Last week, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, along with the Arizona Department of Health Services announced guidelines on when closed businesses could reopen.
AT THE GUIDELINES PUT OUT BYTHE GOVERNOR, ALONG WITH THEARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHSERVICES.
NINE ON YOUR SIDE'SVERONICA ACOSTA EXPLAINS WHATBUSINESSES WHO HAVE BEENDENIED ARE DOING NOW.BARS, GYMS, THEATERS AND OTHERSHAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR (MONTHSNAT 0:17-0:19 - "IT'S AWFUL,IT'S ABSOLUTELY AWFUL." BUTNOW THOSE BUSINESSES AREGETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO(APPLY TO REOPEN, EVEN BEFORECOVID-19 CONDITIONS IMPROVE ASOF THURSDAY - MORE THAN 1,000BUSINESSES ACROSS ARIZONASUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TOREOPEN, ACCORDING TO THEARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHSERVICES 47 BUSINESSES WEREAPPROVED - WHILE ABOUT 200HAVE BEEN DENIED MANY OFTHOSE BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE,IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA THAT'SWHERE THERESA MUDD AND ACHIEVESTRENGTH AND FITNESS COME IN0:54-1:00 - "AS SOON AS WE GOTTHE OK TO GO AHEAD AND APPLY IFILLED OUT THE APPLICATION."SHE IS ONE OF THE MANY GYMOWNERS WHO APPLIED TO REOPEN2:09-2:26 - "THE APPLICATIONTO REOPEN IS NOT VERYCOMPLICATED IT'S LITERALLYLIKE YOU PUT IN THE NAME OFYOUR ESTABLISHMENT, THE COUNTYTHAT YOU'RE IN AND THEN ITASKS WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOVEAND BEYOND THE CURRENTEXPECTATIONS THAT YOU BELIEVEQUALIFIES YOU TO REOPENEARLY." MUDD SAYS SHE FILLEDOUT THE APPLICATION AS BESTSHE COULD DESCRIBING ALL THEWAYS IN WHICH SHE'D WORK TOKEEP CUSTOMERS SAFE 3:19-3:30- "WHEN PEOPLE COME IN WE DOTEMPERATURE CHECKS, WE REQUIRETHEM TO WEAR MASKS, AS LONG ASTHEY DO NOT HAVE A FEVER WETHEN PROVIDE THEM WITH HANDSANITIZER, HAVE THEM GO GETTHEIR WEIGHTS AND THEN GO TOTHEIR STATION." DESPITE HERATTEMPT TO REOPEN - MUDD SAYSWAS DENIED WITHIN HOURS OFAPPLYING AS OF WEDNESDAYNIGHT, SHE HAD APPLIED (AGAINTHIS TIME WAITING FOR A MOREFAVORABLE OUTCOME AND ONETHAT WILL ALLOW HER BACK INTOHER BUSINESS 8:37-8:42 - "IWANT TO BE ABLE TO DOEVERYTHING I NEED TO DO TOOPEN THE DOORS AND GET PEOPLEBACK IN." VERONICA ACOSTA -KGUN NINE ON YOUR SIDIN THE MEANTIME -- ONE LOCALBAR OWNER WHO WAS ALSO DENIEDSAYS IT'S NOT FAIR SINCERESTAURANTS GOT TO STAY OPEN..
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