“Nonessential personal appearances in civil courts are being temporarily suspended, and only a number of in-person essential and emergency matters will be heard in criminal, family and housing court,” she said in the video.

The definition of essential matters was not immediately available. By lessening the amount of people inside its facilities, the court system is aiming to curb the person-to-person interactions that can lead to new infections.

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