Gov. Hogan lifts stay-at-home order, certain businesses can now reopen on Friday

Gov. Hogan lifts stay-at-home order, certain businesses can now reopen on Friday

*NOT BE REOPENING ANY MOREBUSINESSES TOMORROW NIGHT,EVEN AS THE*STATE MOVES INTOPHASE ONE OF THE REOPENINGPROCESS.

BALTIMORE CITY MAYORJACK YOUNG AND BALTIMORECOUNTY EXECUTIVE JOHNOLSZEWSKI ARE EXPECTED TORELEASE THEIR PLANS LATERTODAY.

THEY RELEASED A JOINTSTATEMENT LAST NIGHT, AFTERGOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN ANNOUNCEDTHAT THE STA━A━HOME ORDERWOULD BE*EASED AS OF TOMORROWNIGHT.

It reads "FOR THEBALTIMORE REGION TO SAFELYMOVE INTO ALL OF PHASE ONE, WENEED MORE ACCESS TO PERSONAPROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, AS WELLAS INCREASED TESTING CAPACITAND MORE ROBUST CONTACTTRACING... WEPROGRESS IN EACH OF THESEAREAS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO EVENMORE." THE HOWARD COUNTYEXECUTIVE HAS ALREADYANNOUNCED THAT BUSINESSES INHOWARD COUNTY WILL*NOT REOPENTOMORROW NIGHT.

CALVIN BALLSAYS THE COUNTY IS NOT READYTO START RELAXINGRESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE IT HASNOT MEET THE CRITERIA TO STARTPHASE ONE, SUCH AS A DROP INHOSPITALIZATIONS AND ANINCREASED THE AVAILABILITY OFTESTING.

THAT'S ALSO THECONCERN OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTYEXECUTIVE STEURART PITTMAN,WHO SAYS THE COUNTY HAS NOTREACHED ALL OF THEREQUIREMENTS.

PITTMAN SAYS HEPLANS TO REVIEW HOGANSRECOMMENDATIONS WITH THECOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODECIDE WHICH ONES TO ADOPT.CECIL COUNTY EXECUTIVE ALANMCCARTHY PLANS TO ANNOUNCEINITIAL PLANS FOR EASINGRESTRICTIONS IN THE COUNTY ATONE O'CLOCK TOMORRAFTERNOON.

IN A STATEMENT HESAID CECIL COUNTY'S PLAN TOEASE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE INPHASES, AND WHILE HE DOESEXPECT TO EVENTUALLY REOPENTHE LOCAL ECONOMY, QUOTE "WILL NOT EXPOSE OUR CITIZENSTO UNNECESSARY RISKS THATENDANGERS THE OVERALL HEALTHOF OUR COMMUNITY"SO━ WHILE SOME COUNTIES AWAITING TO REOPEN, OTHERS WILLBE ALLOWING SOME BUSINESSES TOPARTIALLY REOPEN, AS OFTOMORROW NIGHT AT 5.

THAT'SWHEN THE STATEWIDE STA━A━HOME ORDER WILL OFFICIALLYBE LIFTED..

WMA━2 NEW'S MEGANKNIGHT IS LIVE IN BEL AIR.HARFORD COUNTY*WILL BEOPENING UP━ BUT MEGAN STAGEONE DOES*NOT INCLUDE EVERYSINGLE BUSINESS.RETAIL STORES HERE ALONG MAINSTREET IN BEL AIR WILL BEALLOWED TO AT LEAST PARTIALLYREOPEN AFTER FIVE ━MTOMORROW.

UNFORTUNATELY THERESTAURANTS AND BARS HERE WILLHAVE TO CONTINUE EITHER DOINGCARRYOUT OR CURBSIDE PICKUAND CINSIDE JUST YET.

GOVERNHOGAN ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THHE IS BEGINNING STAGE ONEHIS RECOVERY PLAN BY LIFTINTHE STA━ A━HOME ORDERSTARTING AT FIVE ━M TOMORRORETAIL STORES CAN OPEN ATPERCENT CAPACITY& SAME WITHBARBERSHOPS AND HAIR SALONS&PET GROOMERS AND CAR WASHES.ALL MANUFACTURING CAN RESUMEWITH SAFETY PRACTICES INPLACE.

CHURCHES CAN REOPEN ANDARE ENCOURAGED TO HOLD OUTDOORSERVICES.

IF THEY MUST GOINSIDE& THEY CAN ONLY BE AT 50PERCENT CAPACITY.

HOGAN SAIDHE IS STARTING STAGE ONE OFHIS RECOVERY PLAN BECAUSECERTAIN NUMBERS RELATED TO TCORONAVIRUS ARE STARTING TOTREND DOWNWARD IN MARYLANDSPECIFICALLY HOSPITALIZATIORATES AND ━━U PATIENTS.

HEIS ALLOWING COUNTIES TO DECIDEIF THEY WANT TO REOPEN& WHICHSOME HAVE ALREADY SAID THEYDWARNED THAT IF NUMBERS SHARPLYINCREASE AND WE SEE ANOUTBREAK& IT WILL BE BACK TOSQUARE ONE.

Governor Hogan19:5━20:13 Imove into Phase 2 and get therest of the businesses openbut a lot of it depends on howeveryone treats this firstphase.

If everybody goes crazyand does things that areunsafe weand slow down the process.

Andif everyone respondsresponsibly we will be able tomove forward quicker.

HOGANSAID THAT EVERYONE MUSTCONTINUE HEALTH AND SAFETYPRACTICES LIKE STAYING SIFEET FROM PEOPLE AND WEARINFACE MASKS IN PUBLIC, INDOORSPACES.

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