Two months since the nation’s capital allowed restaurants to seat customers indoors again, coronavirus cases are again climbing, and more people are dining out while likely infectious. Restaurants and other indoor spaces that draw maskless people for long periods of time with limited ventilation are prime vectors, health experts say. Baltimore revived an indoor dining ban as cases rose in July, though it has since eased restrictions. And they continued to seat customers near the bar in violation of a city prohibition on bar seating because of the proximity to bartenders. Peru said he saw the exchange at Dacha as more of an opportunity to inform than to punish.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2020 10:04 UTC