San Francisco Mayor London Breed released a plan for a phased reopening of the city Thursday, including dates for when restaurants, hair salons and barber shops and indoor religious services will be able to resume operating.
“We actually have a guide for what San Francisco will look like as we begin to envision a normal future where we can get our city going, get back to work and get back to our lives as we know it, although we will be making a number of adjustments in this process,” Breed said during a press briefing.
Breed offered specific dates for Phase 2A (June 1), Phase 2B (June 15) and Phase 2C (July 13) of the reopening process, but said San Francisco officials will not commit to additional dates until they see whether a spike in coronavirus cases occurs during the plan’s early stages.
San Francisco’s phased reopening ahead of other prominent Bay Area counties breaks with a norm: City officials have until now remained in lockstep with officials from Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Santa Clara County and San Mateo County since health officers from six counties joined together to announce the nation’s first stay-at-home order March 16.
San Mateo County plans to release a revised shelter-in-place order of its own that also will move toward reopening, but it won’t necessarily align with what San Francisco is doing, said San Mateo County Public Information Officer Preston Merchant.
“We’re all trying to move in the direction of the governor’s orders, but we’re doing so at a different pace, and opening some things and not necessarily others,” he said.
In Santa Clara County, Deputy Executive David Campos did not directly comment on San Francisco’s reopening plan, but said that Santa Clara “will wait at least an incubation period (two weeks) to open additional sectors, announcing modifications to the order several days before they take effect.”
Marin County plans to release new reopening guidelines Friday that are similar to San Francisco’s but don’t project as far out into the future, said Public Information Officer Laine Hendricks.
“We’re seeing spikes in confirmed cases up here, so we’re trying to move forward with an abundance of caution,” she said.
Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax, San Francisco’s public health director, indicated that San Francisco’s dense population and its capacity for testing played a role in the decision to release details for a phased reopening Thursday.
“We’ve made remarkable progress in (testing) and just to look at our rates compared to other regions, we are doing very well,” Colfax said. “I’m pleased where we are with regard to our testing capacity, we will continue to expand that, but right now we are in the right place.”
San Francisco’s aggressive outreach campaign has made the county the statewide leader in coronavirus testing.
Breed acknowledged Thursday that San Francisco is proceeding differently than other Bay Area counties. “Everyone has a different scenario and a different guide,” she said. “Every county has different challenges.”
When Phase 2A begins Monday, Breed said childcare centers, botanical gardens, and outdoor museums and historical sites will be permitted to reopen. Phase 2B, which begins two weeks later, is a much more significant date for businesses as indoor retail, outdoor dining, religious services and ceremonies, professional sporting events (without fans), outdoor exercise classes and non-emergency medical appointments such as visits to the dentist will be allowed to resume.
That phase opens the door for the San Francisco Giants to begin training at Oracle Park as soon as June 15 if Major League Baseball sets a new start date for the 2020 regular season. It would also allow the Golden State Warriors to reopen their practice facility at the Chase Center.
“Once we receive approval by the County Health Officer, we plan to open our practice facility for voluntary workouts with our players,” the Warriors said in a statement. “In doing so, we will follow all health and safety protocols and procedures implemented by the NBA, the City and County and our own additional COVID-19 measures.”
Phase 2C, slated for July 13, is when indoor dining with modifications can resume, hair salons and barber shops can reopen and in-person real estate open houses will be able to take place provided they are by appointment.
Breed did not give a specific date for moving to Phase 3, which would include the reopening of schools with modifications, bars, other personal services like nail salons, massage parlors, gyms and fitness centers, playgrounds, swimming pools and indoor museums.
The final phase of the plan includes the opportunity for concert venues, stadiums, nightclubs and festivals to reopen with people in attendance.“For the next 12 and 18 months, we are going to go back to the life we knew before, but with some adjustments to our new normal as a result of COVID,” Breed said.
Staff writers Marisa Kendall and Fiona Kelliher contributed to this article.
"plan" - Google News
May 29, 2020 at 08:57AM
https://ift.tt/2yGxb78
Coronavirus: San Francisco mayor releases plan for phased reopening of city - The Mercury News
"plan" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2un5VYV
Shoes Man Tutorial
Pos News Update
Meme Update
Korean Entertainment News
Japan News Update
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Coronavirus: San Francisco mayor releases plan for phased reopening of city - The Mercury News"
Post a Comment