Pandemic-weary restaurant owners in Philadelphia are wondering how the city's reintroduction of the indoor mask mandate will impact business.
Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole on Monday announced that Philadelphia will bring back its indoor mask mandate on Apr. 18 amid an uptick new infections. in a ten-day span and the city logged nearly 150 cases a day. Philadelphia restaurant owners who have already been put through the ringer by two years of COVID-19 restrictions are once again having their patience tested.
Philadelphia will allow businesses to go mask-free if they require everyone on-site to be fully vaccinated. Most customers will at the very least begrudgingly comply with the reimposed mandate.
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