The stay-at-home order for Alabama citizens will remain in place through April 30, Gov. Kay Ivey said Friday.

Speaking on Talk 99.5, Ivey said she and State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris are reviewing recommendations related to a phased reopening the state. Ivey issued a stay-at-home order in early April in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a mandate that followed the closure of all “non-essential” businesses.

Ivey said the stay-at-home order will remain in place through the end of the month but hinted it may not continue past that.

When asked about the business closures creating winners and losers as big box stores are allowed to remain open while smaller stores are closed, Ivey answered by saying the orders were “the best decision we had with the information on hand.”

“Those kind of changes (plans for reopening businesses) are likely forthcoming as we approach the April 30 deadline,” Ivey said.

Ivey has come under increasing fire for not reopening segments of Alabama’s business community even as Georgia, Tennessee and other states take their first steps towards re-stimulating their economies. Dozens attended a pro-business rally earlier this week in Montgomery and the Facebook group, Re-Open Alabama, has grown to more than 25,000 members.

The governor said her coronavirus task force will meet Monday to examine recommendations and look at when and how the state can open.

“There’s no one size fits all for everyone at the same time,” she said. “Nobody wants to get to work more than I do. I’m all about opening up to get back to work. At the same time, we’ve got to do it as soon as we can as smart as we can. We don’t want to do it too early to invite the virus back in our communities.”

As of Friday morning, Alabama has 5,832 cases of coronavirus with 197 deaths.