signs, having a server ask customers if they’re
feeling sick, or even taking their temperatures,
Raimondo said.
And state officials will recommend that
restaurants use disposable or digital menus as
well as single-use condiments and utensils, the
governor said.
Restaurants will also have to sanitize tables and
chairs after every customer, and they won’t be
allowed to offer valet parking, she added.
REOPENING ECONOMY
Workers and customers mostly adhered to
the state’s rules for wearing face masks in
public as the state took its first steps to reopen
its shuttered economy this past weekend,
Raimondo said Monday.
State inspectors visiting local businesses this
weekend reported about 95% of employees
were wearing the required face coverings and
about 75% of customers were, she said.
The state lifted its stay-at-home order Saturday,
reopening retail shops deemed nonessential
and some parks. Rhode Island’s limit of five
people or less for social gatherings remains in
effect, however.
HOSPITALIZATIONS DECLINE
Hospitalizations from the coronavirus have
steadily declined in Rhode Island, according to
state Department of Health data released Monday.
There are now about 275 people in the hospital
because of the virus, down from around 300
last week and about 350 earlier this month,
according to department data.