Buffalo Niagara Partnership Releases November 9 COVID-19 Bulletin: Erie County Areas Labeled Microcluster Yellow Zone

Buffalo NY

10 November, 2020

10:41 AM

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Press release from the Buffalo Niagara Partnership: November 9 2020 Governor Cuomo has announced that several municipalities within Erie County are a part of the state's Cluster Action Initiative. The following Erie County municipalities have been designated as Yellow Zones: Amherst Aurora Buffalo Cheektowaga Clarence Elma Grand Island Hamburg Lackawanna Lancaster Orchard Park Tonawanda West Seneca As such: All business can remain open All non-essential gathering must be limited to 25 people both indoors and outdoors Houses of worship must limit capacity to 50% of maximum Indoor and outdoor dining is allowed with a maximum of 4 people per table Schools remain open but are now subject to mandatory weekly testing of students and school personnel per NYDOH guidelines The state's Cluster Action Initiative also includes the possibility of being designated either a Red or Orange zone. Those designations require certain activities and operations to stop or scale down until further notice. A breakdown of what is and is not allowed under Red, Orange and Yellow zones is provided below and here. Employers are reminded that they must follow all industry specific re-opening guidelines as has been the case for the last several months. Those guidelines can be found here. ******* The Buffalo Niagara Partnership is committed to providing employers with the latest information and resources to help you deal with COVID-19 and its impact on our community, state and nation. Visit our Events and Resource pages as they are updated regularly to provide you with the most current information. Do you have specific questions related to running your business or your business unit? Visit the BNP Business Link, a question and answer forum for, and by, the Buffalo Niagara business community.  Submit your questions and get expert answers on just about any topic from legal, IT, HR, NYS regulations, sales, marketing, communications and more.  It is quick, confidential, powerful and convenient. This press release was produced by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. The views expressed are the author's own.