Questions About Business Reopenings And New Safety Guidelines

Published April 30, 2020 at 8:30 PM EDT

Atlanta hair salon owner Regina Hirschell checks in. Then an NPR business editor and Jennifer Nuzzo of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security answer listener questions about business reopenings.

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