Prince William County Service Authority | Raw sewage spilled into the Occoquan River on Friday.
@PWCSA experienced a sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) near its Occoquan Sewage Pump Station in Woodbridge this afternoon. For more details on the SSO, please click the link below.https://t.co/CS4zfjvwUV pic.twitter.com/w8P5HEpfwq
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Rickey Odell Lang, Sr. was born on January 6, 1957 and passed away on April 3, 2020. Rickey was a resident of Woodbridge, Virginia.
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Fatal coronavirus victim denied test — The Spotsylvania County man who this week became the first person in the Fredericksburg area who is known to have died from COVID-19 tried repeatedly to get tested for the virus, according to his daughters. [Fredericksburg.com — metered paywall]
Gainesville woman stricken with coronavirus — Joanne Blue, 65, was in a Gainesville nursing home when she was infected with the coronavirus. She’s now at Haymarket Medical Center, and her family cannot see her. [Insidenova.com]
Today, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a stay-at-home order, telling state residents to only travel if it’s necessary — to places like grocery stores, or to seek medical attention. Violating the order, he said, could be punishable by up to a year in jail and/or a $2,500 fine.
Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced his social distancing orders — which also require U.S. citizens to stay at home, work from home, and travel only when necessary, would be extended through April. Adhering to these rules could reduce the expected number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S., which was forecasted to be as many as 200,000, according to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam today tightened his grip on Virginia residents with a new executive order that limits the free travel of those in the commonwealth as the coronavirus continues to spread.
Northam issued Executive Order 55 at 2 p.m. press conference in Richmond:
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I spent the past four hours scouring the web, looking for the Twitter handles of as many restaurants in our area — from Gainesville to Fredericksburg — that I could find.
Starting tomorrow in Virginia, it’s Restaurant Takeout Week, a chance for residents to support their favorite restaurants during a time when dining rooms are closed in the wake of a growing number of coronavirus cases in the state and in the U.S.
