The National Restaurant Association tells ABC that while the updated CDC guidance is an encouraging step, 'the Association won't be immediately updating its COVID-19 Operating Guidance.'
A worker wearing a protective mask pours a beer inside a restaurant in San Francisco, May 6, 2021.
. Thanks to the increased vaccination rates, which Cuomo cited as a key indicator for loosening those restrictions, restaurants and bars in the city can also resume normal operating hours starting May 17 for outdoor dining and May 31 inside. In Los Angeles County, indoor dining is restricted to operating with a maximum of 50% occupancy, according to the Department of Public Health.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky faced criticism for the CDC being too slow to provide a path back to normalcy for fully vaccinated people, over 117 million of whom are in the U.S. Walensky has defended the CDC's approach as scientifically-based to ensure protection not just for individuals but also the entire U.S. population. The majority of the American population remains unvaccinated.
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