People across the country attempted to kick off summer this holiday weekend, as beaches, parks and bars began to reopen while following social distancing guidelines with varying degrees of success.
“I’ve been in the house for months and had to get out for some fresh air,” Michael Montoya, at a nearby beach, told the Times. “But I’m not socializing or sitting close to people."
In Houston, the mayor said city officials will have to ramp up enforcement of the governor's reopening guidelinesIn coastal Wilmington, North Carolina, Mayor Bill Saffo acknowledged that the city is having some difficulty getting people to wear masks. “We knew that when we went from the mitigation phase to the reopening phase that we would see a spike,” he said, adding that he would “take a significant action” if the numbers rose further.
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