I just got this email from our state representative.
Florida (Orlando area)
This is the latest on coronavirus related efforts in Orange County.
Orange County now has 50 reported cases of coronavirus. Just one week ago, we had one case. The county is working to slow the spread and keep our residents safe and healthy.
Stay at Home Order
Mayor Demings is signing an Executive Order today calling for a “Stay at Home” mandate for the entire county. It will go into effect at 11 pm on Thursday, March 26th and continue for two weeks, until Thursday, April 9th at 11 pm.
The entire county will be asked to stay at home as much as possible, with some exceptions for businesses and activities deemed “essential.”
Once signed, the Executive Order will be posted here: www.ocfl.net/coronavirus
When you’re retired it is hard not to do anything. The wife is type 1 diabetic, I’m borderline type 2 so she won’t let me out of the house. A bike ride in the neighborhood is ok. This morning we went to the supermarket during the senior hour and no paper. The first time in week we left the house. The local gas station is $1.99 a gallon and no where to go.
I volunteer each Monday at a food pantry and the coordinator did not want the older people helping. The wife was happy about that.
The wife and I booked a Alaska Cruise from Seattle in Oct 2018 for this August. We are going to postpone it to next year. Just a month ago I bought the tickets for this trip, from MCO to SEA, then SEA to SFO, then back to Orlando. We also postponed a cruise just two weeks ago from Ft Lauderdale to the southern Caribbean. What a bummer.
Thanks for the venting