FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky will be gradually opening up more businesses in May.

Gov. Andy Beshear ordered “nonessential” businesses to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, but starting May 11, more will come back if they can follow 10 specific guidelines.

“The ten rules aren’t easy. Just the ten rules, they’re not easy to meet, but they’re important to get it right, and this hopefully gives people time,” Beshear said.

The rules businesses have to comply with include several guidelines on social distancing, universal masks, onsite temperature checks, and testing plans.

The first wave of businesses to reopen May 11th are manufacturing, construction, car dealerships, some professional services, pet grooming, and horse racing with no spectators.

Beshear praised the specific plan Churchill Downs submitted to reopen.

“This is one of the most detailed plans that we have seen about specific security checks everybody has to go through and be temperature checked to masking to having a very limited group that is there,” Beshear said.

A statement from Churchill Downs said stables will reopen under a “phased, systematic approach.”

“The health and safety of our horsemen, staff, and community remains paramount,” Churchill Downs Racetrack President Kevin Flanery said. “Strict compliance with our comprehensive COVID-19 Action Plan and social distancing guidelines is our responsible duty to effectively contain the virus.”

Earlier this year, Churchill Downs announced the Kentucky Derby will be postponed to Sept. 5.

The second wave comes May 20 when retail and houses of worship will be allowed to reopen, again with those 10 rules in place to protect people.

The third wave comes on May 25. Barbers and salons will be allowed to come back, along with social gatherings of up to 10 people.

Beshear said dine-in restaurants will be a discussion for later.

He wants to make sure plans account for how to eat safely in a public place, and how to make sure restaurants can actually succeed with new safety measures in place.

“We want to work with you in the industry to try and figure out how to do this and how to do it safely,” Beshear said. “And I know we only want to do it if we have a safe experience.”

Daycare won’t happen in the first phase of reopenings, either, but Beshear said that could happen in June.

Beshear said he knows returning to work could be difficult for parents with young children.

“It’s not fair, and it’s hard,” Beshear said. “But if we opened a daycare right now, then we would see a spike that would ultimately set us back.”

Beshear said plans are fluid and everything depends on testing and virus itself.

“I’m not going to let us have that spike, and when we see it coming, we’ll do what we have to adjust,” Beshear said.