Cape May County Official Asks People To Stay Away From Shore During Outbreak

Cleve Bryan reports.

ONLY TAKE-OUT AND DELIVERY ISALLOWED AT RESTAURANTS.A DESPERATE PLEA FROM CAPEMAY COUNTY TONIGHT.OFFICIALS SAY THEY LOVEVISITORS, BUT NOT DURING THECOVID-19 PANDEMIC.CLEVE BRYAN EXPLAINS WHY.WELL, SUMMER AT THE JERSEYSHORE MAY SEEM LIKE A DISTANTDREAM AS WE MANAGE THE NEWCHALLENGES OF FIGHTING THECORONAVIRUS, SHORE OFFICIALSSAY DON'T TRY TO MAKE YOURESCAPE ANY TIME SOON.WE WANT TO FAME SIZE, THISIS NOT THE VACATION TIME HERE,BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN ARE OUTOF SCHOOL.THIS WEEK THE CAPE MAYCOUNTY BOARD OF FREEHOLDERSISSUED PLEA FOR PEOPLE NOTVISIT THE SHORE IN THE COMINGWEEKS.EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SOUNDHARSH, THEY DON'T WANT SECONDHOMEOWNERS OR OUT OUT OFTOWNERS TO BURDEN THEIRGROCERY STORES OR MEDICALFACILITIES.AND RIGHT NOW THIS TIME OFTHE YEAR WE DON'T HAVE THERESOURCE TOSS DEAL WITH THIS.NOT LONG AFTER ISSUING THEPLEA FOR NO VISITORS THIS WEEKOFFICIALS ANNOUNCE THE FIRSTCONFIRMED CASE EVERY COVID-19IN CAPE MAY COUNTY ONWEDNESDAY.A 30 YEAR OLD MAN FROM NEWYORK CITY, WHO TESTED POSITIVEAT A LOCAL HEALTHCARE FACILITYTHERE.WE JUST A REPORT THAT WE'REINVESTIGATING RIGHT NOW THATWE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL COME FROMNEW YORK THAT WAS QUARANTINED,AND CAME TO CAPE MAY COUNTYAND NOW HAS EXPOSED CAPE MAYCOUNTY, THAT WE'REINVESTIGATING.WHILE IT PLAY SEEM COUNTERINTUITIVE, ECONOMY ALMOSTCOMPLETELY BASED ON TOURISM TOTELL PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY, CAPEMAY COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEYJUST DON'T HAVE THEINFRASTRUCTURE TOUR TO HANDLEMORE SICK PEOPLE THAN THEIRYEAR ROUNDS RESIDENTS.AVENUE POPULATION HERE THATIS 25% 65 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE.AND I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TOPROTECT THEM.SHORE OFFICIALS HOPING THATSUPPRESSED DEMAND FOR BEACHTIME WILL LEAD TO VERY