Everyone shall practice social distancing while performing essential activities by remaining at least 6 feet of distance from everyone other than household members, the news release stated.
All businesses and operations, except essential businesses as defined below, are required to cease all activities, the news release stated.
For clarity, businesses may also continue operations consisting exclusively of employees or contractors performing activities at their own residences (i.e., working from home).
Essential activity
People at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and people who are sick are urged to stay in their residence except as necessary to seek medical care, the news release stated.
Essential activities are activities or tasks essential to an individual’s health or safety or the health and safety of their family or household members. These activities include:
• Obtaining medicine or seeing a doctor or other health care provider
• Getting necessary services or supplies for themselves or their family or household members, such as food, pet food, and supplies necessary for staying at home
• Obtaining supplies necessary for maintaining a household
• Obtaining supplies necessary for working from home
• Engaging in outdoor activity, such as walking, hiking, or running
• Performing work providing essential services at an essential business
• Caring for a family member in another household
• Caring for the elderly, minors, dependents, persons with disabilities, or other vulnerable persons
Essential businesses
Essential businesses are organizations that provide the goods or services needed for an essential activity. These include:
• Hospitals
• Childcare facilities
• Government operations
• Pharmacies, health care supply stores, and health care facilities
• Grocery stores
• Gas stations and auto repair facilities
• Garbage collection
• Hardware stores, plumbers, electricians, exterminators, and other service providers necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences and other essential businesses
• Educational institutions, for the purposes of facilitating distance learning;
• Laundromats, dry cleaners, and laundry service providers
• Businesses that ship or deliver groceries, food, and goods directly to residences.
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