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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 12, 2020

MDOC Takes Steps to Protect Staff, Inmates, Public against Coronavirus Exposure

Effective immediately, visitation at all facilities where Mississippi Department of Corrections inmates are housed is temporarily suspended until further notice in order to establish sanitation and prevention protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This is a precautionary measure to protect staff, inmates, volunteers, and visitors from potential exposure to the coronavirus. Attorneys and essential…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 12, 2020

VIDEO: State Health Department addresses Coronavirus threat in Mississippi

The Mississippi State Health Department Held a press conference just one day after the first case was reported in the state. In attendance were Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn. Governor Reeves is still out of the country in Spain with his family but Director of MSHD Dr. Thomas Dobbs…