Illinois governor orders residents to stay at home

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The Governor has issued a Stay at Home order effective Saturday March 21 at 5pm through April 7th..

Residents can still go to the grocery stores, put gas in their cars, take walks outside and make pharmacy runs, the governor said at a Friday afternoon news conference. All local roads, including the interstate highways and tollways, will remain open to traffic, as well.

Though the governor activated the Illinois National Guard earlier this week to help combat the virus, the service members will have no role in enforcing any potential order. Instead, 60 service members will be deployed to establish drive-up testing sites, help with food delivery to disadvantaged families impacted by school closures and possibly prepare closed hospitals to reopen.

Police, firefighters, paramedics and sanitation workers will not be quarantined.

Informational websites:
State of Illinois: www.coronavirus.illinois.gov

CDC guidelines for travel, social distancing, and protecting yourself: www.CDC.gov

Illinois Department of Public Health: www.dph.illinois.gov

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