COLUMBUS, Ohio – Governor Mike DeWine said Monday that a handful of the coronavirus-related public health orders expiring on Wednesday have been extended for a week.
DeWine said his team is working on each of the sector operations to review how they operate now that they have been open with limits.
To earn extra time, he said Monday he would only extend orders for an extra week. On Thursday, it will announce how it is changing the limits of each sector.
“These plans will take us to the next phase, a different and different phase of continuing to keep Ohio open as we move into the second half of 2020,” DeWine said.
Orders in the next nine sectors were due to expire at 11:59 pm on July 1.
1. Reopening of bars and restaurants for dinner, with exceptions.
This order began on May 14. Specify how restaurants and bars can reopen. Some of the restrictions include bars that require everyone to sit at the tables, and bars and restaurants that consider social distancing on their floor plans, plus more hand washing and cleaning. Employees are supposed to wear masks, and some establishments have required their customers to wear them before and after ordering.
two) Also on May 14 was a request Reopening nail and beauty salons, spas, hair salons, tattoo parlors, piercing businesses, and tanning facilities.
Classrooms, for example, require people to wait in their cars or outside the building before their appointment. There is more cleaning and walk-in appointments only allow one person, unless you are a parent with a child. Employees wear masks and in many classrooms, clients do too.
3. Ohio Secure Camp.
Camps were reopened with limitations on May 26. There have been rules for vendors, such as regular disinfection of facilities, limitation of camp and building occupancy, closure of non-essential areas, and prohibition of unregistered visitors.
4. Baseball, softball, batting cages, golf courses, miniature golf, local and public pools and aquatic centers, tennis facilities, skill training for all sports, non-contact general sports such as bowling alleys.
Reopening of activities was allowed under Ohio’s responsible restart plan. Before practice, baseball and softball coaches and players are supposed to monitor symptoms daily and stay home if they are not feeling well. During practice, they must remain six feet away, except when the ball is in play. Equipment water coolers and consumer stations have been banned.
Golf course operators are supposed to disable every third locker to enforce a six-foot spacing.
5. Limited reopening of gyms, dance students, and other personal fitness venues.
The gyms finally opened on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 in Ohio after closing in mid-March due to the coronavirus. Orangetheory Fitness at University Circle was open and I taught early Tuesday morning. David Petkiewicz, cleveland.comDavid Petkiewicz, cleveland.com
Gyms are required to distance customers and regularly sanitize equipment. Many gyms require members to wear masks while exercising.
Dance classes are to reduce class size, if necessary to maintain social distance.
6. Closure of all K-12 schools in Ohio.
Ohio was the first state to close schools.
The original closure was for a few weeks. Then the public and private schools were closed for the rest of the school year. DeWine wants the buildings to be able to reopen in the fall, but has not yet announced details. He has said that many of the decisions will be made locally.
7. Orientation of social distancing for companies.
This has included controls by the authorities to ensure that companies comply.
8. Limited reopening of child care centers.
Classroom capacity for preschool and school age children has been limited to nine, while it will be limited to six for infants and toddlers. The caregivers with masks will receive the children and daily temperature controls will be carried out. Those with a temperature of 100 or more will be sent home.
9. Limited reopening of youth day and residential camps.
Residential and day camps have been limited to one staff member for every nine children, among other requirements.
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