Today I made a series of announcements regarding Stage One of our #MarylandStrong Roadmap to Recovery. Effective this Friday, May 15 at 5 p.m., we will be lifting the Stay at Home order and moving instead to a Safer at Home public health advisory. 
Some businesses and establishments will be able to reopen beginning Friday at 5 p.m. with strong social distancing and other health and safety precautions in place. Details: governor.maryland.gov/2020/05/13/sta…
We are providing for a flexible, community-based approach which empowers individual county leaders to make decisions regarding the timing of Stage One reopenings in their individual jurisdictions.
While we are taking a positive step forward, it does not mean that we are safe or that this crisis is over. All Marylanders, particularly those older and more vulnerable populations, are advised to continue staying home as much as possible.
Each and every one of us has an obligation to continue to exercise responsibility for ourselves, for our families, for our coworkers, and for our fellow Marylanders, so that as a community, together we can begin to safely get back to work and get back to our daily lives.
