TAMPA -- Mayor Jane Castor plans to move forward with a stay at home order in the city of Tampa, telling WFLA-TV News Channel 8 it could be issued as soon as Wednesday morning, and would be in effect 24 hours a day.

The move comes after a Hillsborough County emergency panel rejected Castor's call for a countywide shelter in place order, and as St. Petersburg's mayor has been talking about issuing his own stay at home order.

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“But here’s the deal, it allows movement. It allows personal freedom,” the mayor said. “If you want to go out for a run, you can do that. If you need to go to a doctor’s appointment, you can do that.”

The mayor’s move comes after Hillsborough County leadersvoted against implementing a county-wide shelter-in-place orderon Monday. They instead elected to further study a stay-at-home order and possible curfews for county residents.

During that meeting, Mayor Castor voted to issue the shelter-in-place order in the county.

“We were all elected to do the right thing, to stand up and do the right thing, and this is the right thing to do,” Castor said. “The more we kick this issue down the road, the more people are going to die in our community.”