South Carolina continues to enact additional emergency measures that affect tourism in response to COVID-19.
Executive orders issued by Gov. Henry McMaster over the past several days:
Allow restaurants to serve beer and wine, in closed containers, curbside. Regulations that once prohibited serving alcohol to someone sitting in a motorized vehicle have been suspended. This new allowance does not apply to liquor nor can a restaurant add alcoholic drinks to its delivery service.
Extend the April 15th deadline for filing and paying individual income state taxes to July 15th in order to coincide with the new federal extension. Other taxes are still due by June 1.
Prohibit large gatherings in indoor as well as outdoor settings, including beaches.
Many beaches in South Carolina remain open, and Governor McMaster authorized state law enforcement officers to help local departments enforce crowd limits.
These additional measures support suggestions by public health officials to maintain social distancing to prevent further spread of COVID-19, for which there is no vaccine and no cure.
Governor McMaster also urged construction workers and others in the skilled trade industry to donate any extra personal protective equipment to medical facilities and healthcare professionals. Companies who can donate should contact Mary Louise Resch of Habitat for Humanity for logistical coordination at mlresch@habitatsc.org.
The Federal Emergency Management Administration has launched a webpage to dispel myths and rumors surrounding the Coronavirus. Some widely shared misinformation has led Americans to believe that Coronavirus attacks only the elderly or that the nation is about to quarantine and shut down for two weeks (neither is true.) The webpage can be found here.
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