LARGO â Pinellas County Administrator Barry Burton has extended the local state of emergency for COVID-19 through April 16. The extension continues the ordinance requiring face coverings be worn indoors in public places.
In addition, customers at restaurants and bars must be seated to be served and employees that handle food or drink must wear masks indoors and outdoors.
During an April 8 work session, County commissioners discussed a renewed effort by anti-maskers to get them to lift the mask mandate. County Attorney Jewel White said to put any potential action on the ordinance on the April 13 meeting agenda, commissioner would have to decide that day (April 8) to have time to meet the Tampa Bay Timesâ deadline.