The following businesses provide essential operations and will remain open under the order:

The order requires employers that do not provide essential services to take all steps necessary for employees to work from home.

Under the order, you may still:

Glossary

Community spread: A person infected didn’t have known contact with the new coronavirus, nor did they travel to a place experiencing a known outbreak.

Flatten the curve: An effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The “curve” in this phrase refers to upward swing in the number of positive cases of the new coronavirus. If the curve is too steep, public health officials warn, the health care system will not be able to accommodate all the new cases at once.

Isolation: Isolation means keeping a person who is currently sick separated from other people.

PPE: Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE," is equipment worn to minimize health care workers' and first responders' exposure to the virus.

Quarantine: Restricting the movement of people who are currently healthy in order to stop the spread of an illness.

Shelter-in-place or stay-home order: An order from a state to stay at home unless residents work for a list of businesses deemed “essential" or are going out to obtain a necessity, such as food and medicine.

Social distancing: A list of practices meant to limit crowds and person-to-person contact. Health experts recommend staying at least 6 feet apart to practice effective social distancing.

Social distancing order: An order from a government that is less serious than a shelter in place or stay at home order. Social distancing orders in the Treasure Valley have, so far, focused on mandating people stay at least 6 feet apart, and required businesses to shut down if they cannot make accommodations for all their customers to stay 6 feet apart.