The Governor ordered individuals in North Carolina to stay at home and non-essential business operations to cease beginning at 5 p.m. Monday, March 30, 2020. The order, Executive Order No. 121, remains in effect for thirty days from that date. Here are a few things to know about the order and its enforcement. There are exceptions to the order to stay home. While individuals in North Carolina are ordered to stay at home, their place of residence, or their current place of abode, they are allowed to leave their residences for essential activities, essential governmental operations, and to participate in or access COVID-19 essential businesses and operations. Essential activities include the following: Activities or tasks essential to a person’s health and safety, the health and safety of family, household members, or persons who are homebound, or the health and safety of pets. Obtaining necessary services or supplies for oneself, family, household members, or persons who are homebound, or to deliver those services or supplies to others. Outdoor activity, provided individuals comply with social distancing requirements and mass gathering limitations. Mass gatherings were redefined in the order as any event or convening that brings together more than ten (was 100, then became 50) persons in a single room or single space at the same time. Certain types of work. Caring for or assisting a family member, pet, or friend in another household. Traveling to and from a place of worship. Receiving goods and services provided by an essential business or operation. Returning [...]
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