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Chicago mayor: "Dear God, stay home, save lives"
From CNN's Melissa Alonso
Chicago's bike trails, paths and green spaces will be closed until the "threat to our lives is over," Chicago Mayor
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Lori Lightfoot said at a news briefing today.
Lightfoot addressed Chicagoans who continued to congregate in public areas in large numbers, while the state is under a stay-at-home order.
"Your continued failure to abide by these orders" could lead to more deaths, Lightfoot said.
"Dear God, stay home, save lives," she added.
Chicago's is closing its lakefront from north to south, effective immediately. Chicago Police will ramp up patrol and are prepared to give warnings and citations and, if necessary, arrests will be made, Lightfoot said.
"You must stay at home, period," Lightfoot said.