Tennessee, Mississippi and Montana are set to lift some coronavirus lockdown restrictions Monday, with certain businesses that can practice social distancing allowed to welcome customers again.
Tennesse’s Gov. Bill Lee gave eateries and shops in the majority of counties the green light to conduct business again this week with reduced service and more strict hygiene practices to prevent coronavirus, the Nashville Tennessean reported.
“We are pursuing a careful, measured approach to reopening our economy that does not depend on heavy-handed mandates but instead provides practical tools for businesses of all sizes,” Lee said Friday in a statement.
Restaurants will be able to open Monday at 50% reduced capacity with retailers set to follow two days later under the same guidelines, he said.
Businesses are also asked to keep workers and customers six feet apart, quiz staff about possible exposure to the virus and take their temperatures, as well as encourage employees to wear cloth face coverings, according to the report.
“We must stay vigilant as a state, continue to practice social distancing, and engage in best practices at our businesses so that we can stay open,” Lee said.
Business, however, won’t resume in six counties — Davidson, Shelby, Knox, Madison, Hamilton and Sullivan areas — which operate their own health departments and decided to wait longer, the newspaper reported.
Meanwhile, in Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves has announced that a “safer at home” order will go into effect 8 a.m. Monday that will allow most retailers to reopen at 50% capacity, news station WREG reported.
The new edict will not allow businesses that require social contact — such as salons, gyms, spas and tattoo parlors — to reopen, according to the outlet.
Places of entertainment, including casinos, theaters, bars and museums, will also need to keep their lights off longer, the report said. Restaurants also are still restricted to drive-thru, carry out and delivery.
“This safer-at-home order is not a return to normal. I wish it was,” Reeves said.
Montana’s Gov. Steve Bullock also has begun to allow businesses to gradually reopen, with retailers getting the OK to start on Monday.
Hair and nail salons, body art and massage businesses are among those that can open, but they are recommended to follow guidelines to reduce customers, screen them for symptoms and to encourage employees and customers use non-medical face masks.
“I know Montanans are hurting. I do know that we need to figure out ways to get to what a new normal might look like, and these are those measured steps to do so,” Bullock said.
Colorado will also take steps Monday to lift some restrictions with retailers allowed to reopen for curbside pick-up, the Denver Post reported.
Some personal service providers, including hair salons, dental offices and tattoo shops, are authorized to reopen as well with social-distancing precautions, the outlet reported.
The first phase of reopening in the states comes after Georgia forged ahead with plans to loosen restrictions on bowling alleys, nail salons and more.
Across the country, have been more than 956,000 cases of COVID-19 with at least 54,000 deaths, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University
Some health officials, however, have warned that the push to reopen before testing expands could prompt a second wave of infections.
“Until we know how far along the epidemic curve we are, we can’t really make informed decisions about opening up and how to do that in sensible way because we simply don’t know whether we’re close to the first peak or not,” said Caroline Buckee, an associate director of the Harvard University’s Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, according to CNN.
“We could see a second wave that could be even more deadly.”
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Tennesse’s Gov. Bill Lee gave eateries and shops in the majority of counties the green light to conduct business again this week with reduced service and more strict hygiene practices to prevent coronavirus, the Nashville Tennessean reported.
“We are pursuing a careful, measured approach to reopening our economy that does not depend on heavy-handed mandates but instead provides practical tools for businesses of all sizes,” Lee said Friday in a statement.
Restaurants will be able to open Monday at 50% reduced capacity with retailers set to follow two days later under the same guidelines, he said.
Businesses are also asked to keep workers and customers six feet apart, quiz staff about possible exposure to the virus and take their temperatures, as well as encourage employees to wear cloth face coverings, according to the report.
“We must stay vigilant as a state, continue to practice social distancing, and engage in best practices at our businesses so that we can stay open,” Lee said.
Business, however, won’t resume in six counties — Davidson, Shelby, Knox, Madison, Hamilton and Sullivan areas — which operate their own health departments and decided to wait longer, the newspaper reported.
Meanwhile, in Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves has announced that a “safer at home” order will go into effect 8 a.m. Monday that will allow most retailers to reopen at 50% capacity, news station WREG reported.
The new edict will not allow businesses that require social contact — such as salons, gyms, spas and tattoo parlors — to reopen, according to the outlet.
Places of entertainment, including casinos, theaters, bars and museums, will also need to keep their lights off longer, the report said. Restaurants also are still restricted to drive-thru, carry out and delivery.
“This safer-at-home order is not a return to normal. I wish it was,” Reeves said.
Montana’s Gov. Steve Bullock also has begun to allow businesses to gradually reopen, with retailers getting the OK to start on Monday.
Hair and nail salons, body art and massage businesses are among those that can open, but they are recommended to follow guidelines to reduce customers, screen them for symptoms and to encourage employees and customers use non-medical face masks.
“I know Montanans are hurting. I do know that we need to figure out ways to get to what a new normal might look like, and these are those measured steps to do so,” Bullock said.
Colorado will also take steps Monday to lift some restrictions with retailers allowed to reopen for curbside pick-up, the Denver Post reported.
Some personal service providers, including hair salons, dental offices and tattoo shops, are authorized to reopen as well with social-distancing precautions, the outlet reported.
The first phase of reopening in the states comes after Georgia forged ahead with plans to loosen restrictions on bowling alleys, nail salons and more.
Across the country, have been more than 956,000 cases of COVID-19 with at least 54,000 deaths, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University
Some health officials, however, have warned that the push to reopen before testing expands could prompt a second wave of infections.
“Until we know how far along the epidemic curve we are, we can’t really make informed decisions about opening up and how to do that in sensible way because we simply don’t know whether we’re close to the first peak or not,” said Caroline Buckee, an associate director of the Harvard University’s Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, according to CNN.
“We could see a second wave that could be even more deadly.”
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