New York, USA / 09.09.2020 15:56:32
New York City restaurants, which until now were only allowed to serve meals on terraces and patios, They will be able to start serving customers inside on September 30, but with a maximum capacity of 25 percent of its capacity.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the measure, which comes after weeks of pressure from restaurateurs, who are concerned about the end of the summer season and the good temperatures, which will influence the influx of customers to the terraces.
Cuomo too detailed the new rules that the owners of these establishments will have to comply with such as the obligation to take the temperature of customers, collect the data of at least one of the diners in each group or the prohibition to serve at the bar.
In addition to the usual measures of maintaining a distance of two meters between the tables and the obligation to wear a mask when the client is not sitting at the table, regulations will not allow food or drinks to be served after midnight and it will require the establishments to reinforce “the standards of ventilation, purification and filtration” of the air.
New York City had denied restaurants opening their interiors to customers, unlike other parts of the state, for fear of an eventual spike in the covid-19 pandemic.
This weekend, the state marked a milestone with 31 consecutive days keeping the infection rate below 1 percent.
New York, which became the global focus of the pandemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 30,000 people in the state, has been characterized by favoring a staggered reopening and public life in the open air.
The authorities only allowed until very recently the opening of gyms and museums, but also on the condition of drastically reducing capacity and maintaining careful hygiene measures.
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