Lowndes County Supervisor's Corona Response

Major changes are on the way to Lowndes County.

During a special called meeting, supervisors passed an ordinance that responds to the latest information on the pandemic.

Major changes are on the way to lowndes county.... during a special called meeting.... supervisors passed an ordinance that calling for some businesses to close..

And changes the way restaurants will now operate... our quentin smith was at the meeting... and joins us live quentin... do we know when these changes will go into effect?

Scott..

Everything will go into effect beginning tomorrow at 5 p- m.... the board of supervisors passed an ordinance that mirrors the one passed by the columbus city council over the weekend.

The only difference is ... in the county.... all recreational buildings are forced to close at this time... but recreational facilities such as walking tracks will remain open.

The ordinance limits gathers to no more than 10 people.... and also.... dining inside restaurants is no longer allowed... non-essential businesses such as child care facilities..

Hair salons..

Barbershops... and gyms..

Just to name a few... will close until further notice.

6 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in lowndes county.

Board president harry sanders says this ordinance to help prevent the fatal virus from spreading.

" we can't cure it right now, but we can slow it down.

The reason we need to do that is because there's not enough hospital beds and ventilators in our county to take care of the people if more than 30 or 40 of them need to be on generators, we just don't have the room form so we need to slow it down."

The ordinance carries a fine one the ordinance carries a fine one thousand dollars per day or spend up to 90 days in jail essential businesses include - hospitals, gas stations, and pharmacies are excluded from this ordinance.

There is also a new curfew in effect from 10 p-m until 6 a-m... these changes go into effect tomorrow at 5 pm.

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