Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins on Friday evening clarified earlier reports, saying that while the county’s disaster declaration has been extended through May 20, while shelter in place orders for residents of the county are extended through April 30.
As of April 2, 831 cases of people infected with coronavirus have been reported in Dallas County and 17 deaths have occurred.
Latest information in Dallas county can be found here.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends taking everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases, including:
- Stay home when you are sick, except to seek medical care
- Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and help young children to do the same. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-base hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipes.
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash. If you do not have a tissue, use your sleeve, not your hands.
— David Taffet
On what basis was the Stay at Home extended to May 20th instead of Apr 30th?
Likely on the fact that the rate of infections continues to rise.
cant make anybody stay at home unless martial law is declared
Why extend. This is just becoming ridiculous!! Do people not research anything for themselves. Look up the statistics for influenza for the 2018-2019 season! Just for the US there were 34,200 deaths!! Again just n the US!! We aren’t anywhere close to those numbers, so what is really going on? This is just beyond insane!!
There were 35 million people with the flu in the US during the 2018-2019 flu season and 34,200 deaths. There are north of 500,000 coronavirus cases and already ovver 20,000 deaths. Yes flu deaths are higher right now, but the case to death ratio is much, much lower. The 2018-2019 flu season death rate was at 0.1% and the covid-19 death rate is closer to 2-3%.