Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday ordered all non-essential businesses to close by 5 p.m., while D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged people to remain home as much as possible and said police would be empowered to disperse any large groups of people — including people playing pickup basketball or soccer games.

But neither leader took the step of issuing more restrictive shelter-in-place orders like those that have been imposed in states like California, New York and Illinois.

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“Let me be clear: We are not issuing or ordering a ‘shelter-in-place’ directive or forcing people to stay home,” Hogan said. “However, we are telling all Marylanders to follow all of the directives we’ve already issued and to follow state law against crowds of more than 10 people. And we are telling you unless you have an essential reason to leave your house, then you should stay in your homes.”

“What we know is that we have basically closed down the District, so the gathering places have been shut down,” said Bowser. “What a shelter in place says is you can never leave the house. What we are telling people is to only leave your house for essential activities.”

The mayor added that D.C. Police will be mobilized to reinforce these measures, breaking up any gatherings of 10 people or more. “We are going to ask our teams to move along people who are not practicing social distancing,” she said.

The simultaneous announcements amounted to a reminder of the status quo: bars and restaurants remain closed for dine-in service, schools will be shuttered for the future to come, and people are being told to stay at home as much as possible and avoid gathering in groups of any size.

But Bowser’s remarks came right after a weekend where large crowds visiting the Tidal Basin seemed to ignore admonitions that they practice social distancing, prompting the city to close down roads and use police and the D.C. National Guard to limit access to areas around the National Mall.

Speaking on Monday, though, Bowser repeated her plea to residents and visitors: stay away, stay home.

“We love our cherry blossoms,” Bowser said. “The trees are indeed beautiful. Stay at home. You will not be able to get access. There will be no museums to stop in to take a break.”

Hogan’s order goes further, saying non-essential businesses will have to close by Monday afternoon. But the order also broadly defines essential businesses to include grocery stores, hotels, home-improvement stores, banks, most factories, pet stores, farmer’s markets and more. The order does specify that door-to-door solicitation “is likely to violate social-distancing guidelines and should be discontinued.” Exempt businesses and operations include “critical infrastructure sectors,” such as health care, food and agriculture, transportation, law enforcement and others.

Maryland also is launching several new initiatives to help slow the hemorrhaging of small businesses, including a $75 million fund dedicated to capital infusions for businesses and nonprofits with fewer than 50 employees; a $50 million relief-grant fund for grants of up to $10,000; and a $7 million layoff-aversion fund.

The state, in addition, is starting a $5 million fund of incentives for small businesses to make masks, PPE and other supplies for health workers. Hogan issued an executive order to prevent price-gouging, saying retailers who do so will be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Hogan announced that there are now 288 confirmed cases of the virus in the state, with cases in 21 of the state’s 24 jurisdictions. Starting Monday, state and local authorities will take stronger steps to impede gatherings of large groups, he said. Though he took a moment to thank residents who have followed social-distancing warnings, Hogan said many residents — including those visiting D.C.’s cherry blossoms, the Ocean City boardwalk and public parks — are not yet “taking it seriously.”

“Let me repeat once again as strongly as I possibly can: If you are engaged in this kind of activity, you are breaking the law and you are literally endangering the lives of your family, your friends and your fellow citizens,” he said.