Mount Pleasant Magazine Documenting Covid-19

33 www.CoronavirusMag.com | www.ReadMPM.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com feature BY JOHN TORSIELLO HowOur Local Leaders Have Responded W ith COVID-19 continuing to target Mount Pleasant and surrounding areas, Mayor Will Haynie ordered residents in mid-April to continue to stay at home and travel only for essential work or necessary shopping, such as for groceries, for the duration of the declared state of emergency. Haynie’s proclamation was in keeping with orders issued by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. The mayor’s edict, again similar in nature to that of McMasters’s, mandated that residents were to “stay at home unless for necessary and essential services.” Additionally, an “Emergency Maximum Occupancy Rate” was enacted that limited the number of customers that may be within an essential business at one time. The Town of Mount Pleasant Fire and Police departments worked cooperatively with businesses to help determine maximum limits. Residents were required to limit social interaction, and practice “social distancing” in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Haynie’s proclamation also maintained the prohibition of any new short-term rental leases and extended the state of emergency through April 30, although the fluid situation may move that date back into May. Haynie and