New York, New Jersey, Connecticut closing bars, restaurants indefinitely starting Monday night
Source: Politico
ALBANY, N.Y. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have agreed to close bars, restaurants and other businesses and impose curfews that begin at 8 p.m. daily, a sweeping and so-far unprecedented regional effort to enforce social distancing as new coronavirus cases jump across the nation.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday morning that all gyms, movie theaters and casinos will also close indefinitely starting at 8 p.m. Monday. Bars and restaurants will only be available for takeout services. Gatherings of more than 50 people are banned, which follows guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Sunday evening.
The governors, who spoke to reporters on a joint conference call, said they will shut down all non-essential services from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. every day. Essential services include grocery stores, gas stations and pharmacies.
We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states, Cuomo said. So dont even think about going to a neighboring state because theres going to be a different set of conditions. I believe we are the only region in the country that has done this.
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samnsara
(17,634 posts)..order and go get it take away.
no_hypocrisy
(46,160 posts)Predicting the lines will be out the door starting today.
bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)"OMFG! DEMOCRATS ARE COMING FOR OUR FOOD!!!"
sakabatou
(42,170 posts)HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Dammit.
3Hotdogs
(12,400 posts)I have a big hunch I know its gonna be red.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)are doing then those testing positive could go home and the rest stay.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)the correlation between a positive test result and when a patient may be infectious. We must exercise and abundance of caution and shut them all down.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)I voted for him and now he needs to step up to the plate and do everything he can to protect the citizens of his state.
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)The taps will run green starting at 3 pm today.
henbuck
(46 posts)It will not help anything or slow the spread of the virus. Throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.