1/ Today, due to an increasing number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in DC and across the region and the nation, I've issued a stay-at-home order for the District of Columbia. This order reinforces my direction to residents to stay at home except to perform essential activities.
2/ Our message remains the same: stay home. Staying at home is the best way to flatten the curve and protect yourself, your family, and our entire community from COVID-19. Many people want to know how they can help right now, and for most people this is how – by staying home.
3/ The Mayor’s Order specifies that residents may only leave their residences to:
-engage in essential activities, including obtaining medical care that cannot be provided through telehealth and obtaining food and essential household goods;
-engage in essential activities, including obtaining medical care that cannot be provided through telehealth and obtaining food and essential household goods;
4/ -perform or access essential governmental functions;
-work at essential businesses;
-engage in essential travel; or
-engage in allowable recreational activities, as defined by the Mayor’s Order.
-work at essential businesses;
-engage in essential travel; or
-engage in allowable recreational activities, as defined by the Mayor’s Order.
5/ Any individual who willfully violates the order may be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
6/ For more information on the District’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts, visit coronavirus.dc.gov.
7/ To read the full Mayor's Order visit coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/….
