Alcatraz reopened to visitors March 15. Photo Credit: f11photo/Shutterstock.com
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signaled an end to more than a year of closures in California, announcing that the nation s most populated state plans to lift most coronavirus restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15, when enough people should be vaccinated to start returning to normal.
A statewide mask mandate will stay in effect, Newsom said, and he cautioned that California will reopen more widely in mid-June only if vaccine supply is sufficient and hospitalization rates stay stable and low.
Still, the Democratic governor, who has overseen some of the most restrictive pandemic rules in the country, said it was time to forge ahead because the state s infection rate is among the lowest in the U.S. and 20 million vaccines have been administered so far.
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