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will do so with updated guidance to help qualifying businesses make modifications needed to lower the risk of COVID-19 exposure to customers and workers. Californians should prepare now for that second stage of reopening.”
What’s in Early Stage 2?
Later this week the state will release public heal- th guidance for certain Stage 2 sectors including some retail, manufacturing, and logistics busines- ses, which will outline modifications that lower the risk of transmission. Businesses and employers
in those sectors will be able to reopen as soon as Friday – if they can meet the guidelines provided by the state. Not all Stage 2 businesses will be able to open Friday with modifications. Some examples of businesses that can open with modifications inclu- de bookstores, clothing stores, florists, and sporting goods stores.