NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday he plans to allow restaurants in 89 of Tennessee’s 95 counties to open at 50% capacity on Monday, with retail businesses able to open up at half capacity on Wednesday.
The Republican governor said that does not include the state’s six largest counties, including Hamilton County, which run their own health departments with their own responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
“We’ve been talking with every one of those mayors in all of the counties that are not included in our 89 counties,” Lee said.
He added, “We’ve actually been very pleased with and working closely with each one of those mayors as they develop their own strategies … to safely reopen their economies with regard to the guidelines that they will be providing for businesses and the timing.”