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PA Governor orders all 'non-life-sustaining' businesses to close

Closures of all physical locations will occur at 8 p.m. Thursday night.

Thursday, March 19th 2020, 6:00 PM EDT

Updated:

Friday, March 20th 2020, 8:25 AM EDT

By Corey Vallas

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered all non-life-sustaining business to close Thursday.

Closures of all physical locations will occur at 8 p.m. Thursday night.

Governor Wolf says the measure is designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Enforcement against businesses that do not close physical locations will begin Saturday at 12:01 a.m.

A list of businesses considered to be life-sustaining may be found here:

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