蜜柚直播 Mayor Regina Romero extended her emergency proclamation through May 15, and added a recommendation 鈥 not a requirement 鈥 that 蜜柚直播ans wear masks while out in public.
Romero said she鈥檚 advocating the use of face coverings in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, such as grocery stores and pharmacies, in an effort to stop transmission of the coronavirus through the air from person to person.
She also is strongly advising employers to provide face coverings to their employees while at work, especially if employees are unable to acquire or make one themselves; and encouraging all businesses, including those providing essential functions, to allow employees to work from home through telecommuting or other means to the 鈥済reatest extent possible鈥 to limit gatherings of employees.
Her proclamation late Thursday otherwise falls in line with that of Gov. Doug Ducey, who the day before announced he is extending his orders that 蜜柚直播ns should stay home except for essential activities, and that 鈥渘onessential鈥 businesses must stay closed, through May 15. Ducey is allowing some stores to partially open this coming Monday.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear a cloth covering over their nose and mouth in community settings in an effort to protect people around them if they are infected but without symptoms.
鈥淲hat I have heard is that that face covering helps with keeping out 95% of what you鈥檙e breathing in,鈥 Romero said. 鈥... I strongly recommend any of the public that have to go out for their needs, for their essentials, that they wear that when they鈥檙e in public.鈥
Romero, on a call with reporters, reiterated her applause for Ducey鈥檚 decision, while also doubling-down on her stated desire for mayors to be included in his decision-making, or to be allowed to make their own decisions in their jurisdictions. Ducey made clear that his word is law 鈥 and that individual cities are not free to conclude local health conditions require that restaurants and retailers remain closed longer than he directs.
Ducey has said that he鈥檚 hoping to allow dine-in restaurants to open in some capacity in May, with the best-case scenario on May 12.
鈥淲hen I give guidance statewide, it is statewide, and it is enforceable by law,鈥 he said.
Romero said local elected officials should be included because they鈥檙e 鈥渢he frontline of government.鈥
鈥淚鈥檓 asking the governor to reinstitute his daily calls with mayors throughout the state, and that as he continues moving forward making decisions for 蜜柚直播ns that he include our voices in those decisions,鈥 she said. 鈥淭he mayors and councils and local jurisdictions ... we see first-hand what is happening in our community and residents can get to us and communicate with us fairly quickly.鈥
In her proclamation, Romero acknowledged that Ducey鈥檚 executive order prohibits 鈥渁ny city from issuing any order or regulations that conflicts with his executive order,鈥 but also referenced CDC guidelines that 鈥減hased comeback and the reopening of the economy must be based on local conditions and local decisions.鈥
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