Mask the City to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the area

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On Monday Mayor Allen Joines announced a new program: Mask the City – a plan to provide 300,000 masks to city residents and 60,000 masks to low and no-income residents and others. The mayor is asking residents to wear masks in public and continue social distancing for 40 days: from April 22 through May 31st.…

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Mayor Joines extends stay-at-home-order until May 7th

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Updated April 14, 2020 5:35 PM with updated number of diagnosed cases. Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines extended the city’s stay-at-home order until May 7th according to an announcement from the mayor’s office, Fox 8 reports. According to the article, residents are ordered to stay home “in light of “a significant and increasing number of suspected…

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