Mayor Cantrell has issued a “Stay at Home Mandate”. That mandate excludes personnel performing ‘essential services’.

The Proclamation (See link above) provides clarification:

This general prohibition does not apply to essential service providers, including but not limited to the following:

• Healthcare operations;
• Any establishments engaged in the retail sale of canned food, dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, pet supplies, fresh meats, fish, and poultry,
• and any other household consumer products (such as cleaning and personal care products), including stores that sell groceries and other nongrocery
• products, such as products necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences;
• Food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing;
• Businesses that provide food, shelter, and social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy
• individuals;
• Businesses necessary for required construction and/or infrastructure projects; ports and maritime, railroads, solid waste collection and removal,utilities, on- and offshore energy production, energy transmission, refineries and chemical plants, pipeline, and telecommunications systems;
• (For additional exclusions see the attached Proclamation)