'Asked specifically if they could be used to enforce curfews, General Lengyel did not rule it out, saying governors are able to use their Guard members as they see fit.''The coronavirus outbreak has prompted dozens of governors to activate the National Guard. The sight of troops has stoked fears of a military-enforced quarantine, but the orders have been more mundane.
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Anything that the law enforcement capacity normally does, they could be augmented with National Guard,” Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, said at a news conference this week. Asked specifically if they could be used to enforce curfews, General Lengyel did not rule it out, saying governors are able to use their Guard members as they see fit.'
- New York Times,
Here’s What Calling in the National Guard Means, March 21, 2020
Context (CNN, Covid-19) - '..This is a time for pulling out all the stops..' - WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus(BBC) Coronavirus confirmed as pandemic by World Health Organization(Euronews)(WHO) - '..Wuhan - the source of the disease - said the province provided hope for the rest of the world. Thursday was the first day it had not recorded a new case of COVID-19 since the outbreak..'(Bloomberg) - '..Bullard predicted .. an unprecedented 50% drop in gross domestic product.'