{"id":15494,"date":"2021-02-22T08:26:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T13:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=15494"},"modified":"2021-02-22T13:55:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:55:21","slug":"orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-to-provide-coronavirus-update-february-22-2021-at-430-p-m","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2021\/02\/orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-to-provide-coronavirus-update-february-22-2021-at-430-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings to provide Coronavirus Update | February 22, 2021 at 4:30 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14519\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Mayor Demings' Seal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>WHAT: <\/strong>Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings will host a news briefing about COVID-19 and provide an Orange County update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>February 22, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<\/strong> Orange County Administration Center, 201 S. Rosalind Avenue, Orlando, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Commission Chambers<strong> \u2013<\/strong> 1<sup>st<\/sup> Floor<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARTICIPANTS: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jerry L. Demings, Mayor, Orange County Government<\/li>\n<li>Alvina Chu, Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health in Orange County<\/li>\n<li>Mayor Buddy Dyer, City of Orlando \u2013 <em>Tentative \u2013 City Council Meeting<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Alric Simmonds, Chief Health Equity Officer, AdventHealth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Attending and available for questions following the briefing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scott Howat, Chief Communications Officer, Orange County Public Schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the question and answer portion of the news conference, <em>reporters who are not present can text questions to Despina McLaughlin, 321-347-0033. (Please include reporter name\/affiliation, who the question is for and the exact question).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If time permits, we will offer a recap of Mayor Demings\u2019 remarks in Spanish immediately following the question and answer session.<\/p>\n<p>In alignment with CDC guidelines, we ask that you wear a mask while working in the building. In effort to maintain six feet social distancing, please send only one reporter and photographer. We encourage you to utilize the clean video feed provided to limit people in the room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings will host a news briefing about COVID-19 and provide an Orange County update. WHEN: February 22, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Orange County Administration Center, 201 S. Rosalind Avenue, Orlando, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Commission Chambers \u2013 1st Floor PARTICIPANTS: Jerry L. Demings, Mayor, Orange County Government Alvina Chu, Epidemiologist, Florida [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-15494","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings to provide Coronavirus Update | February 22, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2021\/02\/orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-to-provide-coronavirus-update-february-22-2021-at-430-p-m\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Orange County Mayor Jerry L. 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