The state Department of Public Health ordered new restrictions on indoor business sectors in Placer County as part of a statewide effort to slow the increased spread of coronavirus. This includes: fitness centers/gyms, restaurants, salons and more.
These restrictions will remain in place until the state takes further action, which will be no earlier than August 2nd.
The following business sectors and activities will not be allowed to continue operating indoors. If business operations can be modified to outside or by pick-up, they are permitted to remain open:
- Dine-in Restaurants
- Wineries and Tasting Rooms
- Bars, Clubs, Breweries, Brewpubs and Distilleries
- Movie Theaters
- Family Entertainment Centers
- Zoos and Museums
- Cardrooms
- Gyms & Fitness Centers
- Places of Worship
- Indoor Protests
- Offices for non-essential sectors
- Personal Care Services (nail salons, body waxing and tattoo parlors)
- Hair Salons and Barbershops
- Malls
Find additional guidance on the state’s website HERE.
The State order allows businesses to modify operations and provide services outside, and encourages take-out and delivery. The state has also issued new guidance for restaurants providing outdoor dining, take-out, drive-through, and delivery. In addition, all brewpubs, breweries, bars, and pubs must close, both indoors and outdoors, unless they are offering sit down meals as described in earlier state guidance.
Drivers of increased disease transmission in Placer County include large households where staying away from others while ill is difficult, community and extended family gatherings, and indoor work environments where physical distancing is difficult. The rising number of cases of COVID-19 in Placer County as well as neighboring Sacramento County is in turn driving an increase in hospitalizations.
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Content credit: North Lake Tahoe Resort Association
