U.S. capital issues stay-at-home order amid spread of coronavirus

WASHINGTON - The U.S. capital on Monday issued an order to residents to stay at home except for essential needs, joining other local authorities in the country that have taken similar steps to address the spread of the new coronavirus.The government of the District of Columbia has already been urging residents to stay at home and ordering the suspension of non-essential business activities, with gyms and retail clothing stores, for instance, closing.The order, effective Wednesday, "reinforces the mayor's direction to residents to stay at home except to perform essential activities," the cap…READ FULL ARTICLE