The city of New Orleans today listed four things that must happen in order for the city to start declaring which businesses can reopen.
In a tweet from NOLA Ready, the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness' Twitter account, the city said there must be:
- Sustained low number of cases
- Increased testing
- Available hospital space
- Ability to isolate new cases
When these criteria are met, please understand this will still be a carefully phased process to avoid another spike in the #COVID19 outbreak. We’ll share more in the weeks to come. In the meantime, #StayHome and stay safe. #COVIDNOLA
— NOLA Ready #COVIDNOLA (@nolaready)
April 24, 2020 Once those four criteria are met, the city said it could then begin a carefully phased process of reopening. It said that is necessary in order to avoid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell's stay-home order currently runs through May 16.
