Despite demand for restaurant food, some can t fully open due to staffing shortages. Author: Jerry Carnes Updated: 6:28 AM EDT May 3, 2021
ATLANTA As hungry Americans eager for a meal cooked by someone else are flocking back to local restaurants, many are struggling to find enough employees to meet pent up demand.
The pandemic has flipped the restaurant industry upside down restricting the number of customers who could enter and the loss of business was enough to force many to close.
Now that COVID restrictions are loosening, there are restaurants that can’t fully open due to staffing shortages. In Georgia, the shortage is about 15%.
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Caption Gov. Brian Kemp announced four mass COVID-19 vaccination sites are set to open in Georgia on Feb. 18, 2021. Credit: Beau Evans/Capitol Beat News Service
Gov. Brian Kemp is set to roll back longstanding COVID-19 distancing restrictions in Georgia amid a mix of relief and concern from local businesses and public-health experts.
Starting Thursday, Georgia’s months-long ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in one place will be lifted per orders from the governor, who has steadily moved to ease safety measures imposed since the virus swept the state in March last year.
Restaurants and bars will be allowed to seat patrons at least 3.5 feet from each other instead of the previous 6-foot requirement. Movie-goers can sit 3 feet from each other in indoor theaters. A shelter-in-place order for nursing homes and other elderly-care facilities also will be lifted.
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