Idaho stay-home order ends, restoration of normal activity begins

BOISE — Idaho residents have been successful at reducing infections and deaths because of the coronavirus, and it’s time to start restoring normal activity, Gov. Brad Little said Thursday.

The Republican governor said that his five-week stay-at-home order will be allowed to expire, and the state on Friday will enter the first of his four-stage plan to recover from the economic damage caused by the virus.

Little said the process will take time, and advancing through the stages to return the state to near normalcy by the end of June will be based on declining infections and strong testing. The readiness of the health care system is another factor.

“Everyone must do their part to ensure we can progress to stage 2,” Little said during the video news conference.

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