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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

And today's Tuesday, March 17th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news. This morning, the city of Philadelphia ordered several closures and restrictions in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus to date there are nine confirmed cases in the city

city officials announced yesterday new restrictions on commercial activity and halt on all non-essential

city government operations in order to reduce the spread of covid 19 the following changes on commercial

activity were effective Monday,

March 16th at 5 p.m. and will last through at least March 27th, but a precise end date was not

determined. So we went from the mayor saying go out to eat to everything closed.

Only essential commercial establishment should remain open to allow the essential goods to be

accessible to the public. The city of Philadelphia designates the following businesses as essential.

Supermarkets and grocery stores, big box stores, pharmacies, discount stores like mini-marts,

daycare centers, which are not in any other state. So they are to remain open. Hardware stores, gas stations,

banks, post office, laundromats and dry cleaners, veterinary and clinics for domestic pets

and pet stores. Also deemed essential are commercial establishments that sell any of the following

products. Frozen products, non-essential stores of computers, telecommunication equipment,

IT and telecommunication equipment, hardware, electrical, plumbing, and heating material,

automotive fuel, domestic fuel, sanitary equipment, personal hygiene products, medication, not requiring

medical prescription, medical and orthopedic equipment, optics, and photography equipment,

and soaps and detergent.

You just described Walmart.

Well, yeah.

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