SALT LAKE CITY — Distribution retail stores owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are adjusting services to align with government and community health guidelines, the church announced Wednesday.

Most church distribution retail stores had already reduced hours of operation in support of temples only performing living ordinances starting earlier this week. Now, COVID-19 restrictions have compelled the closure of church distribution retail stores in the following 45 locations:

Accra, Ghana

Antananarivo, Kenya

Antananarivo, Madagascar

Bangalore, India

Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Brisbane Australia

Campinas, Brazil

Cardston, Canada

Cebu City, Philippines

Copenhagen, Denmark

Curitiba, Brazil

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Harare, Zimbabwe

Hartford, Connecticut

Helsinki, Finland

Johannesburg, South Africa

Kampala, Uganda

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Kyiv, Ukraine

Los Angeles, California

Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lusaka, Zambia

Malaysia

Manhattan, New York

Maputo, Mozambique

Montreal, Canada

Oakland, California

Paris, France

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Recife, Brazil

Redland, California

Rome, Italy

San Diego, California

São Paulo, Brazil

Sapporo, Japan

Seoul, Korea

St. Louis, Missouri

Sydney Australia

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Tokyo, Japan

Toronto, Canada

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Uplands, California

Church-service missionaries have been instructed to stay home until operations return to normal, the statement said.

Earlier this week, the church closed all Deseret Industries Thrift stores to the public although they remain open to serve some individual needs.