Ibrahim Yasir
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday 15th, March 2020 asked all Californians who have chronic conditions or and are over age of 65 to self-isolate at home in a bid to protect them.
“We are doing so with our eyes wide open at the magnitude of what that means,” Newsom said at a news conference in California.
He added that state officials were working on providing medicine, food and other supplies to the state’s 5.3 million seniors, a population that public health officials have said is more vulnerable to the disease.
Newsom also asked nightclubs, brewpubs and wineries to close their doors — though he did not order them to do so, saying he was confident they would follow his guidance. Restaurants can remain open, Newsom said, asked businesses to reduce their patrons by half. And he said customers should remain 6 feet or more away from each other in an effort to reduce the possibility of spreading or catching the disease.
Officials are also trying to move the thousands of homeless people who are in encampments or on the streets across California into sites that Newsom said would allow for appropriate “social distancing.” He said the state is “procuring” hotels and motels “in real time” and using hundreds of trailers for the effort.