Nearly three months after suspending Indiana’s reopening plan, Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday announced the state will move to the final phase, Stage 5, Saturday, as the statewide mask order remains in place indefinitely.
Restaurants, bars, fitness centers and stores will now be able to operate at full capacity, but people will be expected to maintain social distance in these places and keep their masks on except while eating or drinking, he said.
Holcomb led with the reopening, good news to some, and then followed up with the continuation of the mask order, good news to others. Although he acknowledged that his preference would be not to wear face coverings, he said, doing so was essential to allowing the state to reopen safely.
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