Starting Thursday, Towns Can Roll Back Covid-19 Restrictions To Phase 2

Cities and towns will soon be able to make their own decisions on whether to loosen COVID-19 restrictions as Connecticut moves forward with reopening the economy.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont at a press conference in late-September.
Photo Credit: *Ned Lamont Twitter*

Kristin Palpini

10/14/2020 12:39 p.m.

On Tuesday, Oct. 13, Gov. Ned Lamont signed an executive order giving community leaders the power to go back to “phase 2” of reopening their local economies if COVID-19 infections spike there.

This means cities and towns could choose to go back to COVID-19 restrictions that were in place prior to Oct. 8. Such restrictions included smaller caps on gatherings and fewer activities.

Towns can put the brakes on reopening if their communities start to experience 15 or more new COVID-19 cases per day, the order states.

The executive order goes into effect on Thursday, Oct. 15, and will remain in place for the foreseeable future.

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