Texas reopens restaurants, Utah reopens salons. As several states lift coronavirus restrictions, many warn of a second wave if social distancing ends too soon.
A week after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp plunged Georgia into the middle of a national social experiment — rolling back restrictions on businesses in an effort to restart the economy after a monthlong shutdown to halt the spread of COVID-19 — some restaurants, salons and tattoo parlors remain shuttered. Most that are opening are proceeding cautiously.
But Grisham noted that because in most of New Mexico, residents’ actions had begun to “flatten the statewide curve,” the state will gradually lift restrictions, allowing for partial reopenings of nonessential businesses, including some retailers that can offer delivery and curbside pickup.“These changes do not make our fight against the virus any easier; in fact, New Mexicans’ obligation to our social contract only deepens as we enter the next phase,” Grisham said.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that the city will open 40 miles of streets this month to pedestrians in a bid to encourage social distancing as the weather warms up. De Blasio said May will be a decisive month in the city’s battle to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
They sat six feet apart at tables inside and on the patio. Many of the restaurant’s 30 staff returned to serve them, getting their temperatures checked beforehand, but a few stayed home, general manager Claudette Cote said.
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