Capacity limits on a wide range of businesses and activities will loosen Friday as the state enters the next-to-last phase of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reopening plan.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have announced the state of Illinois on Friday will officially enter the Bridge Phase of Restore Illinois.
Capacity limits under the Bridge Phase are expanded for businesses, dining, offices, events, conferences and gatherings.
The exact metrics are 30% capacity for indoor dining, and 50% capacity outdoors.
Spectator events may have 60% capacity.
Offices, personal care, retail, and amusement parks are also allowed to increase to 60% capacity.
By its very definition, the phase is a “bridge” to Phase Five, which the IDPH has titled “Illinois Restored.” This is a full reopening, with no capacity limits.
All Illinois enters virus Bridge Phase
Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com
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WOOD RIVER Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Thursday confirmed the entire state will move into the Bridge Phase of the Restore Illinois reopening plan on Friday, May 14.
The Bridge Phase is the final step before the full reopening of Phase 5. The Bridge Phase, there are expanded capacity limits for businesses, dining, offices, events, conferences and gatherings. Restaurants, for example, will be allowed to increase from 25 to 30 percent of capacity, as long as people maintain six feet of distance from one another. Offices, personal care facilities and retail service counters can increase from 50 to 60 percent of capacity.