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It is unfortunate that we had to sign an executive order today to require individuals that have tested positive to cope in 19 to stay in their home. And the only reason that we have to do that is we have found that people that are that the half positive that are positive with Cove in 19 are moving about the county. Not a lot, but our individual, our intelligence unit at the O. C. Calls these individuals every day, and unfortunately, sometimes they don't pick up. And when they returned the call, they said, they have said, I've been running errands. I've been out in the field. I went to the grocery store. This is extremely scary. This is extremely serious, and we will not tolerate it in Seminole County. So this afternoon we issued an executive order that requires all individuals testing positive with cope in 19 to remain in their homes. We shouldn't have to do this, but we d'oh remain in their homes until medically cleared of Copan, 19 by a medical doctor or the Florida Department of Health. No physical interaction can occur between these individuals and anyone else that's not residing in the home so, of course they can interact with the people in their home. Many of those individuals are being taken care of by a loved one in their home. But even in that case, we ask that they isolate into a sick room. So ah, spouse, maybe in one room and, if at all possible the other spouses in the other room, or maybe even sleeping on the couch because we don't want anyone else in the house to get Cove in 19. Violation of this, of course, will be a fine and further charges if the individual continues. Way didn't want to issue this order, but it was when we started to hear that people were moving about the county with covet 19. That scares us greatly. We already have moderate to substantial community transmission, meaning that we know that individuals are being getting Cove in 19 not from travel, but from moving about the county. We know that through epidemiology, and Donna Walsh, our health officer, will talk about that in just a moment. But we want to stop that. We want to prevent covet 19 from growing in our community. We want Thio prevent it from making an impact to the health system

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