Coronavirus Wilton: Barbers and Beauty Salon By App't Only

WILTON, CT — In her first Executive Order following her declaration of a State of Emergency for the Town, First Selectwoman Lynne Vanderslice has ordered that all barbershop, nail and beauty salon visits be by appointment only.

The decision was made in consultation with Health Director Barrington Bogle and Emergency Management Director/Chief of Police John Lynch, according to the text of the order.

Vanderslice deemed the move necessary to "mitigate the local emergency in order to require social distancing and limit the interaction of potentially exposed persons" to the new coronavirus.

The first selectwoman signed a Declaration of Local Civil Preparedness Emergency Monday evening to better enable the local government to deal with the new coronavirus outbreak.

In the declaration, Vanderslice said the Town needed "to be prepared to take emergency measures in order to preserve and protect the public health, public safety, general welfare, peace, and security of the Town of Wilton, its residents and property..."

The order goes into effect on March 19.

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