S.C. restaurants can offer limited dine-in services

Establishments could reopen dine-in services Monday, providing guidelines including occupancy and seating restrictions are followed. S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster also lifted all boating restrictions in the state.

Abbott antibody test cleared for emergency use

A fourth COVID-19 test from Abbott Laboratories, based in Illinois with a location in Liberty, has received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The lab's SARS-CoV-2 IgG serology test was 100% accurate in its ability to exclude false negatives in patients tested 14 days after first showing symptoms of the virus.

COVID-19 testing available in several S.C. counties

A mobile testing clinic will be held in Richland County on Wednesday at Forest Heights Elementary School. Clinics are also scheduled in Charleston, Clarendon, Florence, Lee and Saluda counties.

Real estate market pulses through shutdown

Even as South Carolina’s economy continues to shutter under the weight of the COVID-19 shutdown, site selection, construction and new commercial real estate leasing press on across the Upstate — if not in new directions.

Arcadia Publishing acquires New Orleans publisher

Arcadia, based in Mount Pleasant, has purchased another book publisher. River Road Press, which publishes titles related to New Orleans and the surrounding area in Louisiana, joins Arcadia as part of the company’s Pelican Publishing division, which was acquired last year.

Coping with COVID: Conversation with Dr. Matt Bitner

SC Biz News talks to Dr. Matt Bitner, chairman of emergency medicine for Prisma Health, about COVID-19, the impact on businesses and communities, and how the novel coronavirus outbreak is reshaping how health care is delivered across South Carolina.
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