Washington’s Business Reopening Delayed Another Week
/By: Boyd M. Mayo
Businesses will see another week-long delay in moving toward reopening under Washington’s “Healthy Washington-Roadmap to Recovery” plan – current regulations will stay in place until at least Jan. 18, 2021.
On Jan. 5th, Gov. Jay Inslee announced the plan that would slowly allow businesses (primarily indoor dining, entertainment, and fitness centers) to incrementally reopen their doors to patrons.
Under the plan, there will be two phases of reopening to start, and the state will add more as the situation improves. All counties, which are grouped into eight regions, will begin in Phase 1. To move on to Phase 2, the region must meet the following four targets:
10% decreasing trend in case rates
10% decrease in coronavirus hospital admission rates
ICU occupancy less than 90%
Test positivity rate less than 10%
Phase 2 will permit indoor dining and indoor fitness centers at 25% capacity, increased wedding and funeral capacity, and sports competitions with limited spectators. It was originally hoped that Spokane County would move to Phase 2 on Jan. 11th. Late Friday night (Jan. 8th), the State announced that no counties will be moving to Phase 2.
An overview and summary of the Phase 2 allowances can be found here:
https://medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-announces-healthy-washington-roadmap-to-recovery-229b880a6859
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