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Stay Home, Stay Healthy Mississippi

Press releases:

Governor Tate Reeves Announces Safe Return for Mississippi in Final Stages of Reopening Economy

May 27, 2020

Governor Tate Reeves Extends Safer At Home Order to Continue Flattening the Curve

May 22, 2020

Governor Tate Reeves Releases Guidelines for Safe In-Person Worship Services

May 19, 2020

Governor Tate Reeves Amends Safer At Home Order to Safely Reopen Tattoo Parlors

May 15, 2020

Governor Reeves Issues Additional Social Distancing Guidelines for 7 Counties to Protect Public Health

May 12, 2020

Governor Reeves Extends Unemployment Benefits to Help Mississippi Workers Impacted by COVID-19

May 11, 2020

Videos:

Daily Press Briefing: Governor Reeves Announces His Safe Return Order for Mississippi to Open All Businesses

May 27, 2020

Daily Press Briefing: Governor Reeves Delivers Updates on the State’s Ongoing Fight Against COVID-19

May 26, 2020

Facebook Live: Governor Reeves Leads Mississippi in Prayer and Bible Study

May 24, 2020

Facebook Live: Governor Reeves Reads Names of Graduates (High Schools W-Y, Homeschools, Attendance Centers, Colleges and Universities)

May 22, 2020

Daily Press Briefing: Governor Reeves Announces Safe Reopening of Outdoor Recreational Facilities and Extends Safer At Home Order for Additional Week

May 22, 2020

Daily Press Briefing: Governor Reeves Discusses Workforce and Economic Development to Help Workers Impacted by COVID-19

May 21, 2020

Executive Orders:

State of Emergency Declaration
Executive Order No. 1457: Mississippi Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response Planning Steering Committee
Executive Order No. 1458: allows state agencies to send home non-essential employees, ensures paid leave for state and local employees, develops distance learning protocols, and provides free and reduced lunches to students.
Executive Order No. 1459: utilizes the National Guard for support in the state’s response in humanitarian efforts.
Executive Order No. 1460: closes all public schools until April 17, 2020, relaxes end-of-year testing requirements, ensures educators receive their salaries, and instructs school districts to keep operating with essential employees.
Executive Order No. 1461: reschedules the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary runoff for June 23, 2020.
Executive Order No. 1462: expedites unemployment benefits for unemployed Mississippians and relaxes collection requirements on employers.
Executive Order No. 1463: restricts non-essential gatherings of 10 people or more; suspends dine-in services at restaurants and bars; restricts visitations at hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities; sends non-essential employees to work from home; and defines essential businesses.
Supplement to Executive Order 1463: supplement to clarify and provide direction for leaders across the state to ensure uniform statewide parameters to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Executive Order 1464: works to relieve the burden on truckers during a transportation emergency that exists in Mississippi due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Executive Order 1465: established a shelter-in-place order for Lauderdale County, which MSDH identified as the first localized region for additional restrictions.
Executive Order 1466: statewide shelter-in-place order to slow the spread of COVID-19, which goes into effect Friday, April 3, 2020 until Monday, April 20, 2020.
Executive Order No. 1467: waives the in-person requirement for notarizing documents in Mississippi during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Executive Order No. 1468: suspends the requirement of political parties to submit their selection methods and procedures 90 days prior to implementing.
Executive Order No. 1469: suspends the requirement that businesses host in-person shareholder meetings before June 30, 2020, as is laid out in the Mississippi Business Corporation Act.
Executive Order No. 1470: defines elective surgeries and restricts all non-essential elective surgeries and medical and surgical procedures.
Executive Order No. 1471: creates additional protections from civil liability for healthcare workers and facilities assisting outside their normal operations in the response to COVID-19.
Executive Order No. 1472: temporarily suspends the 90-day break in service requirement of PERS to support and reinvigorate Mississippi’s workforce in hospitals and other government entities supporting the state’s COVID-19 response.

Executive Order No. 1473: extends the statewide shelter-in-place order by 7 days, while providing some ability for “non-essential” businesses to safely make sales and reopening Mississippi’s lakes and beaches.
Executive Order No. 1474: suspends the expiration of all valid driver’s licenses, learner’s permits, intermediate licenses, firearm permits, security guard permits and ID cards set to expire between March 14, 2020 to June 30, 2020. Such licenses, permits, and ID cards shall instead expire on August 3, 2020.
Executive Order No. 1475: suspends the requirement of the Mississippi Public Service Commission to submit to the Governor the names of 3-6 qualified candidates for executive director of the public utility staff and reschedules the submission deadline to provide names on or before June 1, 2020.
Executive Order No. 1476: implements school closures for the rest of the academic year and addresses the disruptions to students’ education by instructing school districts to submit their plans for approval to the Mississippi State Board of Education by June 1, 2020.
Executive Order No. 1477: establishes a statewide Safer at Home order laying out a measured and strategic plan to reopen Mississippi while continuing to flatten the curve and conserve healthcare resources.
Executive Order No. 1478: amends the Safer At Home order to begin the process of slowly and safely reopening restaurants and parks under strict social distancing guidelines.
Executive Order No. 1480: extends the Safer At Home order for an additional two weeks and lays out strict social distancing guidelines for salons, barbershops, and gyms to begin reopening safely.
Executive Order No. 1481: replaces and supersedes Executive Order No. 1462, extends unemployment benefits provided to help Mississippi workers and relaxes requirements on employers.
Executive Order No. 1483: establishes additional social distancing measures for the following seven counties identified as hotspots with our state to limit transmission and protect public health: Attala, Leake, Scott, Jasper, Neshoba, Newton, and Lauderdale Counties.
Executive Order No. 1484: directs, state, county, and municipal government employers to begin the process of safely returning all employees back to work and sunsets evictions suspensions on Monday, June 1.
Executive Order No. 1485: Executive Order No. 1471 is amended to extend protections and resources for healthcare workers and facilities until May 31, 2020.
Executive Order No. 1486: lays out strict social distancing guidelines for tattoo parlors to reopen safely, enables restaurants who do not serve alcohol to offer in-house dining 24 hours a day, allows dance studios to reopen, and lifts restrictions on parks’ hours of operation and fishing tournaments.
Executive Order No. 1487: lays out strict social distancing guidelines for outdoor recreational facilities to begin reopening safely, as well as outdoor sports complexes, multi-field complexes, and schools’ weight rooms and training facilities.
Executive Order No. 1488: extends the Safer At Home order and accompanying amendments for an additional week and adds Holmes County to the list of hotspot counties under additional social distancing measures implemented under Executive Order No. 1483.

Additional Resources:

Mississippi State Department of Health - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Page

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Updates & Resources

Stay Home, Stay Healthy Mississippi

Press releases:

Videos:

Executive Orders:

State of Emergency Declaration

Executive Order No. 1457: Mississippi Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response Planning Steering Committee

Executive Order No. 1458: allows state agencies to send home non-essential employees, ensures paid leave for state and local employees, develops distance learning protocols, and provides free and reduced lunches to students.

Executive Order No. 1459: utilizes the National Guard for support in the state’s response in humanitarian efforts.

Executive Order No. 1460: closes all public schools until April 17, 2020, relaxes end-of-year testing requirements, ensures educators receive their salaries, and instructs school districts to keep operating with essential employees.

Executive Order No. 1461: reschedules the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary runoff for June 23, 2020.

Executive Order No. 1462: expedites unemployment benefits for unemployed Mississippians and relaxes collection requirements on employers.

Executive Order No. 1463: restricts non-essential gatherings of 10 people or more; suspends dine-in services at restaurants and bars; restricts visitations at hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities; sends non-essential employees to work from home; and defines essential businesses.

Supplement to Executive Order 1463: supplement to clarify and provide direction for leaders across the state to ensure uniform statewide parameters to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Executive Order 1464: works to relieve the burden on truckers during a transportation emergency that exists in Mississippi due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Executive Order 1465: established a shelter-in-place order for Lauderdale County, which MSDH identified as the first localized region for additional restrictions.

Executive Order 1466: statewide shelter-in-place order to slow the spread of COVID-19, which goes into effect Friday, April 3, 2020 until Monday, April 20, 2020.

Executive Order No. 1467: waives the in-person requirement for notarizing documents in Mississippi during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Executive Order No. 1468: suspends the requirement of political parties to submit their selection methods and procedures 90 days prior to implementing.

Executive Order No. 1469: suspends the requirement that businesses host in-person shareholder meetings before June 30, 2020, as is laid out in the Mississippi Business Corporation Act.

Executive Order No. 1470: defines elective surgeries and restricts all non-essential elective surgeries and medical and surgical procedures.

Executive Order No. 1471: creates additional protections from civil liability for healthcare workers and facilities assisting outside their normal operations in the response to COVID-19.

Executive Order No. 1472: temporarily suspends the 90-day break in service requirement of PERS to support and reinvigorate Mississippi’s workforce in hospitals and other government entities supporting the state’s COVID-19 response.

Executive Order No. 1473: extends the statewide shelter-in-place order by 7 days, while providing some ability for “non-essential” businesses to safely make sales and reopening Mississippi’s lakes and beaches.

Executive Order No. 1475: suspends the requirement of the Mississippi Public Service Commission to submit to the Governor the names of 3-6 qualified candidates for executive director of the public utility staff and reschedules the submission deadline to provide names on or before June 1, 2020.

Executive Order No. 1476: implements school closures for the rest of the academic year and addresses the disruptions to students’ education by instructing school districts to submit their plans for approval to the Mississippi State Board of Education by June 1, 2020.

Executive Order No. 1477: establishes a statewide Safer at Home order laying out a measured and strategic plan to reopen Mississippi while continuing to flatten the curve and conserve healthcare resources.

Executive Order No. 1478: amends the Safer At Home order to begin the process of slowly and safely reopening restaurants and parks under strict social distancing guidelines.

Executive Order No. 1480: extends the Safer At Home order for an additional two weeks and lays out strict social distancing guidelines for salons, barbershops, and gyms to begin reopening safely.

Executive Order No. 1481: replaces and supersedes Executive Order No. 1462, extends unemployment benefits provided to help Mississippi workers and relaxes requirements on employers.

Executive Order No. 1483: establishes additional social distancing measures for the following seven counties identified as hotspots with our state to limit transmission and protect public health: Attala, Leake, Scott, Jasper, Neshoba, Newton, and Lauderdale Counties.

Executive Order No. 1484: directs, state, county, and municipal government employers to begin the process of safely returning all employees back to work and sunsets evictions suspensions on Monday, June 1.

Executive Order No. 1485: Executive Order No. 1471 is amended to extend protections and resources for healthcare workers and facilities until May 31, 2020.

Executive Order No. 1487: lays out strict social distancing guidelines for outdoor recreational facilities to begin reopening safely, as well as outdoor sports complexes, multi-field complexes, and schools’ weight rooms and training facilities.

Executive Order No. 1488: extends the Safer At Home order and accompanying amendments for an additional week and adds Holmes County to the list of hotspot counties under additional social distancing measures implemented under Executive Order No. 1483.

Additional Resources:

Mississippi State Department of Health - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Page