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DOH Offering Testing To Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 NASCAR: Season set to get back underway on May 17 /A8 FRIDAY TODAY CITRUSCOUNTY & next morning HIGH 79 Sunny with low LOW humidity. 53 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com MAY 1, 2020 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 125 ISSUE 206 NEWS BRIEFS Citrus preps for reopening County worker recovering at seating, but officials promise a quick turn- around. There will be no fees charged. home from virus County, cities offer “We want to assist in any way we can with Q & A on governor’s A Citrus County em- restaurants to help them out,” County Com- COVID-19 order ployee who is one of the help to restaurants mission Chairman Brian Coleman said. “If county’s confirmed they can send a quick diagram to our local MIKE WRIghT MIKE WRIghT COVID-19 cases was government, the turnaround will be a couple Staff writer Staff writer sent home to isolate prior of hours. They can probably put something to learning he had the together on a napkin.” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday issued Citrus County’s business and government Coleman said officials want to ensure an order designed to restart Florida’s econ- virus. leaders are preparing to assist restaurants County Administrator restaurants are not violating fire codes or omy, which has been on lockdown during as they ramp up a reopening process Mon- the Americans with Disabilities Act by block- April except for essential services. The order Randy Oliver said in an day spelled out by Gov. Ron DeSantis. ing sidewalks with tables or erecting tents allows restaurants and some other busi- email Thursday that the With the governor allowing just 25% ca- where they shouldn’t be. nesses to reopen at lower capacity, but it employee told his super- pacity in restaurants, including employees, “Don’t put a tent over a fire hydrant,” he leaves interpretation of the order up to local visor on April 17 that his officials said restaurants are likely to ex- said. officials. wife had virus symptoms pand their seating by setting up outdoors. Restaurants and other so-called Based on interviews and a review of the and was being tested for The county and cities will ask restaurants COVID-19. The em- to submit plans for temporary outdoor See PREPS/Page A7 See Q & A/Page A7 ployee was told to stay home until the test was confirmed. The employee’s wife tested positive and the employee did as well. “The employee has been on leave since the DOH offering testing to all 17th and will continue to be on leave until receiv- ing medical clearance,” Oliver wrote to commis- sioners after the Chroni- cle passed on a reader’s concerns about whether the infected worker was still on the job. Oliver said the health department “conducted the normal contact follow up as is the standard protocol.” County officials de- clined to provide further details, in order to protect the employee’s privacy. — Mike Wright/Staff writer Food giveaway today at county fairgrounds Beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, May 1, the public can receive food at the Citrus County Fair- grounds — drive-thru only. This week’s food distri- bution is courtesy of: Cit- rus United Way, the New Church Without Walls, Community Food Bank of Citrus County, We Care, MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle FarmShare, Rep. Ralph A Citrus County Department of Health nurse presents a swab to a patient for testing for coronavirus in the health department’s drive-thru testing area Massullo, Keller Williams, April 1 in Lecanto. Beginning Monday, anyone in Citrus County wanting to be tested for the coronavirus will be tested, regardless of whether they have Dixie Hollins, Linda Van- symptoms of the potentially deadly disease or if they had contact with anyone who has the virus. Allen, the Citrus County Fair Association and many others. Starting Monday, health department will perform up to 50 tests a day for coronavirus Monetary donations RED IERS monitor any spikes of infection F H LOCAL NUMBERS You have to call. It’s by appoint- are needed to continue Staff writer and better inform those who are ment only,” Stasko said. feeding Citrus County See the local statistics on positive to self-isolate so as not to “We’re slotting it for 50 tests residents. Please con- Anyone in Citrus County want- COVID-19 on page A12. infect others. (daily) … and if the demand is sider donating through ing to be tested for the coronavi- “This is part of the governor’s there we’ll bump it up to 100 Citrus United Way (www. rus will be tested, regardless of perform as many as 50 tests per plan to open the state and a big (daily tests),” she said. citrusunitedway.org), whether they have symptoms of day, but preference will still be component of that plan is test- The tests beginning Monday Community Food Bank of the potentially deadly disease or given to those showing symptoms, ing,” she told the Chronicle. will only tell you if you currently Citrus County (www. if they had contact with anyone or who had contact with someone But those wanting to be tested are infected and the results of the communityfoodbankof who has the virus. shown to be positive for the virus, and needing to know where the test will take as long as 72 hours. or those at greater risk of con- citruscounty.org) or the That is the latest from officials DOH will offer tests on any given The tests will not check for anti- at the Department of Health in tracting the virus such as health day should make an appointment bodies produced by someone New Church Without Citrus County as they prepare for care workers or people living in by calling the DOH at 352-527- who is currently infected or who Walls (www.newchurch Florida’s first phase of reopening long-term care facilities. 0068. DOH staff will tell you what was perhaps infected in the past. withoutwalls.com). May 4. This testing will be performed times are available. If there’s no So this testing will only show you Church to offer The new testing policy will by the DOH in addition to those immediate opening then DOH if you are sick now, not whether begin Monday and at changing in the private sector. staff will put callers on a waiting you were infected before and re- curbside meals locations, said local health de- As Florida opens parks and list until there’s an opening, covered, she said. Gulf-to-Lake Church partment spokeswoman Audrey businesses, Stasko said addi- Stasko said. The county has performed will offer 500 spaghetti Stasko. The DOH here is slated to tional testing is required to “Please do not just show up. See TESTS/Page A7 dinners from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 1, at 1454 N. Gulf Ave., Crystal River. First come, first served. Food will be served curb- side, to-go in the back Rails to Trails cancels 2020 annual bicycle ride parking lot. For informa- tion, call 352-795-8077. Board cites impact of COVID-19 on small businesses Share your story GWEN BITTNER had on the small business community during crisis Staff writer basically has put us in a position where The Chronicle is asking we are not comfortable, nor do we wish local businesses to share It’s the biggest bicycle ride of the year to strain our sponsors.” their stories and photos of in Citrus, but it won’t happen in 2020. Solidifying annual sponsorships and The 2020 Rails to Trails Bike Ride on planning for the annual ride, which is how they are adapting the Withlacoochee State Trail, hosted an- typically the first Sunday in October, oc- during the pandemic. nually by the Rails to Trails of the Withla- curs in the spring and early summer- What changes have you coochee Inc. friends group, has been time. This year, the rapid spread of made to weather the pan- unanimously canceled by the group’s vol- COVID-19 has prevented the group from demic? Email your sto- unteer Board of Directors in light of the coordinating the up front funding costs ries, photos and your sudden economic effects of COVID-19. and sponsorships necessary to guaran- phone number to Jeff “At this point in time, our board deter- tee a successful ride. Chronicle file Bryan, managing editor, mined that we just couldn’t do it this “Our sponsors are typically local; they The annual Rails to Trails bike ride along the Withlacoochee at jeff.bryan@chronicle year in good conscious,” Rails to Trails are not large corporations,” Oven said. State Trail in Inverness, which draws hundreds of riders online.com. Board President Natalie Oven said. from Citrus and outside the county, has been canceled this — From staff reports “The impact that it (coronavirus) has See RIDE/Page A5 year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Classifieds . .B4 Crossword . .B6 INDEX Lottery Numbers . .A8 Obituaries . .A6 Comics . B3. Editorial . A10 Lottery Payouts . .A8 Sports . A8 Horoscope . A4 Entertainment . .A4 Movies . .B3 TV Listings . .B2 A2 Friday, May 1, 2020 Citrus County (FL) ChroniCLe MONDAY, MAY 4th THRU WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th • 10am-5pm TUSCANY ON THE MEADOWS at the Quality Inn Conference Center at Citrus Hills 350 E. Norvell Bryant Hwy. • Hernando, FL 34442 000YCZI Page A3 - FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2020 STATE &Citrus L CountyOCA ChroniCle L Around the COUNTY Families can cheer on cafeteria crews countywide, Blair said. YMCA plans ‘National School “This unprecedented circum- stance has provided our food ser- virtual prayer vices team an opportunity to breakfast Lunch Hero Day’ demonstrate to the entire commu- nity, the level of care and compas- The Citrus County YMCA sion they have for the students of will host a virtual prayer takes place Friday Citrus County,” Himmel said.
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