At least four more communities in the Greater Boston area have put stricter rules in place that will affect both restaurant workers and customers.
According to a source as well as a list from WBZ 1030, people are now required to wear masks or another form of protective face covering in Belmont, Essex, Needham, and Lawrence, with the Lawrence ruling also including outdoor spaces in certain cases, according to a post from WHDH 7News. The four communities join an increasingly-long list of others in the region, including Abington, Beverly, Braintree, Brookline, Cambridge, Danvers, Everett, Framingham, Lynn, Marblehead, Medford, Melrose, Peabody, Quincy, Revere, Salem, Somerville, Swampscott, and Whitman, though as of this writing, no such requirement has been set in place for the city of Boston.
Massachusetts restaurants and bars continue to be under a shutdown of sorts where they are only allowed to offer takeout and/or delivery due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with the end date being extended from May 4 to May 18 a couple of days ago.
by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)
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