As people are getting tested, the number of positive cases of the coronavirus is increasing.
STARTING OCTOBER 7TH BUTCOVID-19 WILL CHANGE HOW THEFAIR OPERATES.EVERYONE INCLUDING PARTICIPANTSAND STAFF MUST WEAR FACE MASKSTO ENTER THE STATE FAIR.INDOOR EVENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO25 PERCENTCAPACITY ALONG WITH SIX-FOOTMARKERS TOKEEP SOCIAL DISTANCING WITHINLINES.
STAFF AT THE ENTRANCEWILL MONITOR THEAMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING IN TOENSURETHE 200 PEOPLE PER ACRE CAPACITYIS NOTVIOLATED.STATE OFFICIALS SAY EVEN THOUGHTHEREWILL BE LARGE CROWDS THE STATEFAIR ISN'TCONSIDERED A SOCIAL GATHERING.I THINK IT IS MORE OF A BUSINESSOPERATION THAN IT IS A SOCIALGATHERING THE REVENUES THAT AREGENERATED ACTUALLY HELP MAINTAINTHE FAIRGROUNDS ANDOTHER THINGS.I AM WORRIED ABOUT EVERYTHING --JUST ASK THEGOVERNOR .... YES IT DOESCONCERNME BUT CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WEARE TRYING TO FIND THINGS THATPEOPLE CAN DO SAFELY AND LIVEOUR LIVES A LITTLE BIT.AND THE 161ST MISSISSIPPI STATEFAIRWILL BE FROM OCTOBER 7TH TO THE18TH.AND OTHER CHANGES INCLUDELIVESTOCK BARNS WILL BE LIMITEDTO PARTICIPANTS ,FAMILY, AND STAFF.
HIGH TOUCH AREAS WILL BESANITIZED REGULARLY AND HANDSANITIZER STATIONS WILL BEPLACED THROUGHOUT THE GROUNDS.IN JACKSON , CECIL HANNIBAL 16WAPT NEWS RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OFMISSISSIPPI ARE MAKING HEADWAYON A NASALSPRAY THEY SAY COULD PRE
The state’s top health officer has raised a red flag over a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases that have been diagnosed and..
WCBI News at Six - Thursday, September 17th, 2020
