City of Jackson (Tenn.) Mayor Scott Conger announced Thursday morning that amendments have been made to the city’s State of Emergency to take more preventative measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Those amendments are as follows:
1.) All city venues will be closed to the public.
2.) All restaurants (facilities where the sale of food comprises more than 50% of revenue) will limit their regular maximum seating to 50% or under of capacity. Capped at no more than 100 people.
3.) Bar service at restaurants will be limited to 50% of capacity with no standing allowed.
4.) All grocery stores and pharmacies will make arrangements for their first hours of business to be dedicated to those who are 62 years of age or older.
5.) All bars and nightclubs will be closed
6.) All venues open to the public will operate at 50 percent capacity, capped at no more than 100 people.
Conger said these amendments were made because “empirical evidence from other communities and nations indicates that the spread of the disease is most effectively slowed by social distancing and reducing interactions among dense groups of people; and the goal of this administration is to continue to provide a high-performing government that will be flexible, and capable of meeting the challenges of this pandemic as they come.”