Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Tuesday, March 17, 2020
NYC weighing shelter-in-place order in coming days
New York City residents should be prepared for the possibility of a shelter-in-place order within days, Mayor Bill de Blasio says.
De Blasio says no decision had been made yet, but he wants city and state officials to make a decision within 48 hours, given the fast spread of the coronavirus.
“New Yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility of a shelter-in-place order,” de Blasio says at a news briefing.
Officials in six San Francisco Bay-area counties issued a “shelter-in-place” order that went into effect today, requiring nearly 7 million residents to stay inside and venture out only for food, medicine or exercise for three weeks.
— AP
