>>TARIK MINOR:E’RE LOOKING AT A MAP SHOWING THE LATEST A LITTLE OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN
OUR AREA WITH THE DEATH JUST
CONFIRMED IN CLAY COUNTY
EARLIER TODAY. THE MAN IN THE
70’S
LAST FLIGHT. THAT COMES AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED TODAY
THAT HE IS INVOKING THE DEFENSE
PROTECTION ACT AS PART OF THE
ADMINISTRATION’S EFFORTS TO
TACKLE
THE PANDEMIC.
>>JOY PURDY: THE ACT ENSURES
THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN RAMP UP
MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION
OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES
AND EQUIPMENT. HE ALSO
ANNOUNCED EVICTIONS AND
FORECLOSURES ARE TO BE
SUSPENDED THROUGH APRIL.
>> WE MUST SACRIFICE TOGETHER
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER AND WE’LL COME THROUGH
TOGETHER.
>>TARIK MINOR: I DON’T LOOK AT THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS WORLDWIDE FROM THE MET CREATED
BY JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY THE
US IS NOW UP TO MORE THAN 7600
CASES WITH NEARLY 215,000 CASES
ACROSS
THE GLOBE. WE’VE ALL OF OUR
CREWS FOCUSED ON THE OUTBREAK
BEGINNING WITH REPORTER VIC
MICOLUCCI IN NASSAU COUNTY
WHICH IS NOW DECLARED
A LOCAL. EMERGENCY DEC THERE’S
ALSO SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE
ADULT GAMING ROOMS THERE.
>> THAT ARC ADULT ARCADES LIKE THE BEACH HOUSE BEHIND ME IN THE YULEE ARE OPEN AND BUSINESS
AS USUAL FOR THEM, THEY ARE
LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BE OPEN, BUT
SOME PEOPLE SAY IT’S JUST NOT
RIGHT IF YOU LOOK RIGHT NOW
ABOUT 5 30 IN
THE AFTERNOON. THERE ARE 12 OF
VEHICLES ON THE OUTSIDE IN THE
PARKING LOT. AND THIS IS A VERY
SMALL CENTER SOME PEOPLE SAY
PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO CLOSE
TOGETHER. THEY’RE TOUCHING
THESE CONSULS AND POTENTIALLY
SPREADING GERMS. ONE BY ONE AND
2 BY 2 WE SAW PEOPLE GOING INTO
NASSAU COUNTY’S ADULT ARCADES
THROUGHOUT THE DAY I GUESS
PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE
TO GET AND DESPITE WIDESPREAD
CONCERNS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK WHICH HAS THE GOVERNOR
LIMITING RESTAURANTS TO 50%
CAPACITY.
>> IN CLOSING BARS AND
NIGHTCLUBS. THESE BUSINESSES
OUT A LOOPHOLE IN CUSTOMERS
KEEP COMING. MANY ARE ELDERLY
THE MOST AT RISK POPULATION.
>> THEY SAY.
THEY CAN BE SPREAD VIRUSES FROM
OUR KTRK.
OUR KTRK. >> WE NOTICED SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE GOING FROM ARCADE TO
ARCADE WHICH FOR
THE RECORD ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL
OF CUSTOMERS IN
EACH IN YULEE THERE ARE 13
ADULT ARCADES 12 OR IN CALLAHAN
3 IN FERNANDINA BEACH AND 2 IN
HILLIARD IT’S A HOT BED BECAUSE
DUVALL COUNTY RECENTLY BANNED
THEM HERE IN NASSAU COUNTY THE
COMMISSION VOTED THEM OUT AS OF
THE END OF THE MONTH.
BUT SOME THINK THEY SHOULD BE
CLOSE TO RIGHT NOW. I DON’T
LIKE IT. THE CROWDS OF
THE DRONE WHEN SOME PEOPLE
ARE NICE. MOST BELIEVE OR NOT
WE VISITED FOR TODAY SPITTERS
MANAGER TOLD US THEY COMPLY
WITH THE LAW THERE SPACING
PEOPLE OUT AND THEY HAVE
SANITIZING WIPES BEACH HOUSE
ARCADE LOCKED THE DOOR
ON US RW CYBER CAFE SAID THEY
WERE WORRIED BECAUSE THERE’S
ONLY ONE CASE IN NASSAU, BUT
THEY HAD NO OTHER COMMENT.
AND PART OF GOLD’S OWNER TOLD
ME THIS.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTY THE
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER HAS
BEEN ACTIVATED AND MONITORING
THE OUTBREAK CLOSELY.
AS FAR AS THESE INTERNET GAMING CAFES, MANY OF THEM ARE OPEN 24 7 THEY DO NOT HAVE
ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR HOURS
AS THE LAWS AND RULES A STAND
RIGHT NOW,
BUT AGAIN ALL OF THAT IS BEING
DEBATED AS THE COUNTY
COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO SHUT
THEM DOWN AT THE END OF
THE MONTH. THE ATTORNEYS
REPRESENTING SOME OF THESE
GAMING CENTERS HAVE FILED A
LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT ASKING
FOR AN EMERGENCY INJUNCTION,
ALLOWING THEM TO
BE OPEN AS THEY BATTLE THE CASE
BECAUSE THEY LEGALLY BELIEVE
THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO
OPERATE HERE IN NASSAU COUNTY
WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT
AS WELL WE’RE LIVE IN YULEE OF
THE NYCLU TO CHANNEL 4. THE
LOCAL STATION. >>TARIK MINOR: VEHICLE WERE ABLE TO SEE IF THEY WERE YOU
KNOW PRACTICING THE THE NEW
SOCIAL DISTANCING TECHNIQUES
INSIDE THOSE FACILITIES.
>> AND TARIK SOME WERE SOME WARRANTS SO I GOT IN THROUGH THE DOORS OF A COUPLE OF
THESE FACILITIES AND I DID SEE
FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE WERE
SPREAD OUT SO THEY HAD A COUPLE
GAMING MACHINES BETWEEN THEM SO
MAYBE 6 TO
10 FEET. BETWEEN THE PEOPLE IN
THERE BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHERS
WHERE THERE WERE GROUPS,
SITTING TOGETHER IN SOME OF
THESE PLACES I SAW HAND
SANITIZER AS WELL AS
CLOROX WIPES OTHERS I DIDN’T
SEE IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT
THEY’RE NOT CLEANING IN BETWEEN
CUSTOMERS WE JUST DIDN’T SEE