D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has ordered restaurants, bars, movie theaters, health clubs, spas, and massage parlors in the District to close to patrons to help contain the coronavirus pandemic.

The order goes into effect at 10 p.m. on Monday, Bowser said during a press conference. Restaurants will be allowed to implement “grab-and-go” service during their shutdown.

The news comes just hours after Maryland Governor Larry Hogan ordered all restaurants, bars, gyms, and movie theaters in the state to close by 5 p.m. today. A handful of other jurisdictions have also shut down bars and restaurants, including California, Illinois, and Massachusetts.

According to Bowser, the D.C. Council will take up a bill on Tuesday that will include, “a number of pieces of relief that will help in these difficult economic times. We’re concerned about an industry that helps drive our economy.”

Bowser also says the bill would also allow bars and restaurants to deliver closed containers of alcohol.

The mayor’s order follows a series of escalating measures from D.C. government. Last week Bowser declared a state of emergency in the District, granting herself a broad range of powers to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. On Sunday, she ordered nightclubs closed, and for bars and restaurants to take measures to keep patrons six feet apart, including suspending bar service, limiting capacity, and moving tables farther apart.

According to LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of DC Health, the decision to close these businesses came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines on preventing coronavirus on Sunday, including suspending gatherings of 50 or more people.

“We want to be as responsive a community as we can… to flatten the curve and end this pandemic,” Nesbitt said at Monday’s press conference.

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These measures followed a weekend that saw bars and restaurants in D.C. packed with patrons, despite warnings from health officials to practice “social distancing.”

“They were having a great time, it looked like a regular summer evening, not where we’ve all been told that the plague is coming and we have to socially distance ourselves,” Columbia Heights resident Claudine Hellmuth told DCist of the scene in her neighborhood on Saturday. “It was really weird, and I found it really upsetting.”

In the days that followed, restaurants, bars, and other businesses flooded social media to say that they were closing entirely, or switching to a delivery- or takeout-only model. Some have demanded action from local government. Tail Up Goat in Adams Morgan took to Instagram to “[urge] the mayor to #shutusdown,” a message that a handful of other restaurants also shared.

“Doing so properly acknowledges the scale of the current crisis and begins to make available the kind of resources our employees and businesses will require to endure this financial storm,” the restaurant wrote.

Some restaurants promised to compensate staff—at least partially—during their closures. Andrew Dana, owner of Timber Pizza Company, Call Your Mother, and other restaurants, said employees would receive wages and health insurance for the next two weeks; Little Sesame says it will provide pay and meals for employees’ families during that time.