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3. Mecklenburg could soon be under 'shelter-in-place' order

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Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:37 AM

Mar 2020

BY ALISON KUZNITZ
MARCH 17, 2020 09:40 PM

Mecklenburg could soon be under a shelter-in-place order much like San Francisco and New York as the coronavirus outbreak escalates, Public Health Director Gibbie Harris told county commissioners Tuesday evening.

More than 100 people have been tested in Mecklenburg in the past 24 hours, Harris said, though there are still only 11 confirmed cases in the county despite “community spread” of the coronavirus. None of the patients so far have been “seriously ill,” she said.

“We may be moving in that direction more quickly than we like,” Harris said, referring to the possibility of implementing shelter-in-place restrictions ...

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article241269426.html

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