San Francisco won't use state's 'broad brush' in reopening plan

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In an effort to keep COVID-19 cases in check, Mayor London Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax, the city's director of public health, plan a more cautious approach to reopening.

, which means it could reopen restaurants for in-person dining with restrictions and immediately allow hair dressers and barbers to work indoors. The move comes in the wake of months of closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

But officials did offer other reopening plans. In-person instruction for some K-6 students may be permitted in mid-September, and the city may allow in-person instruction for some middle schools in October.Hotels will be allowed to reopen for tourism within a couple of weeks; indoor museums and the San Francisco Zoo will also open, at limited capacity. Outdoor tour buses and boats may also resume business.

City officials described these phases as goals that will be met only if COVID-19 infection rates, hospitalizations and other health indicators remain positive. Colfax said the new state guidelines use a “broad brush” to label the pandemic’s impact across vastly different counties — from small, rural communities to dense, urban San Francisco.

 

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