COLUMBIA, S.C. — The citywide curfew for the City of Columbia has been extended after the Columbia City Council voted Thursday afternoon to put a new order into effect.
Council voted unanimously Thursday to continue the citywide night curfew for another 60 days as the area continues to respond to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
The extended curfew goes into effect on Friday, April 10th. The measure continues to restrict travel and gatherings from 11:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m., with the exception of persons traveling to and from work and for healthcare.
As before, the following persons are exempted and free to travel to carry out their duties: police officers, firefighters, active duty military, health care providers, essential government personnel, and public works and utility workers employed by any public utility, the City of Columbia, the Counties of Richland and Lexington, the State of South Carolina and the United States of America.
Columbia's "Stay at Home" order, which went into effect at 12:01 a.m. March 29, was allowed to expire in light of Governor McMaster's "Stay at Home or Work" order, which went into effect statewide at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.