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COVID-19: Here's When 100-Percent Capacity Dining Starts In Connecticut COVID-19: Here's When 100-Percent Capacity Dining Starts In Connecticut
Covid-19: Here's When 100-Percent Capacity Dining Starts In Connecticut Connecticut restaurants are gearing up for a potential rush as the state plans to roll back another COVID-19 restriction and allow full dining rooms. On Friday, March 19, restaurants in Connecticut have been given the green light to expand back to 100 percent capacity, though certain virus-related restrictions will remain in place. Nearly a year after indoor dining was shuttered due to the pandemic, the capacity restrictions will be released, though parties will be limited to eight patrons, who will be socially distanced from other tables. Restaurants must close by 11 p.m., and facial cove…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Now's Not Time To Reopen Bars, Expand Indoor Restaurant Capacity, Lamont Says COVID-19: Now's Not Time To Reopen Bars, Expand Indoor Restaurant Capacity, Lamont Says
Covid-19: Now's Not Time To Reopen Bars, Expand Indoor Restaurant Capacity, Lamont Says Though Connecticut’s daily COVID-19 infection rate remains among the lowest in the nation, Gov. Ned Lamont is taking things slowly and will not be reopening bars or expanding restaurant capacity. With the country bracing for an uncertain future regarding the virus and a potential second wave of cases, Lamont said this week that now is not the time to stop being cautious in the fight against COVID-19. Lamont said that he has consulted with leaders in other states that have reopened too quickly and saw a spike in COVID-19 cases, something he wants Connecticut to avoid. 
“They said, ‘We had r…

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by Zak Failla