Rhode Island ends curfew for restaurants, other businesses

[TexasTowelie]

Restrictions that required many Rhode Island businesses to close early to thwart the spread of the coronavirus have been lifted.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo issued an executive order Friday eliminating the requirement that many businesses, including restaurants, close at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

State Department of Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott said earlier this week that the curfew would be lifted Sunday because key coronavirus metrics were heading in the right direction.

But Matt Sheaff, a spokesperson for the state Commerce Department, said Friday’s order ends the operating hour restriction put in place in late November, effective immediately.

The order also extends to Feb. 27 a range of other restrictions on travel, social gatherings and businesses that Raimondo has imposed to help control spread of the virus.

Read more: https://www.masslive.com/business/2021/01/rhode-island-ends-curfew-for-restaurants-other-businesses.html