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Daily coronavirus updates: Lamont calls for Connecticut residents to travel, eat out, return to the office. Governor says its time to ‘get out of the damn house.’

One week after Connecticut’s expansive reopening, Gov. Ned Lamont urged the state’s residents to return to the world — to travel, to eat out at restaurants, to work from the office.

At a Wednesday press briefing at the Connecticut Convention Center, alongside top business leaders and officials, Lamont told residents to venture back into their normal routines.

“I have spent the last year-plus saying ‘Stay safe, stay home,’” Lamont said. “And today, I’m telling you: get out of the damn house, come enjoy Hartford, get on a plane, visit a restaurant, go to an amazing hotel. This is a time where Connecticut is open, ready for business, we want you coming back.