As COVID restrictions lift on N.H. businesses, many have no big plans to change
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Published: 5/7/2021 2:08:38 PM
For the past year, businesses and organizations in the state have been required to follow a series of regulations aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.
As of Friday at 11:59 p.m., those restrictions are being lifted, with a single voluntary set of guidelines coming into effect.
This new flexibility, though, doesn’t mean customers and employees should expect an overnight shift.
“It’s not going to be like a light switch. It is going to be more like a dimmer switch,” says Jay McSharry, a restaurateur on the Seacoast. “Things are slowly going to open up, or get brighter.”
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For the past year, businesses and organizations in the state have been required to follow a series of regulations aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19.
As of Friday at 11:59 p.m., those restrictions are being lifted, with a single voluntary set of guidelines coming into effect.
This new flexibility, though, doesn’t mean customers and employees should expect an overnight shift.
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