Last week, Beshear asked that anyone entering Kentucky from a state with a 15% or more positive coronavirus test rate to quarantine for 14 days.
The Kentucky Restaurant Association previously estimated that restaurant and food service industries lost $550 million in sales in April and that 80% of the workforce has either been furloughed or laid off.Even as restaurants received the green light to reopen, a decline in traffic because of capacity limitations and coronavirus-related fears of eating out have caused many temporary and permanent closures in the Louisville area.The order regarding restaurants and bars is the latest in a series of recent steps Beshear has taken to mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus, which has steadily grown in confirmed cases in Kentucky throughout July.Effective on July 10, facial coverings became mandatory indoors and outdoors where social distancing isn't attainable, with a few exceptions. Beshear said people should expect the mask mandate, which is set to expire on Aug. 8, to be renewed. "I think that if restaurants have to be at 25%, so should groceries, hardware stores and other places," said Seviche chef and owner Anthony Lamas. It's a community virus." Spain and France closed down all restaurant and bar activities over the weekend to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Republic of Ireland closed … One is 11 days old, Beshear said.He said he wants to avoid the significant death totals that follow case spikes. He also lowered the amount of people who can gather privately from 50 to 10, and he asked all churches to hold virtual or drive-in services. Bars that serve food need to follow restaurant guidelines, he said. By reducing contact and increasing distance between individuals, people can reduce the rate of transmission of the virus. After a series of COVID-19 case spikes, Gov.
The new case total dipped on Sunday to 316, but Beshear warned less testing comes in over the weekend.
Chef Dallas McGarity's The Fat Lamb on Grinstead Drive is a small restaurant, which means limited capacity and social distancing severely impact profits. "But I'm dealing with an international health pandemic that threatens the lives and the health of our people, the overall health of our economy. "It's easy to point the finger, but we're all in this together. "The schedules are made, the supplies are ordered, so they have to again change their plans. Restaurant owners are frustrated, especially the ones who have been following the governor's rules throughout the pandemic. The downtown restaurant and bar did not mention the pandemic shutdown specifically, but a Facebook post announcing its closure noted that it was “due to our current situation.” Blackbird That’s no use for me,” McGarity said. It's not a restaurant virus.
“If we go back to 25%, for us that’s 18 people.
And I've got every public health expert from the White House down to the state saying we absolutely have to do this.
"I will not let us become an Alabama or a Florida or an Arizona," Beshear said on Sunday.