Covid rollbacks- bars closing

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Governor beshear announcing two new steps today to battle the surge in cases we're seeing in the commonwealth.... and it's no surprise...these new adaptions effect bars...and restaurants... abc 36's monica harkins joins us in the studio with those details.

L3 monica: top story white these roll backs fall directly in line with federal recommendations.... kentucky has already been doing step one and two the white house recommends...masks and limited informal gatherings.

Now step....three...start ing tomorrow free- standing bars will be ordered to close and step four... indoor seating at restaurants will have to be reduced to 25% capacity....the lowest its ever been during the pandemic.

The governor says today's executive order won't affect outdoor seating at restaurants...as long as diners are able to social distance.

Something important to note...these new steps aren't indefinite.

Beshear says it only applies for two weeks to help slow the surge we're seeing right now....so we don't become like other states that are overwhelmed because of this virus.

"beshear: i don't want to be a state where casket makers are running out their caskets that they're loading on 18-wheelers to come to us.

That's happening right now in other state's.

I don't want to be a state that has to order freezer trucks because their morgues run out of space."

And the start of school is on the forefront of thousands of kentuckians's minds right now.... governor beshear made a new recommendation regarding school as well today....saying all schools need to postpone in-person classes until at least the third week in august.

L3 monica: white so what needs to happen to go back...beshear says he wants kentucky's positivity rate to go down....and he'll reassess...in two weeks.

Monica harkins abc 36 news.