BREAKING NEWS - Curfew and Businesses to Open

Mon, Aug 24th 2020, 04:24 PM

The Office of the Prime Minister advises the following measures will begin Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 5 a.m. for Grand Bahama, Andros, Crooked Island, Acklins, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Exuma, Bimini, the Berry Islands, Mayaguana, Inagua and Abaco.

The curfew for these islands will be 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily.

Permitted commercial activities include:
• Daily (6 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
o Food stores, pharmacies, gas stations, and water depots
o Hardware stores
o Laundromats.

• Monday through Friday
o Commercial banks, Credit Unions and Money Transfer Businesses 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
o Financial institutions with essential staff 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
o Law Firms for criminal and urgent civil matters
o Retail bakeries 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Other daily operations
o Wholesalers and manufacturers may operate
o Other businesses that can provide curbside, online or delivery services can operate, including retail and gaming houses
o Restaurants can open with outdoor dining, takeout, delivery and drive-through services, except for fish fry restaurants.

Hotels with guests can operate with current restrictions of: no outdoor dining allowed,no gaming, gyms and spas.

The National Food Distribution Task Force, NGOs and churches may continue food distribution.

Churches may continue to have office hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Daily private prayer may continue.

Churches may also have indoor services following the Bahamas Christian Council Guidelines.
- Weddings are permitted with 10 people, excluding the officiant.
- Funerals are permitted with 10 people, excluding the officiant and mortuary staff.
- Government offices will be open with essential staff. As directed by Permanent Secretaries, those who can work from home will be advised to do so.
- No gatherings will be allowed in homes except those limited to a maximum of 20people.
- Exercise is permitted from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. in a person’s neighborhood. Exercising in one’s yard is permissible at any time.
- Attending the beaches and parks is permitted 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, except for Grand Bahama which will be limited to 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.
- Schools can open for academic instruction with physical distancing and sanitization.
- For those homeschooling, a maximum of five students are permitted in programs.
- Requests for permission to instruct more than five students are to be made to the Ministry of Education.
- Construction is permitted, along with commercial fishing, crabbing and subsistence fishing.
- These provisions allow for commercial activity and opening up, while also maintaining provisions to preserve public health.
- Additionally, effective Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at 5 a.m., the islands of Chub Cay, Long Cay, Long Island, Rum Cay, Ragged Island, and Spanish Wells will continue to have no curfew.
- San Salvador and Harbour Island are also moved to this category of islands.
- Commercial activities are allowed with physical distancing and sanitisation protocols.
- Social gatherings should be limited to no more than 20 people; physical distancing protocols for church services, funerals and weddings are to be followed; and beaches

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