Mayor Young to give coronavirus update

Mayor Young to give coronavirus update

RESTAURANT OWNERS AND THEIRCUSTOMERS WILL FIND OUT IFPEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO EATOUT AT A RESTAURANT SOMETIMESOON.

EARLIER THIS WEEK --MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT SAID HEWOULD MAKE A DECISION WHETHERTO LIFT RESTRICTIONS BY TODAY.WMAR-2 NEWS' MARK ROPER ISLIVE OUTSIDE MOTHER'S INFEDERAL HILL.

MARK -- ALL OFTHOSE RESTURANTS IN THE AREAHAVE BEEN CLOSED TO IN-PERSONDINING FOR ABOUT A MONTH.AND IT WAS A LONG MONTH FORRESTAURANT OWNERS WHO MISSEDOUT ON ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS WHOHAVE LIKED TO GO OUT TO EATAND CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS.BUT HOLIDAYS ALSO LEAD TOSPIKES IN CASE COVID CASENUMBERS AND AS WE SAW AFTERTHANKSGIVING -- MORERESTRICTIONS.

BRANDON SCOTT'SFIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS AS THENEW MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITYWAS TO CLOSE RESTAURANT'S TOIN-PERSON DINING -- AS APRECAUTION TO RISING CASENUMBERS FOLLOWING THETHANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

THEORDER WENT INTO EFFECTDECEMBER 11TH.

TODAY IS THEEND OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF THEBAN -- WHICH RESTAURANT OWNERSALSO HOPE SIGNALS THE END OFTHE RESTRICTIONS.

WITH THEFOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY INBALTIMORE LIMITED TO TAKEOUTOR DELIVERY ONLY -- MOSTRESTAURANT OWNERS SAY THEYBARELY TURN A PROFIT -- IT ATALL.

SOME RESTAURANTS HAVEOPTED TO CLOSE INSTEAD --UNTIL THE RESTRICTIONS END ORAT LEASTLOOSEN UP TO ALLOW ALIMITED NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS.THIS AFTERNOON -- CITYOFFICIALS - INCLUDING THEHEALTH COMMISSIONER AND MAYORSCOTT -- ARE EXPECTED TO LETBUSINESS OWNERS KNOW WHAT THESTATUS OF BEING ABLE TO EATOUT AT A RESTAURANT INBALTIMORE CITY ANYTIME SOON.Iabout our trends based on whatweHowever what we haveconsistently seen is spikes incases following holidays likeThanksgiving Hanukkah andChristmas THAT PRESS CONFERNCEIS SET FOR 2 O'CLOCK THISAFTERNOON.

AND WE'LL STREAM ITON FACEBOOK LIVE ON OURFACEBOOK PAGE SO YOU CAN FINDOUT WHAT THE MAYOR'S DECISIONIS AS HE MAKES HISANNOUNCEMENT.

LIVE IN FEDERALHILL -- MARK ROPER WMAR 2