A state of emergency has been declared after a case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) was confirmed in Beaver County.
Watch archived video above of the press conference held by Beaver County Commissioners on March 16, 2020.
See Also: READ IN FULL: The Beaver County Declaration of Disaster Emergency
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I can understand privacy issues with regard to name, gender, etc, of the infected person.. But the location should certainly be given to the public. Beaver County is large and without location information, panic can be very real.
Beaver county, relative to Harris County, Texas, is not large by any means. I have 10 cases in my county (That are at least publically known) and they could be literally anywhere, haha.
Beaver County Area: 444 mi²
Population: 166,140
Harris County Area: 1,777 mi²
Population: 4.653 million
Beaver county should be on high alert, no matter if it’s in Hopewell, Aliquippa, Center, Beaver, wherever.
The county isn’t large and regardless, everyone there should be careful.