Bowser mentioned that “staying open and with the ability to handle this virus means” Washington residents will “all must do our half,” emphasizing
Bowser mentioned that “staying open and with the ability to handle this virus means” Washington residents will “all must do our half,” emphasizing the necessity to keep mitigation measures together with social distancing, frequent hand-washing, mask-wearing, staying residence when sick, disinfecting generally used surfaces, coronavirus testing and make contact with tracing.
Bowser’s remarks got here instantly after a presentation by the ReOpen DC Advisory Group, the blue-ribbon process power charged with delivering to the mayor’s workplace suggestions for reopening town safely and sustainably.
Offering an replace on its work, the group — headed up by former Homeland Safety Secretary Michael Chertoff and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice — unveiled a four-phase framework for reopening the nation’s capital that outlined “how we might transfer throughout the levels, and the common safeguards that ought to be applied in all levels.”
Though the mayor reported town had skilled 11 days of “sustained decline in group unfold” of the coronavirus, greater than 7,700 Washington residents have been identified with Covid-19, leading to a minimum of 412 deaths.
These numbers “are stark reminders that this virus nonetheless poses danger to our group, and that’s why we proceed to be very cautious about our decision-making,” Bowser mentioned Thursday.
States and localities throughout the nation have largely stopped implementing coronavirus-related lockdowns in current weeks after the expiration of federal social distancing tips on the finish of April. However Washington and its suburbs have been extra reluctant to ease restrictions.
Final week, Bowser prolonged the District’s stay-at-home order by means of June 8, whereas the governors of neighboring Maryland and Virginia allowed sure communities to stay on lockdown.