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3. What jobs and businesses are considered essential?

Each location also recognizes certain businesses as essential and allows them to continue running even during a shelter-in-place order. These sometimes include:

  • Health care, including home health employees
  • Housing construction, public transport, garbage collection, and utility-related jobs
  • Grocery stores, food banks, convenience stores, and similar businesses
  • Gas stations
  • Shelters and other organizations that assist at-risk and economically disadvantaged people
  • Banks
  • Any job that maintains the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of a home or business, such as plumbers or electricians
  • Educational institutes
  • Child care facilities

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