вЂњThis is not a lockdown or martial law,вЂќ Lightfoot said. The CTA will remain in operation, though people are encouraged to socially distance themselves from other riders. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who voiced her support for the вЂњstay-at-home' order, announced Chicago Public Libraries will close at 5 p.m Saturday. Chicago Public Schools will not start again until April 21. The governor also pushed back the reopening date for schools statewide until at least April 8.

Illinoisans can leave home to help care for relatives, elderly residents or other vulnerable people. All local roads and airports remain open, with interstate travel expressly permitted.

Residents can still go to grocery stores, put gas in their cars, take walks outside and make pharmacy runs. And now is the time, because the numbers you see today in the news are by the people that got sick a week ago, and there are still people who got sick today and havenвЂ™t even noticed that they got sick yet.вЂќ вЂњBecause itвЂ™s the only way to save those lives. Emily Landon, medical director of antimicrobial stewardship and infection control at University of Chicago Medicine. вЂњHow can soccer or book club be so dangerous? Why ask so much of people for just a few hundred cases?' said Dr. Pritzker issued a вЂњstay-at-homeвЂќ order for the entire state starting Saturday at 5 p.m. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot conduct a daily news briefing on COVID-19 from the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago on March 20, 2020.

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