Starting Friday, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues will be able to stay open until midnight, under a new public health order. Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Director Stephanie Browning announced the change in a press briefing Wednesday, pointing to a steady decline in new cases in the county over the past month.
Browning and other area leaders urged residents to remain vigilant despite the easing of restrictions, citing new coronavirus variants, like the B.1.1.7 variant which was detected in Marion County, Missouri last week. If we have a case in Marion County, we have to assume that we have cases elsewhere in the state, Browning said.
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