The state does allow residents to go outside to take care of loved ones and animals, travel to child care, exercise, travel to work and volunteer with charitable groups. Also, you can leave home “due to a reasonable fear for health or safety.”Additionally, stays of less than 14 nights at private campgrounds are closed as of April 1. Public beaches are closed except for exercising and fishing. All institutions of higher learning in the commonwealth must stop in person classes and instruction. The commonwealth must wait to see how much money it gets from the federal government before determining if and how universities can be assisted.Prisoners who are old or were sentenced before 1996 may be eligible for early release. But it needs to be determined if there is a home health plan in place for those inmates.
The order is in effect until June 10 and could be extended or rescinded by another executive order.
All restaurants must only offer takeout, delivery or drive-thru service, under an
executive order that went into place March 23. Dining rooms, food courts, breweries, distilleries, wineries, tasting rooms and farmers markets must close.
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