Atlanta Mayor Keisha
Lance Bottoms has ordered the midnight closure of all restaurants,
bars, nightclubs, private social clubs, fitness centers, gyms,
movie theaters, bowling alleys and arcades within the city limits
to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Hospital cafeterias and nursing homes are allowed to remain open
and restaurants will still be allowed to provide drive-thru,
take-out and delivery service.
The mayor had previously issued an executive order limiting
gatherings to 50 people or less, which had already affected many
local businesses.
Bottoms posted a copy of her executive order on Twitter just
after 10 a.m. with this note: “I have signed an Executive Order,
effective at midnight, limiting restaurants to take out service,
closing bars, gyms, etc. The fate of cities across the globe will
be upon soon if we do not follow recommendations on ways to slow
the spread of the Coronavirus.”
To help assist restaurants with providing take-out service,
Bottoms signed another executive order suspending towing and
booting of vehicles in the city’s right of way.
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