Monterey County “intends” to extend shelter-in-place order

Public Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno said he intends to extend the order because it’s working.

The shelter-in-place order has also provided a big hit to the economy with more than 26,000 people filing for unemployment from March 21-April 11.

PUBLIC HEALTHOFFICER..ANNOUNCING HE WILLEXTEND THE CURRENTSHELTER-IN-PLACEORDER ..THAT ORDER WAS SETTO EXPIRE MAY 3RD.AND THE COUNTY HASBEEN UNDER AN ORDERSINCE MARCH 17TH.ACTION NEWSREPORTER CHRISTOPHERSALAS HAS MORE ON THEDECISION..-DOCTOR EDWARDMORENO DID NOT GIVE ATIMELINE ON WHEN THEORDER WILL BEEXTENDED ... OR FORHOW LONG..BUT IN HIS CONFERENCECALL TODAY..

HE DID SAYIT WOULD BE EXTENDEDBECAUSE IT'S BEENSUCCESFUL.AS STATES LIKE GEORGIAAND ARKANSAS SLOWLYBEGAN OPENING UPTHIER ECONOMY...MONTEREY COUNTY'SPUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERSAID NOW IS NOT THETIME TO LET UP..40:55 "SO BECAUSE IT'SWORKING, I'M INTENDING ONEXTENDING THE ORDER."PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERDR. MORENO IS TALKINGABOUT THE COUNTY'SSHELTER-IN-PLACEORDER SET TO EXPIREMAY 3RD ..THE CURVE FORMONTEREY RELATIVELYFLAT COMPARED TO THEREST OF THE STATE..CASES DOUBLING ONLYEVERY 16 AND A HALFDAYS... ACCORIDNG TOAN LA TIMESINFOGRAPHIC 39:57 "IT'SSLOWING DOWN THE SPRADFOR THE VIRUS." DESIGNEDTO SLOW THE SPREAD..WHICH IN TURN LOWERSPEOPLE BEING ADMITTEDTO THE HOSPITAL ATONCE AND POTENTIALLYOVERWHELMING OF OURHEALTH CARE SYSTEM..AS OF FRIDAY..28 PEPOLE HAVE BEENHOSPITALIZED IN TOTAL..WITH 6 ACTIVEHOSPITALIZATIONSWEDNESDAY AT SVMH,CHOMP AND NATIVIDAD...BUT WHILE COUNTYLEADERS SAY THESHELTER-IN-PLACE ISWORKING..A RECORD NUMBER OFMONTEREY COUNTYRESIDENTS ARE NOT.STANDUP "MORE THAN 26-THOUSAND PEOPLE FILED FORUNEMPLOYMENT FOR THEFIRST TIME IN MONTEREYCOUNTY BETWEEN MAR21 AND APRIL 11..

THIS ISTHE LATEST DATA...TRY TO PUT THAT NUMBERINTO PERSPECTIVE...IT'S NEARLY LTHE POPULATIONOF MONTEREY ..

AND AGREATER NUMBER THAN THEPOPULATIONS IN MARINA,GREENFIELD AND SOLEDAD."MUNICIPALITIES ALSOLOOK TO LAYOFF ORFURLOUGH HUNDREDS..AS BUDGET DEFICITS AREPROJECTED IN THE TENSOF MILLIONS ACROSS THEREGION..RVR WEDNESDAY SALINASUPDATE 0016001 08:34 "IWILL PUBLICLY TELL YOU THIS,I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEMLIFT SOME OF THERESTRICTIONS." 08:56 "SOMEOF THESE SMALL BUSINESSESSHOULD BE ALLOWED TOOPEN WITH SAFE DISTANCINGSO THEY CAN EXIST AND GETTHEIR BUSINESSES UP ANDRUNNING." BUT THECOUNTY MAINTAINS THEPEAK IS NOT YET HERE..AND THEY WANT TO ERRON THE SIDE OFCAUTION.33:42 "AS I'VE SAID WE'REGOING TO TRY TO OVERPREPARE RATHER THANUNDER PREPARE." MORENOALSO ANNOUNCEDDURING TODAY'SCONFERENCE CALL THATHE INTENDS ON ISSUING AFACE MASK MANDATEWHILE IN PUBLIC..BUT DID NOT GIVE ATIMELINE ON THATEITHER..STARTING ATMIDNIGHT...F