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In a bid to ease hardships faced by Americans due to the Covid-19 Lock down order, US President Donald Trump has asked governors of the Country’s 50 states to relax the restriction of movement in three phases.
Trump gave the outline during the Thursday edition of his Covid-19 daily media briefing in the White House
In an 18-page document, President Trump said the three phases are to reopen state economies, with each phase lasting, at minimum, 14 days.
PHASE ONE (1)
Phase one includes much of the current lockdown measures such as avoiding non-essential travel and not gathering in groups. But it says large venues such as restaurants, places of worship and sports venues “can operate under strict physical distancing protocols”.
PHASE TWO (2)
If there is no evidence of a resurgence of the coronavirus, phase two allows non-essential travel to resume. The guidance says schools can reopen and bars can operate “with diminished standing-room occupancy”.
PHASE THREE (3)
Under phase three , states which are still seeing a downward trend of symptoms and cases can allow “public interactions” with physical distancing and the unrestricted staffing of worksites. Visits to care homes and hospitals can resume and bars can increase their standing room capacity.
According to a BBC reports, Some regions could begin returning to normal after a month-long evaluation period, at the earliest, according to the document.
In places where there are more infections or where rates begin to rise, it could take longer.
The co-ordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, Dr Deborah Birx, told Thursday’s briefing that as states worked through the three phases, they could allow for more and more employees to return to work in increments.
Phase three would be the “new normal”, she said, and would still include suggestions that vulnerable people should avoid crowded spaces.