Is Ohio open for business today? #humor
Posted By RichC on May 1, 2020
I can see it now, after being under the Coronavirus stay-at-home orders for the past 6 weeks or so, people are going to be excited to exit the safety of their cocoons … finally a taste of freedom again. Let’s just hope we don’t make foolish stumbles and ignore commonsense precautions. Be smart people!
Phase 1
Friday, May 1: Hospital, medical, dental and veterinary services that don’t require an overnight hospital stay.
Monday, May 4: Construction, distribution, manufacturing, officesTuesday, May 12: Consumer, retail and service businessesRules and guidelines
Businesses are required to do the following if they open in the coming weeks:
- Ensure 6 feet between people and if not possible, install barriers
- Make sure face coverings are worn at all times.
- Stagger or limit arrivals of employees and guests.
- Disinfect desk and workstations daily.
- Change shift patterns and stagger lunch and break times.
- Establish a maximum capacity.
- If a case is confirmed, isolate and seek care for the person, contact local health district and shut down shop/floor for deep sanitation.
Businesses are encouraged to:
- Provide a stipend to employees for private transportation
- Close cafeterias and gathering spaces or regularly clean them
- Disinfect entire facility daily
- Test all suspected infections or exposures and work with local health departments to help with contact tracing
- Establish a temperature-taking protocol
Still closed
The following are still closed under the governor’s stay-at-home order:
- Restaurant dining rooms and bars
- schools and daycares
- Salons, barbershops and beauty services
- Tattoo parlors and tanning facilities
- Massage therapy locations
- Adult day care and senior centers
- Entertainment and amusement centers such as bowling alleys, ice skating rinks, trampoline parks, water parks and arcades
- Casinos and racinos
- Auditoriums, stadiums and arenas
- Movie theaters, performance theaters, and concert and music halls
- Public rec centers and indoor sports facilities
- Parades, fairs, festivals, and carnivals
- Amusement parks, theme parks, outdoor water parks, children’s play centers, playgrounds and funplexes
- Aquariums, zoos, museums, historical sites and similar institutions
- Country clubs and social clubs
- Spectator sports, recreational sports tournaments and organized recreational sports leagues
- Health clubs, fitness centers, workout facilities, gyms and yoga studios
- Swimming pools, whether public or private, except swimming pools for single households
- Residential and day camps
- Campgrounds, including recreational camps and recreational vehicle parks, with an exception for people living there as their primary residence
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