Illinois business will not follow stricter guidelines given by state health officials

Friday, Illinois State Health officials announced stricter guidelines for Region-6 because of high positivity rates.

Some businesses say the state is overstepping.

Sharing of resources" to fight covid-19.

"our illinois viewing area"..

Will soon see "some new covid-19 restrictions".

"today"..

"state health officials"..

Announced changes "for region-6".

It's due to "a higher" "positivity rate".

News 10's "sarah lehman" is *live* in our newsroom..

To explain..

"what's changing".

/////// susie... i drove over to west union illiois today.

One of the cities in region 6 that will be impacted by these new guidelines.

And people are not happy!

So here's what we know about these changes.

Starting monday... bars and restaurants cannot have indoor services.

Outdoor bar and dining services must end at 11 o-clock at night.

Reservations are required for each party.

There will also be capacity limits at businesses and gatherings.

This is limited to the lesser of 25 guests ..

Or 25 percent of overall room capacity.

The new mitigations does "not" apply to schools or polling places.

In our area ..

These changes apply to clark... crawford... edgar... richland... jasper... and lawrence counties.

I talked with kaycee adams the owner of west union cafe.

She says she's tired of all this back and forth.

She says small businesses like her just can't take it ////// "we ar family owned i mean we i mean my husband still works a 40 hour week job so i mean we can't take another hit.

/// we're not going to recover if we close down again."

////// coming up for you on news 10 at 6... i'll have more from adams about what her plan is when monday rolls around.

Reporting live in the newsroom.

I'm sarah lehman news 10.

Back to you.

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