Connecticut dramatically rolls back COVID restrictions, allowing full indoor dining, increased enter

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Hartford Courant

Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday announced that he will roll back pandemic-related restrictions in Connecticut starting March 19, including allowing restaurants to operate at full capacity, loosening rules on sports and entertainment venues and lifting the state’s travel ban.

The state will maintain some key measures, including a mask mandate, social distancing rules, a curfew for restaurants and the closure of all bars. Restaurants, retail stores, houses of worship and other businesses will be allowed to reopen at full capacity, within the confines of the remaining rules.

Sports will be allowed to resume fully, with outdoor venues permitted up to 50% capacity, capped at 10,000 visitors, and indoor venues permitted up to 10% capacity. Travelers will still be recommended to quarantine after arriving in Connecticut, but they will not be required to do so.

Most of the new changes will take effect on March 19, with several more following over the subsequent two weeks. The reopening anticipates a summer that approaches something more normal, with outdoor concerts, ballgames and weddings along with reduced travel restrictions.

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[elleng]

1. IMPORTANT: 'The state will maintain some key measures . . .'

[CTyankee]

5. we're awaiting word on whether there will be Ivy League football this year.

We belong to a tailgate group that gathers during football season at the wonderful Yale Bowl. And altho it is great to see our old friends there, we don't want to risk folks health. This calls for a different plan of action.

[Initech]

2. Connecticut is definitely a better strategy than Texas.

I just hope we're not opening too soon.

[Hamlette]

3. they have one of the highest death rates in the nation.

I would stay home if I lived there.

Fauci said he would fly or eat in restaurant and I'm doing neither until he does.

[liskddksil]

4. Maybe in April 2020 we did, but not

only is our test positivity one of the lowest in the country , under 2% today, but deaths and hospitalizations declined substantially here as well. We also have some of the best public masking compliance in the country.

[RandiFan1290]

6. Heads up DU

in a few months the same people will be posting stories about the uptick in infections and wanting to blame President Biden.