Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County will not move into Stage 3

Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County will not move into Stage 3

TODAY - ALL BUSINESSES INMARYLAND CAN REOPEN - ATREDUCED CAPACITY..

AS THESTATE ENTERS STAGE THREE OFITS CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY PLAN.BALTIMORE COUNTY, ALONG WITHCARROLL, HOWARD, HARFORD,CECIL, SAINT MARY'S, CALVERTAND CHARLES COUNTIES WILL MOVETO STAGE THREE TONIGHT ATFIVE..

THEATERS ANDPERFORMANCE ART VENUES CANOPEN THIS WEEKEND, BUT ONLY AT50 PERCENT CAPACITY..

AND THEYCANNOT EXCEED 100 PEOPLE.MEANWHILE, BALTIMORE CITY ANDANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY WILL*NOTMOVING INTO STAGE THREETONIGHT.

WMAR-2 NEWS ERINMACPHERSON JOINS US LIVE FROMTHE SENATOR THEATER IN NORTHBALTIMORE WITH MORE ON THEIRPLANS.BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR JACKYOUNG AND ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTYEXECUTIVE STEUART PITTMAN HAVESIMILAR VIEWS ON WAY -STRESSING THE FOCUS NEEDS TOBE ON MORE CRITICAL NEEDS ANDNOT MOVIE THEATERS.

THEY BOTHSAID ONE OF THE MAINPRIORITIES RIGHT NOW ISRE-OPENING SCHOOLS ANDLOWERING THE NUMBER OFCORONAVIRUS CASES.

THERE'SBEEN AN INCREASE IN CASES INANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN THELAST COUPLE OF WEEKS SOPITTMAN SAYS THEY'RE STAYINGIN PHASE TWO.

AS FOR BALTIMORECITY - THEY'RE STAYING INPHASE ONE, AT LEAST FOR RIGHTNOW.

1:34“While some parts ofthe state may feel ready tomove fully into Phase Three,the is not the case forBaltimore City.

The data forBaltimore looks promising, andwe anticipate moving to PhaseTwo next week, which includeallowing 50-percent indoordining capacity” EVEN THOUGHTHE CITY IS NOT MOVING TOPHASE THREE - AND MOVIETHEATERS CAN'T OPEN AT 50PERCENT CAPACITY - MOVIESTHE CITY ARE OPENING AT 25PERCENT CAPACITY.

THATINCLUDES THE SENATOR THEATERHERE IN NORTH BALTIMORE.

THEYHAVE SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACEAND ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE ABLETO RE-OPEN, EVEN IF IT'S JUSTPARTIALLY.HUGE*DROP FOR THE STOCKMARKET*YESTERDAY, AND THEMONTHLY REPORT - ON HOW MANYJOBS WERE CREATED IN A