Louisiana governor issues statewide ‘stay at home’ order starting at 5 p.m. Monday

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has issued a statewide “stay at home” directive, ordering all 4.6 million people in Louisiana to stay at home starting at 5 p.m. on Monday unless they’re performing an essential task like getting food or medicine.

The order exempts first responders and workers at grocery stores, pharmacies, doctors’ offices and other critical infrastructure.

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People can still go out to exercise and walk their dogs. And he says authorities won’t be asking people where they are going. But the governor said Sunday that “we are in a race against time when it comes to this coronavirus.”