States impose curfews on bars and restaurants as Covid-19 cases soar
4 years, 1 month ago

States impose curfews on bars and restaurants as Covid-19 cases soar

CNN  

Kaiser Health News — As states and cities around the country enact curfews on bars and restaurants to limit the spread of Covid-19, many different calls are being made on “last call.” In Massachusetts, eateries must stop serving at 9:30 p.m. New York, Ohio and an increasing number of states are setting 10 p.m. closing times for indoor dining, while in Oklahoma, bars and restaurants can keep the rounds going until the wee hour of 11 p.m. “I do think things need to be a little bit tightened down,” said David Lopez, general manager of Manny’s Restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, and incoming president of the city’s restaurant association. “We had no outbreaks in the time we’ve been open,” said Sean Kenyon, who owns three restaurants and bars in Denver. “We knew there would be a second wave, but we thought society would be more well equipped and well informed to deal with it.” Kenyon said that late-night bargoers are only a problem for establishments that don’t strictly enforce their rules, which he added takes effort given the blowback from patrons who don’t want to wear masks when they enter.

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Covid19 spike spoils Lucknow’s eating-out scene!
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid19 spike spoils Lucknow’s eating-out scene!

Hindustan Times  

The surge in Covid-19 cases and the night curfew in the state capital have already hit restaurants hard. They were still recovering from last year’s lockdown and the unlock phase, when this wave has left customers wary of eating out. Eateries in Lucknow, on their part, are ensuring all safety protocols Chef and restaurateur Nittin Mohan opened his restaurant only …

Restaurant sector stares at massive losses as states reimpose strict Covid-19 curbs
3 years, 9 months ago

Restaurant sector stares at massive losses as states reimpose strict Covid-19 curbs

India Today  

India is staring at a second Covid-19 wave with daily numbers crossing the 1-lakh mark and businesses are once again worried about the economic slowdown as a result of curbs that states are announcing to tackle the virus spread. While Maharashtra has imposed a partial lockdown, Delhi government has announced a night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am till …

Dining rules help curb spread of covid-19
3 years, 10 months ago

Dining rules help curb spread of covid-19

Live Mint  

New York —A new national study adds strong evidence that mask mandates can slow the spread of the coronavirus, and that allowing dining at restaurants can increase cases and deaths. It looked at counties placed under state-issued mask mandates and at counties that allowed restaurant dining — both indoors and at tables outside. The scientists found that mask mandates were …

Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings
3 years, 10 months ago

Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings

LA Times  

Greg Abbott says Texas is lifting its mask mandate, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 43,000 Texans. “Removing statewide mandates does not end personal responsibility,” said Abbott, speaking from a crowded dining room where many of those surrounding him were not wearing masks. “It’s …

Pandemic restaurant closures produce glut of used equipment
3 years, 10 months ago

Pandemic restaurant closures produce glut of used equipment

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Bonilla’s family business, American Restaurant Supply in San Leandro, …

California’s outdoor dining ban was controversial. Did it help slow the COVID-19 surge?
3 years, 11 months ago

California’s outdoor dining ban was controversial. Did it help slow the COVID-19 surge?

LA Times  

An employee washes the windows at Baramee Thai Restaurant in San Pedro as it reopened Friday for outdoor dining. The dangers are such that “I’ve never gone to an outdoor dining restaurant since the pandemic began,” said UC Berkeley epidemiologist Dr. John Swartzberg. “I do think it’s very hard on people.” California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Dr. Mark …

Nightly curfew for pandemic takes effect across Quebec
4 years ago

Nightly curfew for pandemic takes effect across Quebec

Associated Press  

QUEBEC CITY — A curfew meant to curb a surge in coronavirus infections took effect across Quebec on Saturday evening. Tens of people die every day.” The rules will see most residents face police questions or fines of up to $6,000 Canadian if they’re out between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. for the next four weeks. Just before the curfew …

Cuomo reinstates NYC indoor dining ban to limit virus spread
4 years ago

Cuomo reinstates NYC indoor dining ban to limit virus spread

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Indoor dining at New York City restaurants will be banned again in an effort to halt the coronavirus resurgence, Gov. “In New York City, you put the CDC caution on indoor dining together with the rate of transmission and the density and the crowding, that is a bad situation,” he said, adding that the shutdown will be …

DC boosts limits on restaurants, gatherings amid virus spike
4 years, 1 month ago

DC boosts limits on restaurants, gatherings amid virus spike

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital is tightening its public COVID-19 restrictions in the face of spiraling virus numbers locally and around the country. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that the District of Columbia will remain in Phase 2 of its reopening plan, but she announced a number of adjustments, “so that we can get the virus under control in our …

The Latest: China tests millions amid new virus flare-ups
4 years, 1 month ago

The Latest: China tests millions amid new virus flare-ups

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy BEIJING — Chinese authorities are …

L.A. County restaurant owners fear they won’t survive another COVID-19 shutdown
4 years, 1 month ago

L.A. County restaurant owners fear they won’t survive another COVID-19 shutdown

LA Times  

L.A. County public health officials announced a three-week suspension of in-person dining that will begin Wednesday night. “Usually the holidays are a nice little bump for us, but it looks like that’s not going to happen this year.” Shaw said he fears the ban on outdoor dining would extend beyond three weeks — and that Beaches is going to be …

Pennsylvania to ban alcohol sales at bars and restaurants on Thanksgiving eve in effort to stop coronavirus spread
4 years, 1 month ago

Pennsylvania to ban alcohol sales at bars and restaurants on Thanksgiving eve in effort to stop coronavirus spread

CNN  

CNN — In an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19, Pennsylvania state officials announced Monday that residents will not be able to drink alcohol at bars or restaurants the night before Thanksgiving. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced that the temporary suspension will go into effect on 5 p.m. Wednesday and remain in place until …

Strict New Limits Imposed Coast To Coast In U.S. As COVID-19 Surge Continues
4 years, 1 month ago

Strict New Limits Imposed Coast To Coast In U.S. As COVID-19 Surge Continues

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING - The city of Philadelphia and several large U.S. states on Monday announced strict new limits on social gatherings and commercial activity to tamp down a coronavirus surge threatening to overwhelm healthcare systems and claim thousands more lives in the weeks ahead. New Jersey, California, Ohio and Pennsylvania’s largest city joined a growing list of states and …

New COVID-19 restrictions on dining, gyms in Washington
4 years, 1 month ago

New COVID-19 restrictions on dining, gyms in Washington

Associated Press  

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Sunday announced new restrictions on businesses and social gatherings for the next four weeks as the state continues to combat a rising number of coronavirus cases. In recent days, Inslee and health officials had warned that new restrictions were likely in order to slow the trajectory of new cases and to prevent …

New York shuts early as hospitals fill up in Europe
4 years, 1 month ago

New York shuts early as hospitals fill up in Europe

Live Mint  

Bars and restaurants in New York will shut early on Friday as part of fresh measures designed to slow surging new coronavirus infections in the United States as hospitals in many European countries fill up with new patients. "Covid fatigue is definitely setting in," Newark mayor Ras Baraka said after imposing a nighttime curfew Thursday on his city on the …

Pandemic Means Closing Time For Many New York City Restaurants And Bars
4 years, 2 months ago

Pandemic Means Closing Time For Many New York City Restaurants And Bars

NPR  

Pandemic Means Closing Time For Many New York City Restaurants And Bars Enlarge this image toggle caption Camille Petersen Camille Petersen Nitecap, a bar in Manhattan's Lower East Side, did not have a big party to say goodbye. She says she told Nitecap's landlord early on that the bar would not be able to make its usual rent payments. But …

Covid’s next casualty – American restaurants (opinion)
4 years, 5 months ago

Covid’s next casualty – American restaurants (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John Avlon is a senior political analyst at CNN. One of the bill’s original co-sponsors, Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker said in a statement to CNN that, “The growing momentum for the Restaurants Act in the Senate and the House is something that should be considered as the next recovery package comes together …This relief is also critical for …

Covid-19: Closing bars to stop coronavirus spread is backed by science
4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Closing bars to stop coronavirus spread is backed by science

Hindustan Times  

Authorities are closing honky tonks, bars and other drinking establishments in some parts of the U.S. to stem the surge of COVID-19 infections — a move backed by sound science about risk factors that go beyond wearing or not wearing masks. “In 12 days, we went from two identified cases to 128, and, honestly, I don’t have today’s numbers yet,” …

NYC delays resumption of indoor dining at restaurants
4 years, 6 months ago

NYC delays resumption of indoor dining at restaurants

Live Mint  

Indoor dining at New York City restaurants will be delayed out of fear it would cause a spike in coronavirus infections, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. But the news we have gotten from around the country gets worse and worse all the time.” Cuomo said the ban on indoor dining would be confined to New …

I Ate At A Restaurant In What Was Once COVID-19’s Deadliest County
4 years, 6 months ago

I Ate At A Restaurant In What Was Once COVID-19’s Deadliest County

Huff Post  

Andy Campbell/HuffPost Social distancing is important during the coronavirus pandemic, especially as more and more establishments reopen. “The most dangerous thing you can do right now is to be in an enclosed space with a bunch of other people, and that is what a restaurant is.” - Michael Schall, co-owner of Locanda Vini e Olii It’s still really bad out …

How Restaurants Will Be Different When They Reopen After COVID-19 Closures
4 years, 7 months ago

How Restaurants Will Be Different When They Reopen After COVID-19 Closures

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As stay-at-home orders elapse in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, restaurateurs will need to formulate plans for when, how and whether to fully reopen to the public. “As an industry, we will all adjust and do everything we can to keep/bring back our staff and do what we love the most, feeding our community.” Andreas Rentz …

How relaxed coronavirus restrictions in WA will change holidays, restaurants and going back to work
4 years, 7 months ago

How relaxed coronavirus restrictions in WA will change holidays, restaurants and going back to work

ABC  

Like people all over the country, West Australians have been subject to a range of lifestyle restrictions for the past couple of months thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and the risk it poses to public health. That's the maximum number of people that will be allowed to gather together, both inside and out — up from 10 people currently. The …

US life with COVID-19: A state-by-state patchwork of rules
4 years, 9 months ago

US life with COVID-19: A state-by-state patchwork of rules

Associated Press  

As the nation struggles to reconcile itself to a new and spreading peril, it also struggles with a patchwork of rules that vary dizzyingly from place to place: For now, your life and lockdown in the shadow of COVID-19 depends on where you live. “It’s been lurking in the room, weighing heavily on us: what is the right answer, what …

States order bar closures and restaurant restrictions as coronavirus cases climb
4 years, 9 months ago

States order bar closures and restaurant restrictions as coronavirus cases climb

CNN  

CNN — Some states are ordering the closure of bars and restaurants and hospitality giants Disney and MGM are shuttering their resorts as coronavirus continues to spread across the United States and officials try to contain it. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, later announced the closure of “bars, nightclubs, restaurants, entertainment venues and gyms until March 31 unless extended,” in …

Inslee to order all bars/restaurants to close to fight virus
4 years, 9 months ago

Inslee to order all bars/restaurants to close to fight virus

Associated Press  

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday night that he would order all bars, restaurants, entertainment and recreation facilities to temporarily close to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the state with by far the most deaths in the U.S. from the disease. In a statement Inslee said the ban, to be issued via emergency proclamation Monday, wouldn’t …

Anthony Fauci doesn’t rule out supporting temporary national lockdown to combat coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Anthony Fauci doesn’t rule out supporting temporary national lockdown to combat coronavirus

CNN  

Washington CNN — The nation’s top infectious disease expert on Sunday did not rule out supporting a temporary national lockdown of the country’s restaurants and bars in order to curb the spread of coronavirus, saying he’d like to see a “dramatic” reduction in activity in order to fight the disease. Asked by CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “State of the Union” …

Coronavirus outbreak has some Los Angeles restaurants taking drastic measures
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak has some Los Angeles restaurants taking drastic measures

LA Times  

Henry’s Cuisine in Alhambra closed temporarily this week due to a decrease in business caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak. “We’ve removed tables to increase space between guests, invested in the world’s last bottles of Lysol to disinfect server stations throughout the shift, and have changed the way we handle cash and table settings.” Similar sentiments were shared on social …

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