Updates on CCP Virus: San Francisco Leaders Cheer Reopening

A customer exits a store with a mask required sign displayed in Dallas, Texas on March 2, 2021. LM Otero/AP Photo

San Francisco will begin reopening more parts of its economy starting Wednesday, including indoor dining, movie theaters and gyms, an upbeat Mayor London Breed announced as California gave seven counties the go-ahead thanks to declining rates of CCP virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

The announcement came nearly a year after the San Francisco Bay Area imposed the nation’s first lockdown, shuttering thousands of businesses and forcing residents indoors.

Most Small Businesses Not Requiring Tests or Vaccines for Employees

The vast majority of the nation’s small businesses have not required their employees to get COVID-19 vaccines or tests to return to work, although there were significant differences across sectors, a government survey shows.