Pandemic Updates: Northeast States Lift Restrictions, Cruise Lines Set Reopening, Herd Immunity Difficulty

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will lift Covid restrictions on restaurants and other consumer-facing businesses May 19. Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. said they will loosen capacity restrictions in early May. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced May 6 that capacities restrictions will be loosened May 14 with an eye to complete opening June 11.  …