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Casinos in South Mississippi rarely close, usually only for strong hurricanes, but concern over the spread of the new coronavirus has regulators watching to see what to do next, the Sun Herald reported.

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“We’re going to be very fluid with this,” Allen Godfrey, executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, said Friday morning.

A directive was being sent to all casinos to supply their coronavirus plan, he said. The commission wants to make sure the casinos are taking measures to keep the guest rooms and public areas clean and sanitized according to the directives of the state Health Department and Center for Disease Control.

© Tim Isbell/Sun Herald Casino Row in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Boyd Gaming is closing one casino near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for two weeks after the governor ordered all schools and entertainment venues in that area to close.

“That was in a county that had a high volume of cases,” said Godfrey, who spoke to the executive director of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

Boyd Gaming is the parent company of IP Casino Biloxi.

Hard Rock Casino Biloxi staff is taking extra precautions to keep the resort sanitized, but hasn’t canceled any events except for Friday’s John Pardi concert, which is being postponed to a later date.

For now, it doesn’t matter that Mississippi doesn’t have online sports betting like Pennsylvania or New Jersey, since there are few games being played.

On what was to be one of the busiest weeks of the year for sports betting, Godfrey said the cancellation of March Madness and most other sporting events will have a negative effect on sports betting.

In January, Mississippi casinos had 1.7 million visitors, 1.2 million of them coming to the 12 Coast casinos and more than half of them from within Mississippi and Alabama.

More than 10,000 people work at the Coast casinos and 16,400 statewide, according to the Gaming Commission.

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This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Will Mississippi casinos close due to coronavirus?

All of Mississippi's state-regulated casinos were ordered to close by midnight Monday to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/hotels.com

By The Associated Press Monday, March 16, 2020 5:53 p.m. CDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — All of Mississippi's state-regulated casinos were ordered to close by midnight Monday to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.

Mississippi reported 12 confirmed cases of the virus as of Monday. Schools and universities and some museums remained closed.

The Mississippi Gaming Commission said in its order closing the casinos that keeping them open “poses an immediate threat to the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare of patrons and employees.” State law limits casinos to areas along the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast. More than 16,400 employees work in the 26 casinos, which are strong tourist attractions.

Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he is issuing two executive orders. One makes the National Guard available at testing centers for the virus, with a goal of creating additional testing centers.

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The other executive order allows schools and state and local governments to give time off to “nonessential personnel.” He said he encourages other employers to do the same. He said that executive order also encourages schools to set up distance learning options.

“We recognize that there are challenges, particularly in our more rural areas across the state,” said Reeves. He made his announcement during a live Facebook video after a technology platform that's used for group meetings and conference calls did not work.

He said the second executive order also instructs schools to continue providing free or reduced lunches to thousands of children, although it was not clear how that would be done.

Mississippi's state health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, said the 12 positive cases of the coronavirus had been found among 289 people tested in Mississippi by Monday. He said labs are accepting samples and testing them each day, and results are generally available in 24 hours or less.

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“Right now, Mississippi is experiencing low-level community transmission,” Dobbs said. “Of course, this could change very quickly.”

The Mississippi State Department of Health website said that Forrest County had three virus cases by Monday. Copiah, Hinds and Pearl River counties had two each. Hancock, Leflore and Monroe had one each.

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For most people, coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.

The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. People with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover, according to the World Health Organization.

Among the attractions closed in the state are the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, which are two entities under a single roof in downtown Jackson. Grammy Museum Mississippi is closed until at least the end of the month.

Work crews were giving the Mississippi Capitol a thorough cleaning Monday, including wiping down banisters where people often rest their hands. The Legislature has remained in session.

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