UPDATE: See today’s latest information
Solano County update on March 20, 2020
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Solano County March 19 Coronavirus update: Two new positive cases in Solano County: 10 total
UPDATE: See today’s latest information
UPDATE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19:
Solano County has added 2 more positive cases since yesterday. Total in Solano is now 10.
Number of Positive Cases in Solano County: 10
– Updated daily at 2pm –
Current Guidance and Recommendations for the Community
3-19-20 Guidance for Homeless Assistance Providers
Situation Summary
Effective March 18, 2020, Solano County has issued a countywide Shelter at Home Health Order and Directive to continue protecting the health and safety of our community, clarify directive guidance in accordance with the Governor, and ensure consistent compliance across the County with social distancing and self-isolation measures. These mitigation measures are disruptive, but critical to curb the growing number of cases resulting from community spread, particularly given that most those infected show mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. This is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation and Solano Public Health will provide updated information as it becomes available.
Solano County Coronavirus Warmline
Solano County has a warm line to answer questions from the public about COVID-19:
Call 707-784-8988
Hours (subject to change): 7am-6pm Monday-Friday.
Solano County issues formal Coronavirus “Shelter at home” Order and Directive
Just before 5:30pm on Wednesday, March 18, Solano County issued a countywide Shelter at Home Health Order and Directive. The order begins with a lengthy title that goes into some detail and follows with a warning that “Violation of or failure to comply with this Order is a misdemeanor punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both.”
Order of the Solano County Health Officer directing individuals to shelter at home except that they may leave to provide or receive certain essential services or engage in certain essential activities and work for essential businesses and essential governmental services; exempting individuals experiencing homelessness from this order but urging them to find shelter and government agencies to provide it; directing all businesses and governmental agencies to cease non-essential operations at physical locations in the county; prohibiting all non-essential gatherings of any number of individuals; and prohibiting all non-essential travel
Please read this Order carefully. Violation of or failure to comply with this Order is a misdemeanor punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both. (California Health and Safety Code § 120295, et seq.)
Here is page 1 of 5. Click to view the complete document on the Solano County website.
‘Stay at Home’ declaration coming for Solano County
UPDATE: Just before 5:30pm on Wednesday, March 18, Solano County issued a formal “Stay at home” order. See
- Solano County issues formal Coronavirus “Shelter at home” Order and
- Solano County Alert Email: Shelter At Home Order
Fairfield Daily Republic, March 18, 2020 at 3:24 pm
FAIRFIELD — Solano County is expected to release “stay at home” guidelines today.
Mayor Harry Price confirmed he had been informed by a county official about the upcoming announcement, and Suisun City Mayor Lori Wilson, on a conference call with local ministers and nonprofits, said it will essentially follow the same kind of guidelines that are found in the “shelter in place” health orders issued previously by seven Bay Area counties.
Solano and Napa counties were not part of that coordinated effort, a point of frustration for Supervisor Erin Hannigan.
Napa County on Wednesday afternoon announced its “stay at home” order to begin at noon on Friday and continue through April 7. The release came minutes after the conclusion of a 3:15 press conference on the matter.
It was not immediately clear when Solano’s order was going to be released. Details were not available.
Hannigan said having Solano and Napa left out of the action taken by the other counties left the impression that Solano County was not addressing the Covid-19 concerns as thoroughly as the other counties.
“And that is not the case,” Hannigan said.
Essentially what the Solano County guideline will mean, Hannigan said, is that anyone who does not have “an essential” reason for leaving their homes – including work, grocery shopping, picking up food from a restaurant, health appointments and the like – should instead stay at home.
That is particularly true for those segments of the population that are at a higher risk from the novel coronavirus, such as those 65 or older and those with underlying health issues.
“People have to hear there is a deep concern and there is a deep concern,” Hannigan said.
If residents do have to leave their homes, officials said they should practice the 6-foot social distance practices.
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