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Governor to Allow Stay at Home Order to Expire April 30

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 20, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee today said he will let an executive order closing non-essential businesses and requiring Tennesseans to remain at home expire on April 30 for all but a handful of counties in the state. The move will allow most businesses in 89 counties to reopen on May 1, with some opening as soon as April 27 if they follow specific guidance, the Nashville Business Journal reports. The governor said his administration will work with six counties — Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Madison, Shelby and Sullivan — to develop their own reopening plans. Meanwhile, Nashville's mayor said today he intends to extend the city's safer at home order after weekend testing uncovered a steep rise in cases, Nashville Post reports. He previously said he hoped to begin loosening restrictions next month, but now says the order will remain in effect until the rate of the disease declines in the city. Chattanooga’s mayor said today he would not commit to an arbitrary date to lift restrictions, but would do so only when epidemiology and testing numbers indicate it is safe to do so, the Times Free Press reports.

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