Looking less likely by the day my kids will go back to school before the fall
Pa. stay-at-home order extended until April 30, schools closed indefinitely
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A pedestrian is seen through a closed shop at 5th and South Street on Saturday, March 28, 2020.
A stay at home order has been issued in Philadelphia due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). All nonessential businesses are closed. Restaurants are now takeout or delivery only.
Pennsylvania schools and nonessential businesses will be closed until further notice, Gov. Tom Wolf said on Monday, extending the closure due to the coronavirus pandemic indefinitely.
“We’re going to keep our schools and businesses closed as long as we need to keep them closed to keep Pennsylvania safe,” Wolf said. “I know this isn’t easy to hear... [but] if we want to save lives we must continue to distance ourselves from each other.”
His stay-at-home order will remain in place until at least April 30, for all 26 counties currently under the order.
He expanded his stay-at-home order to Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin and Schuylkill Counties.
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The state corrected an earlier Monday announcement on the death toll, saying there have been 48 deaths to date.
Wolf said officials were working on a alternative learning plan that they hoped to have in place by the start of next week.
“We are working on a plan to make sure that we have a way to provide an education for the kids who are not getting the education for the next 2 months, so we are looking at that,” Wolf said Monday. “The hope is that we have that in place in the next few days.”