ABOUT ITSFIRST CASE.KELLY, THE FIRST CONFIRMEDCASE IN BALTIMORE COUNTYCOINCIDES WITH A WAVE OF MOVESBY THE COUNTY TO TRY TO LIMITTHE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.TR━ 1:49 NO━SO━"...will notbe the last." (TRACK) THEREARE NO SUSPECTED CASES OFCORONAVIRUS AT THIS SENIORCENTER IN TOWSON, ANDBALTIMORE COUNTY WANTS TO KEEPIT THAT WAY.

JUST ASK RICHARDPYES.

(SOT) 35:33 "They camewhile I was working out on amachine.

One of the volunteerscame around and told me that,effective Monday, they wereclosing all the seniorcenters." (TRACK) THEANNOUNCED CLOSURES CAME AS THECOUNTY TRIES TO LIMIT EXPOSURETO THE VIRUS AFTER LEARNING OFITS FIRST CONFIRMED CASE.(SOT) 2:32 "The individual isin his sixties and worked atthe recent AIPAC conference inWashington DC.

He is nothospitalized." (TRACK) IT ISBELIEVED THE INFECTED MAN HASHAD LIMITED CONTACT WITHOTHERS SINCE THE CONFERENCE,BUT THERE IN LIES THECHALLENGE FOR COUNTY HEALTHOFFICIALS.

(SOT) 16:20 "Itdepends on how you want todefine 'limited', right?,because most people don't livein a bubble, but at thisparticular time, we were ableto kind of contact all of thepeople that we thought thatperson was in contact with anddo the appropriate testingwhen necessary." (TRACK) INADDITION TO CLOSING THE SENIORCENTERS, THE COUNTY ISCANCELING ALL OF ITS ORGANIZEDRECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, ITSREMAINING BUDGET TOWN HALLSAND OTHER PUBLIC HEARINGS.THEY ARE MOVES APPLAUDED BYSOME OF THE COUNTY'S MOSTVULNERABLE MEMBERS.

(SOT)28:25 "We are very concernedabout this virus.

We live in aretirement community and evenover there, people aren'tcoming to dinner, they'recoming and getting theirdinner and leaving, not eatingin the dining room.

We're toldnot to shake hands withanybody." (TRACK) IT IS ALLPART OF THE NEW NORMAL, NOWTHAT THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC ISHITTING CLOSE TO HOME.

(SOT)7:53 "While we have confirmedthe first Baltimore Countycase, it most certainly willnot be the last."THUS FAR, TWENTY PEOPLEBALTIMORE COUNTY HAVE BEETESTED FOR THE VIRUS, ANDWHILE ONE MAN HAS TESTEDPOSTIVE, THE OTHERS HAEITHER COME BACK NEGATIVE