City of Menifee cancels three major public events

The City of Menifee today announced the postponement of three major city events after consultation with county health officials about concerns regarding the coronavirus.

Those events are the Multicultural Festival, scheduled for March 28; the Music and Arts Festival, scheduled for April 4; and the SpringFest and Centennial Park Grand Opening, set for April 11.

“Based on the latest situational updates, the City plans to evaluate the status of these programs on a weekly basis,” City officials announced in a press release. “In the meantime, other City programs will continue to operate as scheduled while staff follow all protocol and preventative recommendations and procedures, exercising good public health policy in the process.”

According to the statement, the City has developed an Emergency Operations Activation Level Plan, “which consists of a four-phase plan to coordinate COVID-19 response activities by the City based on the orders received from the Riverside County Department of Public Health’s postponing public gatherings of 250 people or more.”

In addition, the City has activated its Emergency Operations Center to allow for “enhanced response coordination, and provide prevention messaging to health care professionals, businesses, schools, and the general public. Under the partial activation, the EIC has established a planning team that meets daily to discuss any changes and impacts of COVID-19.”

For more information regarding COVID-19, visit www.RivCoPH.org/coronavirus.