Baltimore County Declares Another State Of Emergency, Citing Delta Variant

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TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. declared a section authorities of exigency contiguous to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, citing a 376% summation successful the seven-date lawsuit complaint since July 30.

Olszewski antecedently declared a section authorities of exigency connected March 13, 2020, which expired connected July 9, 2021.

In a statement, Olszewski pointed to the “the accelerated emergence of the Delta variant” arsenic a crushed for again declaring a section authorities of emergency.

“We stay committed to doing immoderate is indispensable to support our residents arsenic harmless arsenic imaginable and to guarantee that erstwhile our children spell backmost to schoolhouse adjacent week they tin stay wherever they belong: wrong the classroom,” helium said.

While 74 percent of residents person had astatine slightest 1 changeable of the COVID-19 vaccine, the region has go a “substantial” transmission zone, defined by the CDC arsenic 50-99 cases per 100,000 people, Olszewski’s bureau said.

The caller bid volition let the region to follow caller exigency nationalist wellness measures, entree much resources from the authorities and national governments, and get nationalist wellness supplies.

The Baltimore County Council volition clasp a ballot successful the coming days to see extending the bid beyond Aug. 31.

In a statement, Council Chairman Julian Jones Jr. (D-District 4) applauded the region executive’s decision.

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“I americium definite my colleagues volition hold that we indispensable instrumentality each measurement to support our residents by ensuring our authorities has each the tools to support the public’s health, and I volition convene an exigency assembly gathering to widen the section authorities of exigency wrong the adjacent week,” Jones said.