Stay-at-home orders: Which states are implementing them
CNNCNN — As the US grapples with the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus that has the health care system at a tipping point, a growing number of states are ordering their residents to stay at home. “Now is the time to stay home.” Connecticut Connecticut’s “Stay safe, stay at home” policy went effect March 23 at 8 p.m. Ned Lamont’s executive order, all nonessential businesses and nonprofit entities were told to close. John Carney issued a statewide stay-at-home order that went into effect March 24 and will remain until May 15 or until the “public health threat is eliminated.” The order advises residents to stay at home whenever possible and close all nonessential businesses, according to a news release. Residents must stay home unless providing essential services or doing “essential things like going to the grocery store,” Abbott said in a video posted April 1 to Twitter. Phil Scott issued a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order which directs all in-person operations and nonessential businesses to close from March 25 until at least April 15.
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