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Gov. Murphy has announced he has signed an executive order that ALL RESIDENTS MUST STAY HOME until Further Notice. All gatherings are canceled until further notice. NO weddings, parties or in-person services. You can NOT cross states lines to shop or travel there. Urging people who have homes at the NJ Shore. STAY AT Primary Residence. ALL non Essential businesses must close effective 9pm tonight. Essential stores will remain open. All 9 million residents must stay home.

ALL gatherings are canceled.

ALL non-essential retail businesses must indefinitely close their physical stores to the public effective 9:00 p.m. tonight.

A Second Executive Order was signed that the order above supersedes any local or township orders.

Also ordering non NJ residents to NOT travel into NJ during this order.

After NJ Gov. Phil Murphy announced this morning that he is mandating the indefinite closure of ALL Municipal, county, and State public libraries and computer labs at public & private higher ed institutions.

Murphy has also just announced that after 400 new test results, bringing the total in the state of NJ to 1327. 16 people have died in the state of NJ from Covid-19.

Gov. Wolf has announced that all but “life-sustaining” businesses in Pennsylvania must close by 8 p.m. Thursday as the novel coronavirus continues to spread.

The governor had previously asked nonessential businesses such as salons, gyms, theaters, and entertainment venues to close. Under the new order, life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations include gas stations, farms, health care facilities, and transit systems, according to the Wolf administration.

The order applies to the city of Philadelphia, which previously had been allowed to impose and enforce its own restrictions.

We have included a link which you can download that list what may still operate or what must close.

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Starting at 8pm tonight New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has announced that he is ordering, effective 8:00 PM tonight, the closure of all personal-care businesses and social clubs which cannot comply with social distancing guidelines until further notice.

Breaking News Gov. Tom Wolf has just announced that at Midnight all Non essential stores MUST Closed for two weeks.

The following is a list of essential business that will be staying open per Gov. Tom Wolf

-Supermarkets and grocery stores -Trash service -Pharmacies -Discount stores, mini-markets, and non-specialized food stores -Hardware stores -Gas stations -Banks -Post Offices -Laundromats and dry cleaners -Veterinary clinics for domestic pets and pet stores

This is info from the State, We will update as needed.

Greater Philadelphia Severe Weather has created two pages for Covid-19 information from the CDC. These will be updated daily via a CDC update and we will post the latest information in those sections.

Covid-19 Updates

https://greaterphilaseverewx.com/covid-19-updates/covid-19-usa-updates/

https://greaterphilaseverewx.com/covid-19-updates/covid-19-worldwide-updates/

Updates as of 6:00 pm:

Bucks County Officials are reminding residents to remain “calm” and “use common sense.” Try to have a normal like with things closed. Do not travel if you do not have to.

The PA Liquor Control Board says all 88 wine and spirits stores in Montgomery, Delaware, Chester and Bucks counties will be closed in phases because of coronavirus. All will be open Sunday, only some will be open Monday, and from Tuesday forward all 88 will be closed until further notice.

Gov. Tom Wolf has just announced that Bucks and Chester Counties will join Mont Co and Delaware counties in an aggressive mitigation for at least 2 weeks. He is urging that all non essential businesses close to protect employees and public. Gas Stations, Food Stores and Pharmacies will remain open. This afternoon the State will issue ordinances and guidance for businesses. MORE COMING AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT.

The state expressed everyone should keep a social distance.

BREAKING NEWS:

President Donald Trump has declared a National Emergency due to the COVID-19. Gov. Tom Wolf has announced all schools in PA are to be closed for 2 weeks starting Monday.

President Trump has announced the following: National Emergency has been declared until further notice. This will open up to $50B in federal aid.

Every State to open command centers.

All Hospitals to enact EAP Plans.

LOCAL INFORMATION

Bucks County declares ‘disaster emergency,’ schools to close for two weeks due to coronavirus spread

Bucks County Commissioners ordered a “declaration of disaster emergency” Friday, closing all school districts in the county, as well as the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, through March 29.

The primary reason for the closure was that a number of staff at the Intermediate Unit and schools throughout the county live in Montgomery County and would have difficulty coming to work, according to a letter sent by Mark Hoffman, the Intermediate unit’s executive director.

“I am not willing to take a risk next week and in future weeks with limited student supervision as a result of teacher and other staff absences,” Hoffman wrote. “In fact, on a call with the superintendents and county officials, the superintendents and I unanimously supported a countywide closure for all Bucks County public schools.”

The intermediate unit’s closure also affects special education and other services, and cancels all meetings and events. Employees and contractors at the intermediate unit will be paid during the closure, according to Hoffman.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least nine people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville.

Daybreak revealed a landscape littered with blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines and huge broken trees, leaving city streets in gridlock. Schools, courts, transit lines, an airport and the state capitol were closed, and some damaged polling stations had to be moved only hours before Super Tuesday voting began.

“Last night was a reminder about how fragile life is,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper said at a Tuesday morning news conference.

Residents of the historic Germantown neighborhood walked around in dismay as emergency crews closed off roads. Roofs had been torn off apartment buildings, large trees uprooted and debris littered many sidewalks. Walls were toppled, exposing living rooms and kitchens in damaged homes. Mangled power lines and broken trees came to rest on cars, streets and piles of rubble.

Gov. Bill Lee said the death toll grew to nine on Tuesday, with more people among the missing.

One tornado touched down near downtown and reportedly stayed on the ground for about 10 miles (16 kilometers), into Nashville’s eastern suburbs, following a path parallel to Interstate 40 and causing more damage in Mt. Juliet, Lebanon, Hermitage and other communities.

AP contributors include Travis Loller and Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville, Rebecca Reynolds Yonker in Louisville, Kentucky, and Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama.