City Of Watsonville Takes Preventative Measures For COVID-19

From City of Watsonville:

March 13, 2020

Offices closed March 16th-20th

As concerns over the spread of coronavirus continue to grow, the City of Watsonville wants to assure residents that their safety remains our top priority.

In light of the recent decision by the County Office of Education to close all schools throughout Santa Cruz County for the week of March 16th-20th, and continued guidance by the Center for Disease Control for individuals to stay home to mitigate the spread of the virus , we have made the difficult decision to close city offices.

Essential operations that are critical to the health and safety of the community will remain operational, including Police, Fire, Water, Wastewater and trash collection.

The length of this temporary closure will be reassessed next week, based on regional COVID-19 activity and guidance from County Health and CDC.

We understand these closures will pose challenges, but out of an abundance of caution for the health and well-being of our community and employees, these preventative steps were necessary.

Please understand circumstances are changing daily and we're making our best efforts to keep you informed and prepared as the situation evolves.

As we continue to take recommended measures, we ask you to do the same.

For the latest updates and safety recommendations, visit the Centers for Disease Control 2019 novel coronavirus website at: https://www.cdc.gov/COVID19 .

As concerns about the spread of the coronavirus continue to grow, the City of Watsonville wants to assure you that your safety remains our top priority.

In light of the recent decision by the County Office of Education to close all schools throughout Santa Cruz County during the week of March 16-20, and the continuing information distributed by the Center for Disease Control asking for For people to stay home to mitigate the spread of the virus, we have made the difficult decision to close city offices.

Essential operations that are critical to the health and safety of the community will remain operational, including garbage collection, police, fire, water, sewage, and trash.

The duration of this temporary closure will be re-evaluated over the next week, based on regional coronavirus activity and with guidance from the Santa Cruz County Health Department and the Center for Disease Control.

We understand that these closings pose challenges, but these but these preventative steps were necessary due to great caution for the health and well-being of our community and our employees.

Please understand that circumstances change on a daily basis and we are doing our best to keep you informed and prepared as the situation evolves.

We are actively taking preventive measures and we ask that you do the same.

For the latest updates and safety recommendations, visit the 2019 Centers for Disease Control's novel coronavirus website at: https://www.cdc.gov/COVID19

This press release was produced by City of Watsonville . The views expressed here are the author's own.