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Mayor Turner asks the public to follow all the guidelines eve after the reopening of the city

Many businesses had started in Texas with strict limits on capacity.

States' stay at orders had expired, and many restrictions had been loosened. However, Mayor Sylvester Turner still urged all the Houstonians to be safe and yet follow guidelines of social distancing and sanitization without taking these lightly. He had suggested wearing masks as about 25-30 per cent of positive cases are asymptotic.

The Mayor's requested the people as Abbott reported that the number of recoveries in the state had crossed the number of active cases in the past two days.

Twenty deaths were reported in Texas with 1,026 new cases of COIVD-19 on Sunday, which made this Sunday, fourth day when the state reported more than 1,000 cases.

According to Turner's announcement, % more deaths were reported in Houston on Saturday, which is the highest number of deaths in one day in Houston. Four more deaths were reported on Sunday, taking the total to 69.

Over the weekend, 188 new cases were reported for COVID-19 that made the total count 3,908.

On Sunday, Judge Lina Hidalgo requested the public to report any business violating Gov. Greg Abbott's executive orders. To this, Mayor Turner said that most people are reopening businesses cautiously.

100 Club announces assistance for the family of Police officer died in the Helicopter crash on Saturday

100 club is a non-profit organization that helps the families and dependents of police officers and firefighters who got injured or died during their duty.

The 100 Club had announced assistance for the family of the Houston Police Department Officer Jason Knox. It will present a $20,000 check to Knox's wife to help her manage some of the immediate financial needs.

Knox had died in a helicopter crash during a patrol on Saturday in Houston.

After the Club completes its assessment of Knox's families' needs, it will provide some additional financial assistance.

The 100 Club asks the Houston community to donate to "The 100 Club Survivors Fund" online for a good cause.

The total funds collected in the "Survivors Fund" go to the dependents of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed or seriously injured during their duty.

According to a release from the 100 Club, they had helped more 190 families of officers and firefighters, providing total assistance of around $23 Million.

Tik Tok video captured the whole incident of HPD helicopter crashed on Saturday

The deadly incident of the HPD helicopter crash was captured entirely in a Tik Tok video. Among the two officers in the plane, one had died, and the other is in critical condition.

Jauan Kenney, a resident of Houston, filmed the video early morning on Saturday. "Wait, wait, wait, stop! No, no, no, no!" Kenney screamed in the video. "Oh my God, that helicopter just fell out of the sky."

Police Chief Art Acevedo said that the two officers were responding to report of bodies in a nearby bayou. The helicopter got crashed into an apartment complex at 17050 Imperial Valley Drive, near the Greenspoint neighborhood in north Houston. The officers were brought out of the wreckage by Fire department members.

The officers were immediately taken to Memorial Hermann hospital in critical condition. HPD officer Jason Knox, 35, died after reaching the hospital. Other HPD officer Chase Cormier,35, had multiple injuries and had surgery for the broken back. No injuries of residents of the apartment were reported.

"They were able to avoid going into the actual apartment buildings where people were sleeping and were able to. Basically, they clipped a part of the clubhouse," Acevedo said.

The National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Agency and the Houston Police Department will conduct a joint investigation for the crash and its causes. In his Saturday afternoon, Acevedo said that the investigation might take weeks.

SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD KILLED BY HIS COUSIN

A teen was murdered in what cops term an unintentional attack involving the victim's cousin on Sat night in northern east Houston.

This did happen at eleven in the night. At Shagbark near Tidwell on Sat night.

Officers confirmed the seventeen y/o was the only person inside when the bullets were fired, and his cousin, who both stay at the same residence.

The juvenile died at the site.

His cousin is in his twenties and police have interviewed him.

DUI IS DECREASED IN HOUSTON DURING SHELTER AT PLACE ORDER

Harris County has led the nation in drunk driving fatalities for years, and Local news channel Investigates tell, hundreds of thousands of DWI cases are brought annually. Yet the corona virus disease has triggered a fall in levels of drunk driving.

"I believe there will just be a small portion of the community who will probably be intoxicated and driving," said Sean Teare, the prosecutor for Harris County, who made it his goal to track down alcohol-related accidents and deaths. And you'd figure he'd be excited with forty-five per cent fall in DWI reports during April, relative to last year's same span, and a 44 percent decline even from March in incidents.

Although remain-home directives kept the happy hour of social people and power drinking, shut-down-the-bar masses off the street, liquor still remains available. Liquor stores were deemed important enterprises, and eateries were permitted to offer to-go liquor.

Restaurants reopening businesses on Friday

As the governor has announced that the reopening of dining in from Friday with 25% occupancy only and with all safety measures restaurants owners are taking steps towards it.

Many restaurants like Cormier's kitchen and Cajun cuisine will only serve 25 people at a time. They will keep all the thing 6 feet apart from each other so that they can maintain social distancing. They disinfect all the utensils. Cooks health will be checked by every time they temperature will be recorded. They will also provide a mask and gloves to everyone. All the safety measures will be kept in mind will serve the people.

Chicago restaurant Tallboy Taco’s offers meals for celebrations at home

In this time of closures and stay-at-home orders, the ways of celebrations is changing. Now Chicago's Tallboy Taco restaurant is helping you to celebrate occasions more easily by ordering a Cinco de Mayo meal kits and enjoy delicious food at home. This kit contains make-your0own margarita kit, build-your-own guacamole kit, and a Taco kit.

These all can be ordered online via Tock.

Tallboy Taco's classic Make-Your-Own Margarita Kit:

This kit includes a bottle Partida Añejo, a bottle Triple Sec, limes and simple housemade syrup, and a signature recipe card from them.

Price: $46.95+ tax.

You can call on 312-488-4917 to order or place your order online for Tallboy's Margarita Kit.

Tallboy Taco's brand new Build-Your-Own Guac Kit:

You can choose your guac to make it either sweet or spicy according to your liking.

All you will get in this kit:

Mashed avocado, plus toppings like pineapple, pickled onions, pico de gallo, charred corn, cotija cheese, red and green salsa, and housemade tortilla chips.

Price:$35+tax.

This kit can feed four and can be ordered online as well.

Choose for Cinco de Mayo spread by Tallboy Taco's Taco Kit!

This kit includes a taco meal to feed four people, and it includes your choice of protein, choice of flour or corn tortillas with all the toppings like pico de gallo, shredded lettuce, cheese, housemade salsa, plus Mexican Rice, Corn Fundido and Guacamole and Chips.

Price: $50

Order on Tallboytaco.com.

For further details on all carryout and delivery options at a Lettuce Restaurant near you, visit www.leye.com.

Flower shop in Chicago is offering special deals for Mother’s day on bouquet

Flowers for Dreams is an amazing place to find beautiful flowers in Chicago. It provides the facility of online order and free hand delivery in Chicago and also to Detroit, Milwaukee, and all their surrounding suburbs.

Co-Founder of Flowers for Dreams Steven Dyme told our reporter about their Mother's Day Special offer and how these deals will support first responders.

Bouquets usually start from $35, and for every bouquet sold, they donate some share of profit to a local charity.

To abide by the guidelines for COVID-19, they had changed the entire space of the store to follow social distancing with full responsibility. Color-coded teams each with a newly built breakroom, dedicated bathroom, and some unique ways to keep customers and workers safe.

The shop is offering some unique deals for this Mother's day:

• D-I-Y plants and indoor garden bundles to make Mother's happy
• Brunch & blooms promo with local restaurants like Beatrix & Gemini
• Some flagship Spring bouquets which will be sold for virtual workshops and delivery

1/4 of the total profits gained with the sales on Mother's Day bouquets in Flower of Dreams will be donated for health resources through a Chicago based organization, Hope for the Day. Till now, Flower of Dreams had given nearly 400 bouquets to health workers on the frontlines. For more information, visit: www.flowersfordreams.com.

Answers to people's concerns on reopening

Gov. Laura Kelly has been planning to slowly, gradually and cautiously reopen the state of Kansas. But since a lot of people have questions in mind on how to get on tasks, the following

are answers to them.

When will swimming pools, gyms and fitness centres reopen?

The City of Wichita is not planning on reopening them at least until May 18th. Spokesperson Megan Lovely said that they are reviewing the governor’s recommendations and hopes to draw a plan to reopen municipal pools and splash pads pretty.

Spokesman Sean Amore told The Eagle earlier this week that The Greater Wichita YMCA too is working on reopening its branches and pools soon and according to CDC there isn't any

substantial evidence regarding spread of the virus through water as treating water with public pools etc with disinfectants will potentially kill the virus. But for now, CDC says we are all better of maintaining physical distancing and proper hygiene if planning on visiting these places once opened.

When will the courts reopen?

The district courts remained close as of Friday statewide but proper information on when and how they will open to their usual is yet to be announced from the Kansas Supreme

The court. The Supreme Court ordered closures until March 18th. Office of Judicial Administration spokeswoman Lisa Taylor said in a Friday morning email that “the Supreme Court is in the process of working through those details now.”

Court administrator of Sedwick County District Court, Ellen House said the court is expecting a phased-in approach to reopen which will include following social distancing and preventing crowding in the courthouse. Wichita Municipal Court too remains closed and all hearings are suspended at this time. Notices will be sent out to defendants and lawyers when it reopens, according to the city’s website.

When will the mall open?

Towne East Square is all set to open to the public from Monday to Saturday between 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Simon Property Group has prepared protocols to

follow once they open for business which includes ensuring occupancy that doesn't exceed one person per 50 square feet, closing high interaction areas like play areas, screening employees and recommending tenants as well as taping off “every other sink and urinal” to encourage social distancing.

Towne West Square is owned by Kohan Retail Investment Group and the company’s website stated that they will reopen their shopping centres “when we feel it is safe to do so again in

accordance to local governance and Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.”

What about summer childcare programs and camps?

Daycare programs have been excluded from the governor’s stay-home order from the beginning and now in the reopening plan, summer camps are cancelled until June 1st.

The Wichita School District is planning on how to take forward their summer Latchkey programs, which includes daytime childcare to kids between ages 5 to 12. Spokeswoman Wendy Johnson said the district hopes to make a decision soon.

The Wichita Catholic Diocese announced on Friday about canceling summer Totus Tuus and Prayer & Action youth programs and YMCA summer camps enrollment too have hit a pause for now.

How many people have died in Sedgwick County? I can’t find a source.

12 deaths have been reported in Sedgwick County up until May 2nd, of these six of them belong to the Clearwater Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Sedgwick County has been giving daily

updates and the case numbers are updated from time to time on the website, kansas.com and in The Wichita Eagle along with state’s updates on https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/ and the The county also gives updates on Youtube and at its website, www.sedgwickcounty.org.

Do we have sufficient numbers of RELIABLE tests so that the basic guidelines of TEST..TRACE..ISOLATE can be followed?

Despite Gov. Laura Kelly's repeatedly stressing on the importance of widespread testing, Kansas has failed to do so along with many other states. In this context in her speech on Thursday evening, she addressed on the progress that they made with regards to widespread testing which experts believe is quintessential. She said that the state has ordered 500,000 testing kits from an overseas supplier and of these the first 5,000 are en route and shipments of 10,000 a week are expected. An additional 50,000 kits are expected

from the federal government in a coming couple of weeks.

The World Health Organization recommends a positive test rate of less than 10% before reopening and Kansas as of has 16% test rate which could mean that many cases may go

undetected.

Why in the first phase are schools/daycare/ colleges opening up?

K-12 school buildings will remain closed for the rest of the school year. Less than 10 people are allowed into school facilities for cleaning crews to deep clean facilities or letting teachers into the building for short times to retrieve materials from their classrooms since student instruction has moved online. The decision on whether or not to reopen schools after the summer break will be made at a later date based on conditions at the time. Daycare has always been excluded from the stay-at-home order that ends Monday, although facilities will from now on have to follow extra set of regulations to reduce the spread of the virus. Higher education institutions will remain closed indefinitely and only a few educational activities or events can be held on campus, with not more than 10 people.

If an employee tests positive for COVID-19, what type of sanitation takes place — to protect customers and fellow employees?

It is left to the choice of an individual business owner or management. However, Federal guidance recommends cleaning and disinfecting surfaces in an employee’s

workspace if they leave work because of illness.

What about public libraries?

The Wichita Public Library says it will discuss plans this week on when and how to reopen.

When can youth sports teams begin practising again? How do we practice and stay 6 feet apart?

The Executive Director Scott Martin said, Southwest Boys Club, Genesis Sports Complex and the

Park City Youth Baseball/Softball League could receive a green signal to start on practices at the

start of next week.

About 1,000 Wichita area kids make up those three leagues, and there are more than 10 players

per team hence Martin said practices will be cut down to no more than 10 players to ensure

safety.

In-game rules will be amended to best fit social distancing recommendations, too, Martin said.

Dugouts will be extended down the first- and second-base lines. The umpire will stand behind

the pitcher instead of behind the catcher. And rules for leading off the bases and picking off

baserunners will be fluidly adjusted based on the phasing of Governor Kelly’s plan.

The first tournaments are scheduled for Memorial Day weekend with the first league games

scheduled for June 1.

Westurban Baseball is following almost all of the same self-imposed guidelines, Executive

Director Eric Blasdel said. Westurban is adding one other rule of note: Players will be allowed

to sit with their parents when their team is hitting and they are not up to bat. The league has

submitted its changes to Sedgwick County, Blasdel said.

Two Rivers Youth Club and the YMCA make up the other two largest youth baseball and softball

leagues. They have not responded to the Eagle’s inquiries.

Wichita Regional Soccer Association and American Youth Soccer Association, Wichita Region

208 have not responded to the Eagle’s enquiries either.

When will barbers, like Great Clips, open?

Barbers and stylist shops will remain closed according to the governor’s order for Phase One of

the reopening plan, but in case the state decides it’s safe to move to Phase Two at a given point

of time they may be allowed to reopen.

How will any of these plans be enforced? What happens if a sports league goes ahead in defiance of state order — is that up to sheriff or whom?

Violations of mass-gathering standards will be handled through citations at the discretion of

local police, sheriff’s deputies or other law enforcement.

Sedgwick County Commission expressed its reluctance to enforce the guidelines and voted

unanimously on Friday to shut down a Web portal that had been set up for residents to report

suspected violations. Though no one was prosecuted under the governor’s stay-at-home or

mass-gathering orders the county did issue about 160 warning letters.

Is it safe for people to be close together (less than 6-ft) if people are wearing cloth masks?

Would that be an acceptable precaution for resuming normal public activity?

Though the answer isn't simple and conclusive it is better to follow the set guidelines, The U.S.

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention currently is recommending people to wear masks

when they step out and maintain social distancing for as much as they can.

Recent research reported by three South Korean universities and the University of Minnesota concluded that cloth masks at most can only stop the spread of infection from

already infected people.

Can more than 10 people but less than 30 attend a wedding in a church in Kansas?

This is not allowed according to Phase on reopening but the second phase of reopenings, which

is set to start no earlier than May 18 will be allowed no more than 30 people at once.

The third phase, which will start no earlier than June 1, will be allowing mass gatherings of up

to 90 people. The governor will look at various health measures before deciding to move to the

next phase.

What is the expiration date of the “10 people gathering” part of this plan?

Phase one, which limits gathering to 10 people, lasts until at least May 18.

What is the timeline for this plan? If this is only phase 1, then what do future phases include?

The timeline will be starting from Monday and will go on until at least June 15 to get through all

four phases. When and how the state will move to the next phase will totally depend upon the

extent of the spread of the virus.

Работники мэрии г.Якутска окажут помощь волонтерам.

По поступившему сегодня распоряжению мэра города Якутска С.Авксентьевой, сотрудники горадминистрации будут оказывать помощь волонтерам в мероприятиях по доставке продуктов питания пожилым жителям города.

По информации оперативного штаба г.Якутска, в помощь волонтерам будут направлены 10 сотрудников, которые будут работать посменно. За этими сотрудниками закреплены 2 служебных автомобиля.

В связи с тем, что количество заявок по доставке продуктов питания от пожилых жителей города постоянно растет, в последнее дни стали образовываться очереди. Так ожидание привозки продуктов может затянуться на срок до 3-х дней. Для сокращения срока ожидания и уменьшения времени доставки городское руководство направило в помощь волонтерам людей и автомашины.

Кроме этого, мэрией столицы нужд медработников предоставлены в пользование 14-ть автомобилей. В данный момент этот автотранспорт используется для доставки медработников по вызовам к пациентам на дом.

В Речицком педагогичном колледже подтвержден факт заражения коронавирусом.

С 1 мая 2020 года студентов одной из групп Речицкого педагогичного колледжа - интерната, который расположен в Гомельской области, перевели в режим карантина, как контактеров 1-го уровня. Причиной этому послужило подтверждение того, что согласно тесту, одна из студенток этой группы заражена COVID-19.

Всех студентов указанной группы, на автомобилях скорой помощи, на протяжении вечера 1 мая перевезли в специализированное лечебное учреждение.

Кроме того, проводятся мероприятия по установлению круга лиц, с которыми контактировала заболевшая студентка.

Следует отметить, что в Речицком педагогичном колледже студенты обучались в обычных условиях, как будто карантина и не было вообще. И это не смотря на то, что ВОЗ неоднократно рекомендовала Беларуси организовать переход на дистанционное обучение.

Chicago restaurant Tallboy Taco’s offers meals for celebrations at home

In this time of closures and stay-at-home orders, the ways of celebrations is changing. Now Chicago's Tallboy Taco restaurant is helping you to celebrate occasions more easily by ordering a Cinco de Mayo meal kits and enjoy delicious food at home. This kit contains make-your0own margarita kit, build-your-own guacamole kit, and a Taco kit.

These all can be ordered online via Tock.

Tallboy Taco's classic Make-Your-Own Margarita Kit:

This kit includes a bottle Partida Añejo, a bottle Triple Sec, limes and simple housemade syrup, and a signature recipe card from them.

Price: $46.95+ tax.

You can call on 312-488-4917 to order or place your order online for Tallboy's Margarita Kit.

Tallboy Taco's brand new Build-Your-Own Guac Kit:

You can choose your guac to make it either sweet or spicy according to your liking.

All you will get in this kit:

Mashed avocado, plus toppings like pineapple, pickled onions, pico de gallo, charred corn, cotija cheese, red and green salsa, and housemade tortilla chips.

Price:$35+tax.

This kit can feed four and can be ordered online as well.

Choose for Cinco de Mayo spread by Tallboy Taco's Taco Kit!

This kit includes a taco meal to feed four people, and it includes your choice of protein, choice of flour or corn tortillas with all the toppings like pico de gallo, shredded lettuce, cheese, housemade salsa, plus Mexican Rice, Corn Fundido and Guacamole and Chips.

Price: $50

Order on Tallboytaco.com.

For further details on all carryout and delivery options at a Lettuce Restaurant near you, visit www.leye.com.