Thread by @houmayor

🚨 Stay home, work safe order issued for Harris County. This means we should all stay home unless our jobs are essential. 🚨

The order will go into effect midnight tonight until April 3rd. #COVID19

16 sectors are essential therefore exempt from the order, including: energy, healthcare, transportation, daycares, restaurants will still offer delivery and takeout, grocery stores, gas stations, churches and places of worship will go online. #COVID19

Businesses that stay open *must* social distance. Stay 6 feet apart. #COVID19

I can say to you without reservation that @HarrisCoJudge judge and I are standing together on this order. This is a public health crisis. --Mayor Turner #StayAtHomeOrder #COVID19

We currently have 24 cases in the city of Houston. The steps were are taking is to reduce the chances of it becoming 2,400 cases or 24,000 cases. --Mayor Turner #StayAtHomeOrder #FlattenTheCurve

The #StayHomeWorkSafe order is a strategic way to #flattenthecurve. You must social distance, stay 6 feet away. --Mayor Turner #COVID19

In our region we have faced natural disasters, mass shootings, and more. Shelter in place should be reserve for those crises.

#StayHomeWorkSafe order will help save lives in a constructive way. #COVID19

Grocery stores are open. The food supply chain is sound. You may go outside as long as you practice social distancing.

The parks are open, but that does *not* mean you can flood the parks. You must still exercise personal responsibility. #StayAtHomeOrder #COVID19

My destiny is in your hands and your destiny is in my hands. Where we go from here depends on us. We must take this seriously. We will get through this together. Our best days are still ahead of us. --Mayor Turner #StayAtHomeOrder #COVID19

We can come together by staying apart. The public can help us by limiting visits to the hospitals. That will allow us to focus on your loved ones. --Esmaeil Porsa, MD, President and CEO, Harris Health System #StayAtHomeOrder #COVID19