“Restaurants and bars must close their dine-in service starting tomorrow, starting tomorrow morning,” McMaster said in a statement. “It is allowed and recommended that takeout, curbside delivery of food … all that be increased, enhance.”
McMaster also issued orders prohibiting public events over 50 people in publicly owned places, extending state tax deadlines for individuals and businesses to June 1 for both filing and payments and allowing the National Guard to coordinate with hospitals for mobile facilities.
The governor’s office also:
• Requested grocery stores limit customer purchases of disinfectants and paper products,
• Requested frocery stores implement “senior hours” to allow elderly, at-risk customers to shop.
• Also asked medical and surgical facilities to impose a 72-hour moratorium on elective surgeries.
• Asked insurers to pay 100 percent of the costs for coronavirus-related office visits.
• Asked all private employers to give workers the option to work remotely.
South Carolina announced its first coronavirus death Monday. A total of 47 cases across 13 counties have been confirmed as of Tuesday afternoon, by DHEC.