The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - Governor
- Level
- Territorial
- Authority
- Act 20-2017 art. 6.10 and Act No. 81 of 1912 (recited in Section 2)
- Issued
- 2020-07-16 July 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-17
- End
- 2020-07-31 (extended by OE-2020-060) (read as 2020-07-31)
- In force
- July 17, 2020 to July 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all citizens
- restaurants
- bars and similar establishments (closed)
- malls, theaters, gyms
- persons diagnosed or exposed (quarantine)
- Functions reached
- BA bars closed
- DR 50%
- SF 50%
- FC 50%
- CB curfew
- EMP masks
- WF quarantine of exposed employees
- Collection
- Territorial governments AGY-TERRITORIES
Operative words
Section 1: LOCKDOWN. The lockdown previously established in Puerto Rico [with a curfew] from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. is hereby extended to July 31, 2020... Section 2: QUARANTINE ORDER... Section 6: BUSINESSES EXEMPT FROM CLOSURE... a. Restaurants:... their operation is kept below fifty percent (50%) of [maximum occupancy]... [establishments dedicated to the sale of alcoholic] beverages (bars, small eateries, and any other similar place) [shall remain closed] during the effectiveness of this [order]... [malls, theaters and gyms limited to] fifty percent (50%) of the maximum occupancy
Enforcement
Act 20-2017 penalties; PROSHA and DACO fines
Notes
Re-tightening of July 16, 2020: 50 percent occupancy; bars closed; beaches closed except exercise
Retrieval notePromulgated July 16, 2020.