IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS HAS ISSUED NEW MANDATES TO PREVENT THE COMMUNITY SPREAD OF COVID-19, BUT STOPS SHORT OF ORDERING EVERYONE TO SHELTER IN PLACE.
REYNOLDS IS EXTENDING SOME BUSINESS CLOSINGS AND INITIATING NEW RETAIL CLOSURES IN IOWA:
OC……….HOME FURNISHING STORES. :21
THE GOVERNOR IS ALSO ISSUING ORDERS BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON REGARDING ELECTIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES:
OC……..EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. :21
REYNOLDS SAYS SHE IS AWARE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HER NEW MANDATES:
OC………….BACK TO NORMAL. :13
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORTED THURSDAY THAT THERE WERE 34 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IN IOWA, WHICH IS THE STATE’S BIGGEST DAILY JUMP YET.
THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL IOWA FIGURE TO 179.