The restaurants in New York, which have been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, are allowed to reopen with limited capacities from Valentine’s Day. As of February 14, restaurants in the US metropolis can again receive guests inside, as Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. However, there is an upper capacity limit of 25 percent. Another prerequisite is that the rate of positive tests continues to decline by Valentine’s Day.
The proportion of positive results in all tests had fallen from 7.1 percent at the beginning of January to 4.9 percent recently, as Cuomo said. “All models predict that the number will continue to decrease.”
140,000 people lost jobs
New York closed the interiors of restaurants in December, reacting to increasing numbers of infections. Take-away meals, deliveries and the operation of outdoor areas were still permitted. The closure of the
But the industry was hit hard indoors.
Already between spring and September restaurants were not allowed to serve guests inside to prevent infection. According to the Eater website, at least a thousand restaurants in New York have closed due to the pandemic. According to the NYC Hospitality Alliance, the hospitality association, more than 140,000 people lost their jobs.
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