Governor Ralph Northam signed Executive Order Sixty-One and presented a detailed framework for the first phase of the “Forward Virginia” plan to safely and gradually ease public health restrictions while containing the spread of COVID-19. The Phase One guidelines will be implemented when the data meets the public health criteria outlined by the Commonwealth. The new executive order modifies public health guidance in Executive Order Fifty-Three and Executive Order Fifty-Five and establishes guidelines for Phase One. 

Phase one will be implemented no sooner than May 15, 2020.

See initial guidelines for Phase one of Forward Virginia here: Virginia Forward Phase One Business Sector Guidelines

See more about the changes in Phase One below: