State by State...What is Yours Doing/Covid-19?

[scoutie]

Illinois: State at Home order. Only essential businesses can stay open. Daycares are closed. Schools closed til April 8th. All gyms, dine-in restaurants, bars, hair salons are ordered closed. My dog's vet is having people sit in their car and call when they are there. The vet tech comes out and gets the pet and brings it inside and then back out.

We can grocery shop, go to the pharmacy, liquor store, bank and gas station. We can go outside for exercise.

I'm shocked that some states still have schools open, restaurants open, etc. The sooner we can all get on the same page, the sooner this can be over.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

Virginia just closed schools through the rest of the school year.

 

[indimom]

Same in Indiana starting tomorrow

 

[bcla]

Our order is pretty similar. First my county was one of the six in the San Francisco Bay Area that had the order starting midnight last Tuesday, but then the Governor issued the statewide order starting (I think) Friday.

We can certainly go outside for exercise, but we're supposed to keep a reasonable distance from other people unless it can't be helped. We went to a local semi-nature park and there were plenty of people. What made things difficult was that social distancing is difficult when some people are standing in one place and not off to the side. Or family groups that insist on taking up the width of an entire 12 ft wide fire road. They closed off their largest parking lot and the kids' play structure there was taped off with caution tape. They have a little demonstration farm, and all entrances were taped off with caution tape. I did see several cows, but they more or less hung out inside well away from the fences. I could hear a rooster inside the barn. I think they've being taken care of. They have a nature center that's closed until further notice. And the kicker is all bathrooms there are closed and most of the water fountains are disabled. However, the trails are nearly all open.

I've heard rumors of people receiving citations for getting too close to others outside their immediate family, but they're really rumors. The enforcement efforts are supposed to be more warnings than sticks.

 

[Kitty 34]

Michigan's governor addressed us Michiganders this morning saying as of midnight our state is on lock down. You can only go places that are deemed necessary. Two of my nieces received papers they will carry in their cars but it's not like we're going to have Checkpoints to check those papers as the governor said; so we'll see.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

NJ - Stay at Home. We need a federal mandate to force this everywhere.

 

[HeatherC]

Massachusetts Stay at Home Advisory takes effect tomorrow. Pretty similar.

 

[monarchsfan16]

NH: Live free or die state and generally low population density. No major cities. All schools closed from 3/16 through at least 4/3, and I believe 4/3 is seen as the re-assessment point, not the re-entry point. All bars and restaurants closed to dine in. Takeout is allowed. Reusable bags banned. No gatherings over 50.

Most (non essential) stores have closed on their own. NH is keeping the state run liquor stores open, but on reduced hours.

 

[soccerdad72]

Ohio: Stay at Home order

 

[Meriweather]

Arizona: Advised to stay home, but not on lockdown.
Lots of businesses are closed.
Checking out the senior hours tomorrow

 

[JimMIA]

Florida

Our state is doing too much to list, but here's a link:

http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2020/03/032320-1100-covid19.pr.html
On that page is a link the the covid dashboard which has an interactive map with frequently updated info county by county.

In addition to the state restrictions, many localities have more stringent measures in place.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Louisiana- stay at home order. Highest covid rate in the country.

 

[VandVsmama]

Arizona

Our kids' school is closed through 4/10 for now. All restaurants in the area are still operating, but only take-out & delivery orders. If it's a fast food place with a drive-through, the drive-through is open. No eating inside restaurants at all. That includes bars.

Hospitals have a strict no visitor policy unless it's a pediatric patient (1 adult allowed) or a mom in labor (1 support person allowed). No deliveries of food, flowers, or balloons allowed. Hospital cafeteria only serves employees.

Some ERs in the Tucson area have triage tents set up outside and if you're a suspected corona virus person, you go to a separate tent. You drive up, stay in your car first, nurse comes over to assess you & figure out what tent you to go, THEN you go to your assigned triage tent. Support person who drove you to hospital NOT allowed in AT ALL.

Some drive-through corona virus locations are popping up, but you need referral from a doctor in order to go and you need a drive-up appointment.

Grocery stores & such are still open. Most now have designated hours for seniors-only, which I think is a wonderful idea.

My favorite tree nursery is still open. The owner will yell at you and kick you out if you don't maintain 6-8' distance from him, his employees, or other customers. He's pretty awesome. I bought a couple of trees from him last weekend.

 

[VandVsmama]

Forgot to add that I have now turned into our family's resident Microsoft Teams trainer. Kids' school switched over to use that starting today. It's been an IT adventure at our house. LOL.

 

[MillauFr]

Washington State. No stay at home order. We are out and about every day. Restaurants still open for take out. All the grocery stores still open. Went to Costco this morning. Plenty of toilet paper. Number of cases is not exploding as others have predicted. The hospitals have a few cases in the intensive care units but they are not overwhelmed like the fake news media is reporting.

 

[Jnjtrio]

Oregon: Stay at Home starts tonight. Closure of all the normal listings as others. Daycare open with groupings of children 10 or less, with no other group able to interact (priority for first responders, healthcare and essential personnel). Kids are out of school until at least April 28th.

 

[luvsJack]

Mississippi. Schools are shut down until at least April 30, state wide.

Most everything else is by city ordinances. Most of the coastal cities/counties, our city and a few others have shut down all bars, restaurants are only curb side or drive through, some have shut down salons and barber shops. No gatherings of more than 10 including weddings, funerals, church service and the like.

I don’t think anywhere in the state has a stay at home order except maybe one town.

 

[dclpluto]

NJ - Stay at Home. We need a federal mandate to force this everywhere.

you do know it’s only for retail non essential. So most have to work.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

you do know it’s only for retail non essential. So most have to work.

Pretty much everything where I live is shut down - closed.

 

[kymom99]

Illinois: State at Home order. Only essential businesses can stay open. Daycares are closed. Schools closed til April 8th. All gyms, dine-in restaurants, bars, hair salons are ordered closed. My dog's vet is having people sit in their car and call when they are there. The vet tech comes out and gets the pet and brings it inside and then back out.

We can grocery shop, go to the pharmacy, liquor store, bank and gas station. We can go outside for exercise.

I'm shocked that some states still have schools open, restaurants open, etc. The sooner we can all get on the same page, the sooner this can be over.

We in Kentucky are doing what most are doing.
Also closed dentists, chiropractors, eye doctors, etc. and churches.
Liquor stores will remain open.