Boston is easing some COVID-19 restrictions Monday, as the city returns to Phase 3, Step 1 of its reopening plan.
Mayor Marty Walsh announced the changes last Tuesday, which allow the following previously closed businesses to reopen at 25 percent capacity:
- Indoor fitness centers and health clubs
- Movie theaters
- Museums
- Aquariums
- Indoor recreational and athletic facilities
- Indoor recreational venues with potential for low contact, including batting cages, driving ranges, bowling alleys and rock climbing
- Sightseeing and other organized tours, including bus tours, duck tours, harbor cruises and whale watching
- Indoor historical spaces and sites
- Indoor event spaces, including meeting rooms, ballrooms, private party rooms and social clubs
- Indoor and outdoor gaming arcades
Indoor gatherings are still limited to 10 people and outdoor gatherings are limited to 25 people under the current phase. This applies to public and private spaces.
Walsh announced the changes in Boston after Governor Charlie Baker lifted an early closure order across the state. Baker’s announcement allowed certain businesses, including restaurants, to stay open past the previous 9:30 p.m. curfew.
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