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After weeks of restrictions on pick-up and drop-off, struggling restaurants in Los Angeles were allowed to reopen Friday for outdoor meals with new restrictions.
Restaurants must require employees to wear a face mask and a shield, tables must be eight feet apart and have seating for no more than six people, and televisions may not be turned on.
“Televisions or any other screens used to broadcast programs must be removed from the area or eliminated,” the Los Angeles Department of Public Health instructed. “This provision is effective until further notice.”
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This edict without TVs is likely to prevent people from gathering at restaurants next week to watch the Super Bowl.
“We have to be really careful when we go forward as we have a big sporting event. We saw a lot of people screaming, screaming, screaming together during the excitement of a match, ‘said the health officer, dr. Muntu Davis, according to the Los Feliz Register said this week about the Super Bowl. together, just as many of you celebrated the holiday with just your immediate family.
Restaurants in Los Angeles have not been open for outdoor dining since the end of November when the Department of Health Restaurants was restricted to delivery and delivery.
The reopening comes after Los Angeles began recovering from the worst COVID-19 wave since the pandemic first hit. 5,669 Los Angeles residents were hospitalized Friday with COVID-19, which is lower than the peak of 8,098 people admitted to the hospital on Jan. 5. Los Angeles County has recorded 1,097,941 confirmed cases and 16,107 deaths since the onset of the pandemic.
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Restaurants will welcome the reopening despite the rules, as the hospitality industry nationwide has been hammered by coronavirus.
Restaurant sales fell by $ 240 billion in 2020, employees lost 2.5 million jobs and 110,000 eateries were closed permanently or temporarily, according to a report by the National Restaurant Association released this week.