NEW YORK CITY (WABC) The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City announced they will be reopening to the public with restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Starting Thursday, March 25, the museum will initially open with a four-day per week schedule (Thursday-Sunday, 10:00am-5:00pm).
Officials say enhanced health and safety measures will be implemented, including a mandatory face covering policy, enforced social distancing, capacity limits (25 percent), timed ticketing and increased cleaning and disinfecting procedures.
New and Restored Experiences
As part of an ongoing commitment to open and interpret spaces inside the WWII-era ship, officials say the Intrepid s pilot escalator has been restored and made available to the public for the first time in decades.
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Even before Wednesday s order, the U.S. was to have enough approved vaccine delivered by mid-May to cover every adult and enough for 400 million people total by the end of July. Enough doses to cover 200 million more people is on order should vaccines from AstraZeneca and Novavax receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The new J&J doses, which would cover another 100 million people, are expected to be delivered in the latter half of the year.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement Wednesday.
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