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From Monday, May 11, food establishments and restaurants would be allowed to open and provide food services across the country but no in-service dining will be allowed. Itinerant and non-itinerant services can allow curbside pick-up, drive-through and walk-in pick-up. It must end at 8 pm. All employees of food outlets can now go to work and food purchased in a normal way. The expectation is that those doing street food will do so the highest level of hygiene.
Members of the public will be allowed to engage in restricted outdoor activities. This will exclude team or contact sports activities or any activity that require gatherings. You can come out to walk, hike etc, but dont congregate in groups of more than 5 and keep 6 feet away. No hugging, no hand-shaking, no kissing.
Hardwares, electrical stores to open all day to 8 am-4 pm; groceries to continue 8 am-6 pm.
Approval for TCL, WITCO, Nu Iron to resume operations from Monday. The main reason is for exports to the regional market.
We still want a level of stay at home. If you are non-essential, stay at home.
Once you leave home to go outside. wear a face covering. each and every one of us must behave as though we are carrying the virus.
Phase 2: May 24 to June 6 (if the numbers remain good)
The manufacturing sector can open back on May 24.
Public-sector construction will be restarted.
Continuation of 50% capacity for public transportation taxis and maxis.
Phase 3: June 7 to June 20 (if the numbers remain good)
All public service will come back out to work with elements of flexitime where possible. May also consider alternate days of work.
Private sector construction will be allowed.
Increase capacity of maxis and taxis to 75%.
Phase 4: To be determined
Reopening of malls & beaches.
Phase 5: To be determined
Reopening of cinemas.
Phase 6: To be determined
Reopening of borders. With regards people wanting to leave, the prime minister said the country is not a prison but Minister of National Security Stuart Young also announced that they are looking at cases in which people want to leave, including farm workers in Canada and will deal with each case as it comes, with the care that citizens are guarded against venturing to places where they themselves can be placed in danger of the virus.
The opening of other commercial businesses other than those mentioned above, will be determined at a later date.
This is not a getaway card, the prime minister said.
He told the news conference that it was easier for him to make the decisions to close down the non-essential services than it was is to make the decisions he made Saturday.
Because I am a little nervous now about opening up because we have seen what has happened elsewhere, he said.
He reminded the country that we are not virus free adding that there is no country in the world that has declared itself virus-free.
That means we have to keep our guard up as we now take the risk of going out, the prime minister said.
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