The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Announcement of statewide mitigation under the Mar. 6, 2020 Proclamation; the closures it describes were made orders on Mar. 19, 2020 (PA-002)
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-17 12:01 a.m. for 14 days (read as 2020-03-17)
- End
- Superseded by the Mar. 19 orders (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 17, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careAlcohol and bars
- Addressees
- restaurants and bars
- non-essential businesses
- licensed child care centers
- adult day care and senior centers
- K-12 schools
- Functions reached
- DR
- BA
- EC child care closed Mar. 17
- IN schools closed Mar. 16
- CB
- TRAV
- Collection
- Pennsylvania PA
Operative words
Governor Tom Wolf today announced that mitigation efforts put into effect over the past few days in Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks, Chester and Allegheny counties will now be in effect statewide, beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, March 17.... Statewide Mitigation Efforts beginning at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, March 17 include: All restaurants and bars close their dine-in facilities to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Businesses that offer carry-out, delivery, and drive-through food and beverage service may continue to do so but eating and drinking inside restaurants and bars is [temporarily prohibited].... Freedom of travel will remain, but all Pennsylvanians are asked to refrain from non-essential travel. All child care centers licensed by the commonwealth close as of Tuesday, March 17 and will be re-evaluated at the conclusion of the 14-day statewide closures.... Adult day care centers, adult training facilities, Provocations facilities, LIFE centers and Senior Community Centers close beginning Tuesday, March 17... Supermarkets, pharmacies, and gas stations will remain open. The administration issued guidance for non-essential businesses, [which are strongly urged to close]... Governor Tom Wolf announced on March 13 that all K-12 Pennsylvania schools will be closed for 10 business days effective Monday, March 16.
Enforcement
'Gov. Wolf is permitted under law to enforce closures'; the release states the administration would rely on compliance and local enforcement; the Mar. 19 orders followed
Notes
Primary Governor's Office statement of the Mar. 13 school closure and the Mar. 17 statewide child-care and dine-in closures.
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