Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolfe announced on Friday that Philadelphia will move from the “red” to the “yellow” coronavirus re-opening phase on June 5. The yellow phase is the first re-opening phase and most businesses can reopen under state safety guidelines. This includes:

• Childcare centers and day camps
• In-person retail (curbside pickup and delivery are encouraged)
• Pet groomers
• Manufacturers

Schools remain closed for in-person instruction in the yellow phase. Indoor recreation, health and wellness facilities (such as gyms, spas, salons) and all entertainment (such as casinos, theaters) remain closed. Restaurants and bars can still only be open for takeout/curbside pickup or delivery in this phase. Indoor malls remain closed for the exception of pharmacies or health care stores. Check out this Philadelphia Inquirer article for more info on what can and cannot re-open during the yellow phase.

Stay-at-home restrictions are lifted (in favor of aggressive mitigation) in the yellow phase, but limitations on large public gatherings (over 25 people) remain in place.

Construction, real estate transactions and car sales were allowed to resume in Pennsylvania earlier this month.