Yesterday Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced a variety of new measures deigned to stop the spread of the Chinese Flu in the State.
The full list is as follows:
Effective Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 12:01 a.m. until Thursday, Dec. 10 at 11:59 p.m.
Mask Use: Indoor spaces open to the public & State executive branch buildings
- Masks required when individuals are within 6 feet of one another for 15 minutes or longer with certain exceptions
Gathering Restrictions: Social, community, business, or leisure gatherings
- No more than 15 people indoors and 30 people outdoors
- These restrictions apply to wedding receptions, family gatherings, conventions, and other nonessential gatherings but do not apply to gatherings that occur during the ordinary course of business or government
Sporting and Recreational Events:
Youth and adult group sporting and recreational gathering are prohibited except for high school, college, and professional sports
High School Sports & Extracurriculars:Sporting, recreational, and extracurricular events
- Only two spectators permitted for each high school athlete, performer or competitor, and must wear a mask and maintain 6 feet distance from other spectators
- Students can be closer than six feet and are not required to wear masks
Restaurants and Bars: Restaurant or bar, including a wedding reception venue, winery, brewery, distillery, country club, or other social or fraternal club
- Closed to in-person services at 10:00pm
- No bar seating
- Masks required when not seated (while playing games, dancing, etc.)
- Six feet distancing between groups
- Groups limited to 8 people unless larger group is all same household
- Seated when eating or drinking and limit congregating
Fitness Centers: Fitness centers, health clubs, health spas, gyms
- Group fitness activities are prohibited
- Casinos & Gaming Facilities:
- Masks required except when seated to eat or drink
Closer/Prolonged Contact Establishments: Bowling alleys, pool halls, bingo halls, arcades, indoor playgrounds, children’s play centers
- Closed to in-person services at 10:00pm
- Mask required when not seated to eat or drink
- Ensure that groups and individuals are six feet apart at establishment
- Groups limited to eight people unless larger group is all same household
Nonessential/elective surgeries: A hospital must reduce its in-patient, nonessential surgeries to a level that uses at least 50% fewer beds than it did on average during September 2020
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