Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has mandated that all law firms and other legal services close their physical offices, as part of a larger order specifying that non-life-sustaining businesses must close to prevent further spread of the new coronavirus.

In the order, released Thursday afternoon, Wolf expanded on his previous order which said all non-essential businesses must close.

He included a list of examples, which expressly categorizes "legal services" as non-life-sustaining, along with many other professional services.

"Enforcement actions against businesses that don't close will begin Saturday and could include citations, fines & license suspensions," Wolf said in a tweet.

His order also noted that "This prohibition does not apply to virtual or telework operations (e.g., work from home), so long as social distancing and other mitigation measures are followed in such operations."

Numerous law firms across the country have already announced that they shifted to a remote-work status, though many have also said they maintained skeleton crews within their offices to handle administrative tasks that cannot be completed remotely, like mail.

Read the Order: