The
mayor of Mount Vernon is clarifying a stay-at-home advisory in which residents
are urged to stay home unless they are going to work, school or heading out for
essential needs.
Mayor
Shawn Patterson-Howard announced the advisory this weekend as the city hit 124
active cases of the coronavirus, including 84 new cases in November.
Today,
Patterson-Howard tells News 12 that advisory is not an order or mandate, and
that city is not quarantined nor in the yellow or orange zone. City Hall,
schools, businesses, restaurants gyms, houses of worship are open.
The
advisory also encourages people, but does not mandate, to cancel tradition holiday celebrations, which
could including traveling and having guests in their home.
The
city is also urging people to get tested at local medical facilities as they
continue to enforce social distancing regulations and closing down any
businesses that don’t follow public health guidelines.