Governor Mills Announces Loosened COVID-19 Guidelines for Maine
Maine Governor Janet Mills announced a new plan on Friday morning called Moving Maine Forward .
This plan will instantly allow people from Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts to travel to Maine without doing a 10-day quarantine upon their arrival. Beginning on the first of May, all travelers, with the exception of those from states on the new exclusionary list , can come to Maine without the need to take a COVID-19 swab test or quarantining.
According to News Center Maine, the Governor s new plan seeks to boost the Maine economy, primarily through tourism. The plan calls for business and church capacity to significantly increase from 50 to 75 percent prior to the Memorial Day holiday. Mills has also announced a potential reopening date of Maine s bars and tasting rooms for March 26th. She went on to indicate that those establishments would still have to function under Maine s current Seated Food and Drin