Source: WUNC, 3/23/21


In a media briefing Tuesday afternoon, Governor Roy Cooper announced a new executive order that eases COVID-related restrictions on businesses and gatherings. The changes will come into effect Friday at 5 p.m. and run through April 30. Starting Friday, retail stores, salons and museums can return to full capacity. Restaurants, fitness centers and amusement parks can open at 75% capacity indoors and at 100% capacity outdoors. Bars, movie theaters and sports arenas are considered riskier environments for the spread of coronavirus. They will be limited to half the normal capacity both indoors and out.

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