Local Businesses and Organizations to Prepare for Operation

Thursday, January 23, 2020 - 1:00 PM

All businesses and other community organizations in St. John’s will be allowed to access their premises as of 6 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 24 for the purposes of preparing to reopen.

The City of St. John’s hopes to be in a position to lift the State of Emergency on Saturday, Jan. 25; a decision on this will be announced on Friday.

Effective Friday, Jan. 24 at 6 a.m. all businesses and community organizations may:

  • call in staff
  • have suppliers make deliveries
  • procure any and all technical or supportive services required to reopen 

Businesses and organizations are reminded that they are not permitted to open to clients/customers until the State of Emergency is lifted.