On March 12th, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department of California, USA announced that it will ease restrictions on restaurants and other businesses from the 15th in accordance with the state government's economic reopening plan (see article on September 8, 2020). bottom. The county was in the "purple (widely spread)" stage of the economic reopening plan with the most severe economic restrictions, but from the 15th, it was moved to the "red (extremely spread)" stage, which is the first stage of easing restrictions.
In light of the improvement trend of the new coronavirus infection situation, Los Angeles County has been promoting the resumption of some economic activities, such as allowing restaurants to eat and drink outdoors from January 29 (article on February 1, 2021) reference). With the easing of restrictions this time, it is expected that the economy will reopen further, such as indoor eating and drinking at restaurants being permitted in accordance with the guidance for the first time in eight and a half months since July 2020.
The outline of this restriction relaxation measure is as follows.
Reopening of Theme Parks
Large theme parks are also moving towards resuming operations. Disneyland near Los Angeles and Disney California Adventure Park are set to reopen in late April, according to a local newspaper. It has been closed for about a year since March 2020, but plans to bring back more than 10,000 employees who were temporarily laid off in preparation for reopening.
(Note) For details, refer to the guidance issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
(Sachie Vameren)