A person wearing a face mark walks past a temporary closed business in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Pennsylvania reported another big jump in confirmed coronavirus Thursday. The state Department of Health reported that cases topped 180, up 40%. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
March 19, 2020
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March 19, 2020 10:41 p.m.
Governor orders 1000s of businesses to shut down over virus
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf issued a sweeping shutdown order to tens of thousands of “non-life-sustaining” businesses Thursday, decreeing they must close their physical locations by 8 p.m. to slow the spread of the coronavirus or face enforcement by state police and other government agencies.