By Taryn Luna
By Taryn Luna
Los Angeles Times
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued welcome news Tuesday for some shaggy Californians and struggling stylists: Counties can begin reopening hair salons and barbershops.
The move to resume salon services, under a county-by-county approach, marks the transition in many parts of the state to Stage 3 of Newsom’s reopening plan. Meanwhile, confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise and appear on track to nearly double in May.
Despite the growth in coronavirus infections, the governor has eased many of the restrictions of his original stay-at-home order over the last month, pointing to steady hospitalizations as proof that California is bending the curve.
Newsom urged Californians to maintain a physical distance from one another and, when that’s not possible, to wear face coverings.
“The reality is, this has just begun,”Newsom said. “It hasn’t ended. And while we are moving forward because of stabilization, because of the good work that’s been done by health officials all across this nation, all across the state of California specifically to suppress the spread of this virus, by no stretch of the imagination is this virus behind us.
