{"id":16944,"date":"2021-08-13T13:42:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=16944"},"modified":"2021-08-13T13:42:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:42:47","slug":"orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-to-provide-coronavirus-update-and-tour-of-the-eastern-water-reclamation-facility-august-16-2021-at-1100-a-m","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2021\/08\/orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-to-provide-coronavirus-update-and-tour-of-the-eastern-water-reclamation-facility-august-16-2021-at-1100-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings to provide Coronavirus Update and Tour of the Eastern Water Reclamation Facility | August 16, 2021 at 11:00 a.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 testing and vaccinations and a tour of one of the county\u2019s water reclamation facilities to illustrate and talk about the process for detecting COVID-19 trends in wastewater.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>August 16, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE: <\/strong>Eastern Water Reclamation Facility on South Alafaya &#8211; 1621 S. Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32828<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARTICIPANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jerry L. Demings, Mayor, Orange County Government<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Raul Pino, Health Officer, Florida Department of Health<\/li>\n<li>Ed Torres, Utilities Department Director, Orange County Government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participants will be available for interviews following the walking tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOUR: <\/strong>Weather permitting, Orange County Utilities will be providing a guided tour of select areas of the facility to allow the media to capture b-roll. Tours will be given after the press conference concludes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the tour, Mayor Demings and Orange County Utilities Department technicians will be demonstrating the sampling of wastewater directly following the press conference and will make this process public so that the media can capture it for their stories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DRESS: <\/strong>The press conference, tours, and sampling will be outside. We ask all attendees to dress appropriately \u2013 including closed-toed shoes and any accessories needed to protect from the heat and sun. In the event of inclement weather, the press conference will be held inside and tours will be rescheduled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0 If Dr. Pino is not available there will be a representative from the Florida Department of Health.<\/p>\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 Kelly Finkelstein, 407-468-5289. (Please include reporter name\/affiliation, who the question is for and the exact question).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings will host a news briefing about COVID-19 testing and vaccinations and a tour of one of the county\u2019s water reclamation facilities to illustrate and talk about the process for detecting COVID-19 trends in wastewater. WHEN: August 16, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. WHERE: Eastern Water Reclamation Facility on South [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-16944","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Orange County Mayor Jerry L. 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