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What is an essential business? What is an essential business in Maryland, D.C. or Virginia?
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What is an essential business?What is an essential business?
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ordered the closure of all “non-essential” businesses in the state on Monday, his latest effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ordered the closure of all “non-essential” businesses in the state on Monday, his latest effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Leaders in Virginia and the District have significantly restricted what businesses can operate — and how — as well.Leaders in Virginia and the District have significantly restricted what businesses can operate — and how — as well.
But it isn’t always obvious what businesses are considered essential.But it isn’t always obvious what businesses are considered essential.
Here’s a rundown of businesses that are open and closed, according to the orders in place in Maryland, Virginia and the District.Here’s a rundown of businesses that are open and closed, according to the orders in place in Maryland, Virginia and the District.
●Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities.●Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities.
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●Grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies.●Grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies.
●Banks and other financial institutions.●Banks and other financial institutions.
●Laundromats and dry cleaners.●Laundromats and dry cleaners.
●Auto repair shops.●Auto repair shops.
●Pet stores.●Pet stores.
●Liquor stores.●Liquor stores.
In Maryland and the District, table service at restaurants, food courts, bars and taverns, including fast-food and fast-casual establishments, is prohibited. Takeout and delivery are allowed.In Maryland and the District, table service at restaurants, food courts, bars and taverns, including fast-food and fast-casual establishments, is prohibited. Takeout and delivery are allowed.
In Virginia, effective 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, restaurant dining rooms, other dining establishments, food courts, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, wineries, tasting rooms and farmers markets will be closed. Takeout and delivery are allowed.In Virginia, effective 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, restaurant dining rooms, other dining establishments, food courts, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, wineries, tasting rooms and farmers markets will be closed. Takeout and delivery are allowed.
Other brick-and-mortar retail stores may stay open as long as they serve fewer than 10 people at a time.Other brick-and-mortar retail stores may stay open as long as they serve fewer than 10 people at a time.
●Entertainment, food and fitness-related venues.●Entertainment, food and fitness-related venues.
●Playgrounds, parks and athletic fields.●Playgrounds, parks and athletic fields.
●Theaters, performing arts centers, concert venues, museums and other indoor entertainment centers.●Theaters, performing arts centers, concert venues, museums and other indoor entertainment centers.
●Fitness centers, gyms and other indoor sports facilities.●Fitness centers, gyms and other indoor sports facilities.
●Beauty salons, barbershops, tanning salons, tattoo shops, spas, massage studios.●Beauty salons, barbershops, tanning salons, tattoo shops, spas, massage studios.
●Casinos, racetracks and historic horse-racing facilities.●Casinos, racetracks and historic horse-racing facilities.
●Bowling alleys, skating rinks, arcades, amusement parks, trampoline parks, fairs, arts and craft facilities, aquariums, zoos, escape rooms, indoor shooting ranges, public and private social clubs.●Bowling alleys, skating rinks, arcades, amusement parks, trampoline parks, fairs, arts and craft facilities, aquariums, zoos, escape rooms, indoor shooting ranges, public and private social clubs.