By Jacob Gallant | May 21, 2020 at 4:14 PM CDT – Updated May 27 at 7:04 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The City of Jackson will continue a curfew that has been put in place during the ongoing pandemic.
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba installed a curfew between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. as businesses in the city reopen.
The curfew will be extended for five days.
Lumumba said the curfew was not previously needed because of the stay-at-home order. Now that it’s been lifted, he’s put the curfew in place for added caution as the city reopens.
Movements exempt from the curfew include:
- Commuting to and from an essential place of employment
- Fire, police, emergency and hospital services
- Medical patients
- Utility repairs
- State and local government employees providing services
- Emergency calls by physicians
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