'Montgomery County Reopens Completely This Friday
Per Montgomery County:
The expanded reopenings are described in the Board of Health Regulation. They are automatically triggered when the Montgomery County Health Officer reports that the vaccination benchmarks have been reached to the Board of Health.
See Vaccination Distribution Dashboard.
If the Montgomery County health officer finds that after reviewing community transmission metrics that continued reopening phases would be contrary to the public health, the health officer must report those concerns to the Board of Health and the continuation to the next phase must be suspended pending a hearing before the Board of Health.
Effective now
- Most businesses can operate at 75% capacity, including but not limited to
- arts and entertainment venues
- hair and nail salons
- recreation and sports facilities
- fitness centers
- houses of workship
- restaurants and bars
- Gathering limits
- indoors: 250 people
- outdoors: no limit, including sports and camps
- Camps may allow campers from beyond the Washington metropolitan area
- Cigar and hookah bars can reopen outdoor smoking areas.
- Updated face covering guidance
- Businesses can set their own rules on masking that are stricter than public health guidance.
Effective May 28, 2021, at 6 a.m. – Complete Reopening
- Board of Health Regulation expires
- No capacity limits
- All activities and businesses must follow any State of Maryland or Maryland Department of Health guidelines in place at the time.
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6 comments
It’s not a complete reopening until the schools are open for all children 5 days a week. Right now it’s four days and every other week.
And it’s not full reopening till the libraries are open!!!
What about libraries? Do they all open up?
When will Montgomery College have in-petson classes?
It would be wonderful if the BGC SENIOR CENTER would be allowed to follow these guidelines .
What is the science or reason behind health care, schools, and public government buildings to make a mask mandatory or to require students to get the vaccine if they still have to wear a mask?
Also why are Montgomery county business allow to make their employees wear a mask, but make it optional for clients?? Is that because business only care about money and they don’t care about their employees rights? Isn’t Montgomery county suppose to protect everyone’s rights?