Hair salon industry can move back indoors

Hair salons can welcome back customers with limited capacity and regulations in place.

ARE ALLOWED TO WELCOME BACKCUSTOMERS -- BUT NOTWITHOUT SOME MODIFICATIONS.23ABC'S KALLYN HOBMANN JOINS USLIVE WITH THE GUIDELINESTHESE BUSINESSES MUST FOLLOW TOBEGIN REOPENING.KALLYN?GOOD MORNING.

I SPOKE WITH ALOCAL HAIR SALON OWNERYESTERDAY.

AND HE SAYS HE'SGLAD THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHENTHIS REOPENINGWOULD HAPPEN IS FINALLY OVER.DAYVID HENRY SALON OWNER DAYVIDHENRY MARTINEZ SAYS HE IS VERYHOPEFUL THAT HIS BUSINESS WILLREMAIN OPEN FROM NOW ON.

NOMATTER WHAT MAY HAPPEN WITHTHE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.WHILEHE'S EXCITED TO SEE HIS CLIENTSAGAIN.

MARTINEZ SAYS THERE WILLSTILL BE CHALLENGES.

HE WANTSHIS WIFE TO BE ABLE TORETURN TO THE SALON AS AMANICURIST.

AND WITH STATEGUIDELINES.

HE'LL HAVE TOMINIMIZE HOW MANY CLIENTS HECAN SEE EACH DAY.I CAN ONLY DO ONE CLIENT AT ATIME,SO WHEN I'M DONE WITH THEM, THEYLEAVE AND THE NEXT PERSON COMESIN, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OFPEOPLE IN HERE ATONCE.

IT'S JUST THE ONE PERSON.WHERE BEFORE I COULD DO 3,4PEOPLE AT A TIME.SO MY DAYS ARE LONGER, WHICH ISFINE."THESTATE HAS CREATED THIS CHECKLISTTO HELP SALONSIMPLEMENT THEIR COVID-19PREVENTION PLAN.

AND THEYARE ASKED TO HANG IT UP FORCUSTOMERS TO SEE AS WELL.FACE MASKS MUSTBE WORN AT ALL TIMES DURING HAIRAPPOINTMENTS.AND EACH SALON IS REQUIRED TOCOMPLETE RISK ASSESSMENTS OFALL WORK AREAS... AND SCREENEMPLOYEES FORSYMPTOMS AT THE BEGINNING OFEACH SHIFT.THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERMODIFICATIONS SALONS MUSTIMPLEMENT.

LIKE FREQUENTSANITIZING OFWORK AREAS AND STAGGERINGAPPOINTMENTS TO MINIMIZE THENUMBER OF PEOPLE INSIDE AT ANYTIME.WE'LL HAVE A LINKTO THE FULL LIST OFMODIFICATIONS ON OUR WEBSITETURN TO 23 DOTCOM.FOR NOW HEREIN SOUTHWEST BAKERSFIELD.

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