MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is now under a "Safer at Home" order from the state's Public Health Officer. The order restricts gathering of people, closes non-essential businesses to non-employees, and requires employers to maintain safe social distancing between employees.
Starting on March 28 at 5:00 p.m., the list of non-essential businesses, venues, and activities to be closed to non-employees or not take place: are:
a. Entertainment venues as follows:
(1) Night clubs
(2) Bowling alleys
(3) Arcades
(4) Concert venues
(5) Theaters, auditoriums, and performing arts centers
(6) Tourist attractions (including museums and planetariums)
(7) Racetracks
(8) Indoor children’s play areas
(9) Adult entertainment venues
(10) Casinos
(11) Bingo halls
(12) Venues operated by social clubs
b. Athletic facilities and activities as follows:
(1) Fitness centers and commercial gyms
(2) Spas and public or commercial swimming pools
(3) Yoga, barre, and spin facilities
(4) Spectator sports
(5) Sports that involve interaction with another person of closer than 6 feet
(6) Activities that require use of shared sporting apparatus and equipment
(7) Activities on commercial or public playground equipment
c. Close-contact service providers as follows:
(1) Barber shops
(2) Hair salons
(3) Waxing salons
(4) Threading salons
(5) Nail salons and spas
(6) Body-art facilities and tattoo services
(7) Tanning salons
(8) Massage-therapy establishments and massage services
d. Retail stores as follows:
(1) Furniture and home-furnishings stores
(2) Clothing, shoe, and clothing-accessory stores
(3) Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores
(4) Department stores
(5) Sporting goods stores
(6) Book, craft, and music stores
Restrictions on already in place on beaches, restaurants, bars, senior centers, schools, and nursing homes remain in place.
ABC stores that are currently open will remain open at this time, although restrictions on number of people allowed in the store will remain and ABC personnel must still get customer's orders.
The order remains in effect until 5:00 P.M. on April 17, 2020. Before that time, a decision will be made to extend - or relax - the order.