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Council Members Komives, Gadus and Melden
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Enacting Toledo Municipal Code section 521.12 "Face coverings required"; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease that can result in serious illness or death and can be easily spread from person to person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported more than 2,784,452 cases of COVID-19 in the United States, resulting in more than 129,393 deaths as of July 4, 2020. On March 9, 2020, the Ohio Department of Health announced confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the State of Ohio, creating a dangerous condition that may affect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Ohio. On that same date, Governor Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency for the entire State to protect the well-being of the citizens of Ohio from the dangerous effects of COVID-19, and to assist in protecting the lives, safety, and health of the citizens of Ohio. COVID-19 endangers the lives of the citizens of Toledo, creating an emergency to life and public safety and disrupting commerce. The CDC reports that while people are at their most contagious when they are symptomatic, it is possible to spread the disease before an individual may show symptoms. On March 22, 2020, under the direction of Ohio Governor, Mike DeWine, Ohio Department of Health Director, Dr. Amy Acton, M.D. issued an order requiring all Ohioans to stay in their homes to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 until April 6, 2020 and the order was extended until May 1, 2020, and has been since amended on April 30, May 20 and May 22, 2020 to allow businesses to open with the recommendation that facial coverings be worn except in certain circumstances. As businesses have re-opened, more people are traveling throughout the state, and within the City of Toledo. A local and statewide state of emergency continues to exist with limits on mass gatherings and recommendations of social distancing.
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