CNBC: California governor issues statewide order to ‘stay at home’ effective Thursday evening
* California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued a statewide order for all residents to ‘stay at home’ amid a coronavirus outbreak.
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued a statewide order for all residents to ‘stay at home’ amid a coronavirus outbreak.
“We need to bend the curve in the state of California,” Governor Gavin Newsom said, as he announced a statewide order for Californians to stay home. “There’s a social contract here, people I think recognize the need to do more. They will adjust and adapt as they have.”
Newsom added: “Home isolation is not my preferred choice…but it is a necessary one. This is not a permanent state, it is a moment in time.”
The stay home order is in place till further notice.
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Update #1: Newsom: More than half of California could contract coronavirus with no mitigation (Politico)
Update #2: Coronavirus: Newsom says 56% of Californians are expected to be infected with COVID-19, ask Trump to send hospital ship (KABC)
Update #3: California projects 56 percent of population will be infected with coronavirus over 8-week period (The Hill)
WNU Editor: This is going to be a rough 8 weeks.
