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    04.04.20 Stay at Home Order Guidance

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    Governor Tom Wolf
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    STAY AT HOME ORDER GUIDANCE

    INTENT

    The virus that causes Coronavirus 2019 Disease (“COVID-19”) is easily transmitted, especially in group
    settings, and it is essential that the spread of the virus be slowed to protect the ability of public and private
    health care providers to handle the influx of new patients and safeguard public health and safety. The intent of
    this STAY AT HOME policy is to ensure that the maximum number of people self-isolate in their places of
    residence to the maximum extent feasible, while continuing access to life-sustaining good and services.

    COUNTIES SUBJECT TO THIS POLICY

    As of April 1, 2020, all counties in Pennsylvania are subject to the Governor’s and the Secretary of Health’s
    Orders to STAY AT HOME.

    POLICY

    STAY AT HOME
    All individuals residing in Pennsylvania must STAY AT HOME except for certain essential activities and work to
    provide life-sustaining business and government services.

    Individuals may leave their residence ONLY to perform any of the following allowable individual
    activities and allowable essential travel:

    ALLOWABLE INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES

    • Tasks essential to maintain health and safety, or the health and safety of their family or household
    members (including, but not limited to, pets), such as obtaining medicine or medical supplies,
    visiting a health care professional, or obtaining supplies they need to work from home.

    • Getting necessary services or supplies for themselves or their family or household members, or to
    deliver those services or supplies to others, such as getting food and household consumer
    products, pet food, and supplies necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation, and essential
    operation of residences. This includes volunteer efforts to distribute meals and other life-sustaining
    services to those in need.

    • Engaging in outdoor activity, such as walking, hiking or running if they maintain social distancing.

    • To perform work providing essential products and services at a life-sustaining business (see below
    for details about life-sustaining business activities).

    • To care for a family member or pet in another household.

    ALLOWABLE ESSENTIAL TRAVEL

    • Any travel related to the provision of or access to the above-mentioned individual activities or life-
    sustaining business activities (see below for details about life-sustaining business activities).

    • Travel to care for elderly, minors, dependents, persons with disabilities, or other vulnerable
    persons.

    • Travel to or from educational institutions for purposes of receiving materials for distance learning,
    for receiving meals, and any other related services.
    • Travel to return to a place of residence from an outside jurisdiction.

    • Travel required by law enforcement or court order.

    • Travel required for non-residents to return to their place of residence outside the commonwealth.

    EXEMPTIONS

    LIFE-SUSTAINING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

    Life-sustaining business activities are exempt from this policy. On March 19, Governor Wolf ordered the
    closure of the physical locations of businesses that are not critical to sustaining life in a pandemic.
    Businesses can determine whether they are considered a life-sustaining business, and are therefore
    allowed to continue in-person, physical operations, by first referring to the Governor’s Order and the list of
    life-sustaining business which is available here. This list was updated to conform with guidance on
    Essential Critical Infrastructure (version 1.1) issued by the Department of Homeland Security
    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advisory on March 23, 2020.

    If the answer remains unclear, businesses may email the Department of Community and Economic
    Development (DCED) for further assistance at the following email account: ra-dcedcs@pa.gov. Inquiries
    will be answered as promptly as possible.

    Businesses that were ordered closed but believed they could help mitigate this crisis by providing a life-
    sustaining service were able to apply for an exemption from the closure orders until April 3, 2020 at 5PM.

    All exemptions are subject to continuance of and compliance with the social distancing and other
    mitigation measures to protect employees and the public, including virtual and telework operations (e.g.
    work from home) as the primary option when available.

    STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    Governments should use best judgment in exercising their authorities and issuing implementation
    directives and guidance. All such decisions should appropriately balance public health and safety while
    ensuring the continued delivery of critical services and functions. Government employees and contractors
    should continue to operate under the direction of their supervisors.

    INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

    Individuals experiencing homelessness are not subject to this policy but are strongly urged to find shelter
    and government agencies are urged to take steps needed to provide shelter for those individuals.

    DISPLACED STUDENTS

    International students, foster youth, and any other students who would otherwise experience displacement
    or homelessness as a result of campus closures are exempt from this policy and may remain in campus
    housing.

    Additionally, nothing in this policy shall be construed to affect the operations of:

    • Health care or medical service providers.


    • Access to life-sustaining services for low-income residents, including, but not limited to, food banks.

    • Access to child care services for employees of life-sustaining businesses that remain open as follows:
    child care facilities operating under the Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development
    and Early Learning waiver process; group and family child care operating in a residence; and part-day
    school age programs operating under an exemption from the March 19, 2020 business closure Orders.

    • The news media.

    • Law enforcement.

    • The federal government.

    • Religious institutions. However, religious leaders are encouraged to find alternatives to in-person
    gatherings and to avoid endangering their congregants. Individuals should not gather in religious
    buildings or homes for services or celebrations until the stay at home order is lifted.

    ENFORCEMENT PERIOD

    Enforcement of the statewide STAY AT HOME Orders began at 8:00 PM on Monday, April 1, 2020, and will
    continue through April 30, 2020.

    Law enforcement officers should refer to Business Closure Order Enforcement Guidance available online here.

    REMINDER: SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS

    When people need to leave their places of residence in conjunction with allowable individual activities,
    allowable essential travel, or by virtue of exemption from this policy, the Pennsylvania Department of Health
    strongly encourages individuals to abide by the following social distancing requirements to greatest extent
    reasonably possible:

    • Maintain at least six feet from other individuals.

    • Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds as frequently as possible, or use hand
    sanitizer.

    • Cover coughs or sneezes with a sleeve or elbow, not hands.

    • Do not shake hands.

    • Regularly clean high-contact surface areas.

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    For the most up-to-date, reliable information, please continue to refer to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s
    website for Responding to COVID-19 in Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/guides/responding-to-covid-19/.

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