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Gov. Pritzker announces statewide stay at home order to maximize COVID-19 containment, ensure health care system remains fully operational

Following the advice of leading public health experts around the globe, Gov. JB Pritzker announced today he has signed a statewide stay-at-home order, aiming to keep new cases of COVID-19 from rapidly increasing and ensure the state’s health care system remains fully operational to treat patients in need of urgent care.

The order takes effect at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020. In addition to the stay-at-home  provisions, it also orders all local government units…

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