Here’s a look at the plan, as outlined by Metro Health:
If Nashville reaches a 20 percent vaccination rate next week, a new Public Health Order with the following changes can be expected by the weekend of March 27th:
Indoor gatherings limit increases to 10 people (currently 8 people) without Health Department approval required.
Bar & restaurant capacity: Socially distanced, cap of 175 people per floor (currently 125)
Bar counters: Maintain social distancing; no capacity percentage cap.
Restaurant and bar hours extended to 2:00 a.m. (currently 1:00 a.m.).
Increasing indoor dining party size to 10 people (currently 8 people), consistent with 10-person indoor gathering size guidance.
Increasing outdoor dining party size to 25, consistent with 25-person outdoor gathering limit.
Reactions to Whitmer restaurant capacity expansion
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In a photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Michigan s health department lifted a monthslong ban on contact sports that was ordered to help curb rising coronavirus cases, starting Monday, as long as masks are worn. Thursday s announcement from the governor came a week after she had expressed optimism about a restart. If face coverings cannot be worn, athletes must be regularly tested for COVID-19 under the revised order. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
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This is not an academic exercise. It is not a threshold that we should in any way celebrate reaching. What we need to recognize is that without community action, we are going to find ourselves in a very difficult situation, Hidalgo said.
Hidalgo added that this is the last wake-up call we might get and called for residents to avoid any gatherings with people they don t live with to help prevent the spread of the virus.
When asked about Gov. Abbott s threshold, she said it s something she welcomes. I welcome a threshold the governor has laid out. We need that sharp change right now, Hidalgo said. I am concerned that this threshold has not yielded the necessary change in other areas, like El Paso. Right now, the best thing we can do is take this threshold as a wake-up call.
bars, racing to contain new outbreaks. the governor of texas ordering all bars and outdoor tubing businesses to close immediately, and limiting restaurant capacity to 50%, one day after pressing pause on the state s next phase of reopening. today we find ourselves careening toward a catastrophic and unsustainable situation. reporter: houston tonight raising its covid alert to the highest level, warning of uncontrolled transmission. new cases doubling in less than two weeks. in dallas, icus over 70% full. i need you to put your mask on. i need you to help me. that s how you can help me. reporter: new cases surging in florida. nearly 9,000 new infections today alone. the state pausing plans for the next phase of reopening. the governor pointing to younger people. the community transmission is being driven by that 18 to 35-year-old group. reporter: the state now suspending drinking at all bars, calling them a breeding ground. i would not personally go to an indoor restaurant
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