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In times of knead:Radius Pizza owners balance business with compassion I Arts&Entertainment I newsoforange.com "We're going to be following what the N.C. Health Department dictates, first and foremost," Kate said. "There's a lot of information that we received from the Orange County Health Department. The big things are we have to interview each of our employees every day before their shift starts, on whether they're having any symptoms, if they've been around anyone that has been diagnosed with COVID-19 within the last 14 days. Or been within six feet or less with them for 10 minutes or longer. If the answer to that is yes, then we have to send them home. The next question is whether the employee is having any symptoms. If the answer is yes, we send them home. The last is we ask them if they have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the last time they came to work." Radius can normally have up to 91 people inside, with another 40 people on its patio. But the Phase 2 rules greatly reduce that number. "We have to decrease our seating now to a maximum of 50 percent occupancy inside the restaurant," Kate said. "The guests cannot be less than six-feet from each other. For some restaurants, that means they won't be able to have even 50 percent in their dining area. It's the same for bar seating. Technically, we're not allowed to have six people at a table together unless they are family. The groups of people cannot be under six feet from each other. We have a pretty big dining room. We could put more than 46 people in our restaurant, and people would be more than six feet from each other. But the law states that you can't have more than 50 percent of your occupancy. That includes your employees. If I've got five people in the kitchen, then I'm down to 41 customers. And then there's myself and three other staff, so now I'm down to 37 inside the restaurant. We don't know yet whether these numbers will make sense for us." Despite the limits and changes Radius is now going through, the owners said the community has been largely supportive and understanding. "The response has been 'we miss you.' 'We want you to reopen.' http://www.newsoforange.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_6259ldb2-a59c-1 lea-94ec-933560024926.html[6/16/2020 8:49:03 PM]