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Fifth Amended Executive Order 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine

Further Easing of Commonsense Surge Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver · Virginia (State)

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Jurisdiction
Virginia
Level
State
Authority
Va. Code §§ 44-146.17, 32.1-13, 32.1-20, 35.1-10
Issued
2021-04-21 Apr. 21, 2021
Effective
Immediately (Apr. 21, 2021) (read as 2021-04-21)
End
Superseded by the Seventh Amended EO 72 effective May 15, 2021 (read as 2021-05-15)
In force
Apr. 21, 2021 to May 15, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • same as EO 72
Functions reached
  • GATH
  • BA
  • PE
  • SP
Collection
Virginia VA

Operative words

Therefore, the health data makes it clear that Executive Order 72's 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

Notes

Recites a seven-day average of 1,348 cases per day, 'higher than at any point in the first nine months of the pandemic'.

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