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As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies nationwide, leaders in our region are implementing drastic measures to combat the spread of the virus. Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger announced a state of emergency in the county Monday afternoon and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued several executive orders in response to the pandemic.
There is not a shelter-in-place order issued for the state of Tennessee or surrounding regions, but a recent poll finds an overwhelming majority of Times Free Press readers are participating in social distancing and doing so out of extreme concern about the coronavirus outbreak.
More than 91 percent of the more than 3,100 Times Free Press readers who responded to an email survey last week said they were practicing a form of social distancing. The result is derived from safety measures issued throughout the country to temporarily suspend group gatherings.