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DeWine extends stay-at-home order

Gov. Mike DeWine today extended the stay-at-home order for the state through May 1 and said it could last longer.

On March 22, DeWine ordered the closing of nonessential businesses and for the public to stay at home, effective at 11:59 p.m. March 23, through next Monday with exemptions. DeWine extended it and added new provisions, effective Monday.

It requires retail businesses that are open to establish the number of people who should be inside at a time.

“We’re not telling them the number because businesses are all different,” DeWine said. “But businesses must determine their number and post it.”

He also called for people traveling to Ohio to self-quarantine for 14 days.

“There are exemptions for those who work over the state lines, but this is for those who have been out of state for some time,” DeWine said.

He said he will appoint a board to evaluate and render guidance in situations where two local health departments have come to a different conclusion on what is or is not an essential business.

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