DC officials announced a series of upcoming easing of Covid restrictions as well as reopenings in a press conference today. The proposed changes, due to go into effect the week of May 1st, mark the potential for a much more normal summer than last year. Look forward to next month:
- Live entertainment with a capacity of 25 percent for up to 500 people indoors and outdoors
- Cinemas with a capacity of 25 percent
- Live music near outdoor restaurant seating
- Weddings, special occasions, business meetings and conference congresses indoors and outdoors with a capacity of 25 percent and a waiver of more than 250 participants
- School degrees and awards ceremonies both indoors and outdoors with capacity restrictions
- Outdoor races with a capacity of 50 percent
- Indoor and outdoor pools with a capacity of 50 percent
- Outdoor spray pads at full capacity
- Indoor leisure centers with a capacity of 50 percent
- Libraries with a capacity of 50 percent
- Museums, galleries and exhibitions with a capacity of 50 percent
- Non-essential indoor and outdoor retail with 50 percent capacity
Assistant editor
Jane is a Chicago transplant that now calls Cleveland Park home. Before joining Washingtonian, she wrote for Smithsonian Magazine and the Chicago Sun-Times. She is a graduate of Northwestern University where she studied journalism and opera.
