Georgia on Monday allowed residents to dine at restaurants for the first time in a month, as more U.S. states began easing restrictions where the coronavirus outbreak has taken a relatively light toll.
An employee bags up an order right before closing at a Waffle House on the day restaurants and theaters were allowed to reopen to the public as part of the phased reopening of businesses and restaurants from the coronavirus disease restrictions in Smyrna, Georgia, U.S. April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
Even so, some restaurant owners and managers in the state capital Atlanta said they would not reopen on Monday. Drive-in theaters may be an exception. The Swan Drive-In Theatre in Blue Ridge, about 90 miles north of Atlanta, will open this weekend, with new rules for parking and concessions to assure social distancing, according to a recorded telephone message.Business shutdowns have led to a record 26.5 million Americans filing for unemployment benefits since mid-March with forecasts by the Trump administration that the jobless rate would likely hit 16% or more in April.
Federal guidelines call for a state to record 14 days of declining case numbers before moving ahead with a phased-in relaxation of restrictions and to have testing and contact tracing programs in place. Contact tracing involves tracking down and testing people who may have been near others infected. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis said that White House Coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx told him on Monday that his state satisfied reopening criteria, such as a two-week fall in new cases.
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