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Palm Beach County gets tougher on restaurants

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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Palm Beach County gets tougher on restaurants
Palm Beach County gets tougher on restaurants

Palm Beach County is placing tougher restrictions on businesses serving on-site food and alcohol.

GETTING TOUGHER ON RESTAURANTSDURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.A NEW ORDER TONIGHT ON WHENCUSTOMERS MUST LEAVE ...WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5'S MATTSCZESNY IS LIVE OUTSIDE THECOUNTY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONSCENTER... MATT?KELLEY, THE MAYOR SAYS TOOMANY PLACES WERE BEING A LITTLELOOSE WITH THE 11 PM RULE -ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO STAY -TO PAY THE CHECK OR FOWHATEVER REASON -SO THIS AFTERNOON - CAME A NEWEMERGENCY ORDER - PALM BEACHCOUNTY MAYOR DAVE KERNER SAYSITS NOT OPEN TO INTERPRETATION- ALL CUSTOMERS NEED TO LEAVRESTAURANTS BY 11 PM."THIS IS IT WE'RE DOING ITRIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN DYNNAMICNOTHING EVER GOES PERFECTLYBUT WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WEHAVE THE PEOPELS CONDUCT, THEGOVERNMENT'S ASSISTANCE AND ASOCIETY THAT IS REALLY LOOKIGNFORWARD TO GETTING BACK TONORMAL THAT UNDERSTAND ETTINGBACK TO NORMAL MEANS WE HAVETO LIVE THIS NEW NORMAL RIGHTNOW."THE MAYOR ALSO SAYS NEWNUMBERS ARE STARTING TO SHOW ALEVELING OF COVID CASES - THECOUNTY HAD 737 NEW CASESYESTERDAY - THE POSITIVITYRATE IS STILL AT 12 PERCENT -A NUMBER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTWANTS TO GET DOWN TO 5 PERCE- THAT'S THE NUMBER THEY SAYTHAT OTHER COUNRIES HAVE HITALLOWING THEM TO MOVE TO MOREREOPENING - AND THE COUNTYSTARTED THIS WEEK SENDING OUIN THE MAIL FREE MASKS TORESIDENTS .

LIVE IN WPB, MWPTV NC5.HE WAS ON A VENTILATOR AND INA COMA FOR MORE THAN 2 M

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