Burlington to lift COVID-19 emergency order June 15

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's largest city will lift its pandemic-related emergency order on June 15.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger made the announcement on Wednesday, saying the city has done what's needed to significantly slow the spread of the coronavirus virus, WPTZ-TV reported. But he said more work is needed once the order is gone.

The emergency order has been in place since March 16, 2020.

“We will continue our commitment of ending any threat of a false spike and a return to a pandemic by continuing through the summer to push for the deployment of vaccines,” the mayor said. “We will also be working at executing an equitable economic recovery.”