California’s 40 Million Residents Ordered to Stay at Home

Governor’s shelter-in-place mandate to last indefinitely
Move strictest yet in U.S. effort to stop coronavirus spread

California Governor Puts 40 Million Residents Under Lockdown

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By Sophie Alexander

March 20, 2020 at 1:51 AM UTC

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March 20, 2020 at 2:56 AM UTC

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California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered that all of the state’s 40 million residents go into home isolation starting Thursday evening, marking the most stringent U.S. effort yet to stymie the spread of the novel coronavirus.