California eases pandemic restrictions; New York Stock Exchange opens


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  • Wednesday, 27 May 2020

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with NYSE President Stacey Cunningham as the building opens for the first time since March while the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., May 26, 2020. Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo/Don Pollard/Handout via REUTERS

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California, the most populous U.S. state, took another step on Tuesday toward ending sweeping lockdowns imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, allowing barber shops and hair salons in most counties to operate for the first time in more than two months.

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom lifted orders that banned church services and in-store retail shopping, although with restrictions in place to prevent further outbreaks of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.

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