THE
THE PEDESTRIAN ALSO HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
ONE DEPUTY SUFFERED MINOR
INJURIES.
INJURIES.
INJURIES. >>> SOME RELIEF TONIGHT AT 14
WASHINGTON COUNTIES ARE
GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT TO
REOPEN TO THE NEXT PHASE.
THEY
THEY CAN
THEY CAN ALL NOW MOVE TO PHASE TWO OF THE GOVERNOR'S SAFE
START PLAN.
KING
KING COUNTY IS MOVEING TO A MODIFIED PHASE ONE.
A MODIFIED PHASE ONE ALLOWS
MORE BUSINESSES TO REOPEN,
BUT WITH LIMITS.
OUTDOOR RESTAURANT SEATING,
FOR EXAMPLE, IS ALLOWED AT
50% CAPACITY AND INDOOR
SEATING AT 25%.
NON-ESSENTIAL RETAILER STORES
CAN REOPEN AT 15% CAPACITY.
PERSONAL SERVICES LIKE SALONS
AND BARBER SHOPS CAN OPEN AT
25% CAPACITY.
25% CAPACITY. SO, WHAT DOES PHASE TWO MEAN?
THIS IS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
THINGS LIKE TRADITIONAL
SHOPPING MALLS CAN RESUME
OPERATIONS UNDER PHASE TWO.
LIKE PUYALLUP'S SOUTH HILL
MALL WHICH WELCOMED CUSTOMERS
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. KING 5 NEWS' AMY MORENO IS
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. DID PEOPLE TURN OUT TO SHOP?
>> Reporter: WELL, THE MALL
MANAGEMENT WASN'T SEWER IF
PEOPLE WOULD COME TO SHOP BUT
WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS
PEOPLE WERE WAITING IN THE
PARKING LOT.
PARKING LOT. ONLY 15% TO 20% OF THE STORES
ARE OPEN, BUT LIKE EVERYTHING
ELSE WE ARE DEALING WITH,
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
MANY STORES ARE CLOSED AND
THEY RESPACED THE TABLES AT
THE FOOD COURT FURTHER APART,
WAY APART, AND ADDED
PLEXIGLASS AT FOOD STANDS.
IT IS NOT THE SAME BUT
CUSTOMERS SAID IT FELT GOOD TO
BE BACK AT THE MALL AFTER
MONTHS OF QUARANTINE.
>> EVERYBODY IS PRETTY EXCITED
JUST TO BE OUT.
>> Reporter: EXTRA CLEANING
WAS ADDED AND FACE MASKS ARE
REQUIREED BY THE COUNTY BUT IT
IS NOT ENFORCED.
STEYERS STORES ARE SUPPOSED
TO LIMIT HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN
COME INSIDE BUT THE STORE
OWNERS SAY THEY ARE GLAD JUST
TO BE OPEN.
>> THE BIGGER CROWDS WILL COME
IN ONCE THE BIGGER CHAINS
START OPENING UP AGAIN.
>> Reporter: THE MALL IS
ADDING HAND SANITIZERRING
STATIONS AND CON STANDLY
CLEANING HIGH TOUCH SURFACES.
>> I WANT CUSTOMERS TO KNOW WE
ARE PUTTING THEIR HEALTH AS A
TOP CONCERN.
TOP CONCERN. >> Reporter: PEOPLE MAY FIND
STUFF TO BUY, BUT MORE THAN
THAT IT IS NOT ABOUT SHOPPING.
>> IT IS ABOUT SOCIALIZING.
THEY HAVE BEEN COOPED UP FOR
THREE MONTHS, TWO MONTHS,
WHATEVER, AND THEY WANT TO
COME OUT AND SEE EACH OTHER.
>> TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT
>> Reporter: THERE ARE
SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ON THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY CAN HAVE
AT THE MALL.
THE MALL TELLS ME THEY HAVE A
WALKER'S PROGRAM FOR SENIORS
IN THE MORNING THAT THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO RESTART NEXT WEEK.
BACK TO YOU, MARK.
>> AMY, BEFORE YOU GO, WHY
THIS MALL AND PACIFIC PLACE
IN SEATTLE REOPENED BUT SO
MANY OTHER MALLS NOT AT THIS
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. >>
POINT. >> Reporter: IT DEPENDS ON
WHETHER OR NOT THE MALL WAS
READY TO OPEN.
THE MALL TELLS US THERE ARE A
LOT OF CHALLENGES.
SOME STORES DON'T HAVE STOCK
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SHUT
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET
EMPLOYEES CALLED IF THEY HAVE
BEEN FURLOUGHED.
BEEN FURLOUGHED. WE HAVE HEARD FROM DIFFERENT
MALLS IN THE REGION SAYING
THEY WILL OPEN IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS BUT THEY NEED TO GET
OPERATIONS UP AND RUNNING SO
IF YOU HAVE A MALL IN YOUR
AREA, MAYBE KEEP CHECKING
WITH THEM TO SEE WHEN THEY ARE
READY TO GO.
>> THANK YOU, AMY.
SOUTH HILL MALL IS PART OF
PIERCE COUNTY WHICH HAS
REPORTED MORE THAN 2,000
INFECTIONS AS OF TODAY.
85 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS IN THAT COUNTY.
WASHINGTON STATE HAS SURPASSED
23,000 CASES WITH 23,442.
153 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM
COVID-19 SO FAR IN THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON, 1,153
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY. >>> WELL, YOU