SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is suspending all temple activity due to concerns over the coronavirus.
The Utah-based faith said Wednesday that the temporary suspension would start at the end of the day.
Meanwhile, a Utah county hard hit by the new coronavirus is telling residents to stay home except for essential errands and asking visitors to the ski-resort community of Park City to stay away.
The shelter-in-place order issued Wednesday in Summit County is the first such declaration in the state.
County Health Director Rich Bullough says the area has been a hotspot statewide and now has a similar number of cases per capita as hard-hit New York City and parts of Italy.
