Sacramento area businesses shut down after customers, staff test positive for COVID-19

Rowena Shaddox reports

DOORS ONCE AGAIN, FOX FORTY'SROW IN A SHED AT JOINING USLIVE FROM SACRAMENTO WITH MOREROWENA.WELL GUYS BUSINESSES LIKETHE ONE THAT YOU SEE RIGHTHERE BEHIND ME ARE DOING THEIRBEST TO BE COMPLIANT WITHTHOSE SAFETY GUIDELINES FORTHE CORONAVIRUS BUT AS YOU'REGOING TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTYIT REALLY IS AND THESEBUSINESSES THAT ARE REPORTINGRECENT CASES.WE'RE ALL KEEPING OUR PLACEIS CLEAN BUT DESPITE THAT SOMESACRAMENTO AREA BUSINESSESHAVE BEEN FORCED TO CLOSETHEIR DOORS AT THE ZEBRA CLUBIN MIDTOWN A SIGN ON THE FRONTDOOR SAYS A CUSTOMER TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUSTHEY'RE TAKING A FEW DAYS TODISINFECT THE BAR AND HAVESTAFF TESTED FOR THE VIRUS INDIXON CATTLEMEN'S CLOSED OVERFATHER'S DAY WEEKEND AFTER ONEOF THEIR EMPLOYEES TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS SAMEWITH THE PARK WEST CASINOLOTUS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTYTHEY CLOSED AFTER AN EMPLOYEEALSO CAME BACK POSITIVE FORTHE VIRUS.

THE CLOSURE ENABLETHEM TO DEEP CLEAN SANITIZEAND DISINFECT THE CASINO WEARE SEEN PRETTY DRASTICINCREASE SEC COUNTYSPOKESPERSON JANET HAYNES SAYSAS MORE TESTING FORCORONAVIRUS IS TAKING PLACETHEY ANTICIPATE THE NUMBER OFCOVID CASES TO GO UP.SO WHILE BUSINESSES HAVECONTINUED TO REOPEN TOCUSTOMERS HEALTH OFFICIALSHAVE CAUTIONED PEOPLE ABOUTSOCIALIZING IN BIG NUMBERS ATTHE MANDARIN RESTAURANT IN SACCOUNTY BAR PATRON SAID ONESEAT APART FROM SOCIALDISTANCING AND WE AND LIKE ISAID EVERY 1520 MINUTES WEREWHITE PLACED AND WHY ANYTHINGTHAT THE CUSTOMER MIGHT TOUCHCREDIT CARDS PENS ANY PUBLICSPACE IS BEING REGULATED BY ASPECIFIC SET OF GUIDELINESTHAT HAVE BEEN SET FORTH BYTHE STATE SO IF YOU HAVE OR ARESTAURANT HAIR SALON WHERETHE CASE MAY BE.THEY HAVE A FULL BLOWNCHECKLIST THAT THEY HAVE HADTO MEET THAT TAKES INTOCONSIDERATION SOCIAL-DISTANCESCENE.YOU KNOW FACE COVERINGS AMAXIMUM CAPACITY THINGS LIKETHAT.

BUT WE CAN'T PUT FORTHTHOSE REGULATIONS IN A HOME SOPEOPLE ARE GETTING TOGETHER INTHEIR OR A BACKYARD BARBECUEIT UP THE CASE MAY BE IN THEPRIVATE GATHERINGS WITH FAMILYAND AND WE'RE SEEN MULTIPLEPOSITIVE CASES COME OUT OFTHESE GATHERINGS HAYNESREMINDS FOLKS TO STAY VIGILANTAND PRACTICE, SOCIALDISTANCING AND EVEN WEAR MASKSWHEN YOU'RE IN THE HOME OFFAMILY OR FRIENDS.PRACTICE COMMON SENSE.

ITHINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TODO COMMON SENSE WE'LL GET