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Christen Raanes, owner of The Little Wine Shoppe in midtown, said masks are currently optional for customers. We will continue to follow the state and local ordinances regarding mask usage but are not hesitant to mandate mask usage if we feel that the officials are too slow to take action in the midst of climbing numbers, Raanes said.
The seven-day average for Mississippi COVID-19 cases as reported by the Mississippi State Department of Health was 221 on July 1, 476 on July 14 and 738 on July 19, the latest figure available. New infection numbers are among the highest since this began, Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker said in a Friday social media post.
City of Hattiesburg gives away hand sanitizer and masks Thanks to the generosity of a local business, more than 500 gallons of hand sanitizer was donated for use by these groups in keeping with CDC guidelines. (Source: Eddie Robertson) By Eddie Robertson | March 12, 2021 at 1:54 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 1:54 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - As the nation marks the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19, the city of Hattiesburg is continuing in its effort to keep the public safe.
On Friday, March 12, representatives with the city were at the Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center handing out hand sanitizer and face masks to area businesses, churches and other organizations to help them in the fight against spreading the virus.