Sisolak says Nevada businesses can start reopening Saturday, subject to capacity limits and other restrictions Michelle Rindels & Riley Snyder, The Nevada Independent · May 7, 2020 at 9:54 pm Gov. Steve Sisolak says the state will enter “Phase 1” of business reopenings on Saturday, but that establishments allowed to open their doors will be subject to strict capacity requirements that could be even more stringent if leaders in counties want them to be. Sisolak announced at a press conference in Carson City on Thursday that Nevada had “met our gateway benchmarks for starting our reopening,” including a declining percentage of people tested for COVID-19 turning up positive. He added that there has been a decreasing trend in coronavirus-related hospitalizations since April 21 and that the state has developed greater capacity for testing and to handle surges in hospitalizations. Still, he said, “The beginning of our reopening of our economy is not the end of the coronavirus … the coronavirus is still with us as strong as ever.”
