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Ex. MET-STL-026 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

County Executive declaration of emergency (COVID-19), as announced in the County's news release of Mar. 13, 2020

COVID-19 Update: St. Charles County Executive Declares State of Emergency; Health Department Works with Groups to Determine Best Action for Upcoming Events

County Executive Steve Ehlmann · St. Charles County, Missouri (County)

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Jurisdiction
St. Charles County, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
RSMo ch. 44 (Missouri emergency management law); St. Charles County Charter
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13
End
Continuing (not shown terminated within the period) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • St. Charles County government
  • event organizers
  • the public
Functions reached
  • predicate for County orders
  • MK events (advisory)
Collection
St. Louis MET-STL

Operative words

St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann has declared an emergency in the county as a result of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).... Our Department of Public Health is advising the public to not attend gatherings of 250 people or more in a single indoor space, and for persons especially vulnerable to COVID-19 to not attend gatherings of 10 or more people.... At this time, St. Charles County is not prohibiting any events.

Enforcement

Declaration; advisory gathering guidance only at this date

Notes

The County's Emergency Operations Center was activated March 7, 2020. This release is the County's own account of the declaration;

Retrieval note

Authority's own release describing the instrument; declaration text not read.