{"id":"VA-030","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver","authority":"Va. Code §§ 44-146.17, 32.1-13, 32.1-20, 35.1-10","instrument":"Fifth Amended Executive Order 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine","title":"Further Easing of Commonsense Surge Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2021-04-21","effective":"Immediately (Apr. 21, 2021)","end":"Superseded by the Seventh Amended EO 72 effective May 15, 2021","startDate":"2021-04-21","endDate":"2021-05-15","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["GATH","MASK","CAP","ALC","EVT","EMP"],"addressees":["same as EO 72"],"clause":"Therefore, the health data makes it clear that Executive Order 72\u0027s temporary restrictions must largely remain in place a little longer.... All public and private in-person gatherings of more than 50 individuals indoors and 100 [outdoors are prohibited]... No alcoholic beverage shall be sold, consumed, or possessed on premises between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m.","enforcement":"As in EO 72","functions":["GATH","BA","PE","SP"],"notes":"Recites a seven-day average of 1,348 cases per day, \u0027higher than at any point in the first nine months of the pandemic\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-72-FIFTH-AMENDED-and-Order-of-Public-Health-Emergency-Nine-Easing-of-Commonsense-Surge-Restrictions-Due-to-Novel-Coronavirus-(COVID-19).pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210422113413/https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-72-FIFTH-AMENDED-and-Order-of-Public-Health-Emergency-Nine-Easing-of-Commonsense-Surge-Restrictions-Due-to-Novel-Coronavirus-(COVID-19).pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":386655,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VA","url":"/library/VA-030","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VA-030","citation":"Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, Fifth Amended Executive Order 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine (Apr. 21, 2021) (Ex. VA-030)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["VA-034","VA-028","VA-031","VA-017","VA-029","VA-033","VA-027","VA-026"]}