Polis issues statewide stay-at-home order as state tops 1,000 coronavirus cases

Published March 26, 2020 12:30pm ET



Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued a statewide emergency stay-at-home order Wednesday to help combat the coronavirus outbreak.

The move comes after Polis said over the weekend such an order couldn’t be enforced, changing tune on Wednesday to say that data showed while that extensive measures taken by his administration have had a positive effect, more needed to be done.

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