OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma is reopening businesses that were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic at the right time, U.S. Sen. James Lankford said Tuesday.

"I don't think it's soon. We've already got about 15 states in the same process," and even hard-hit New York is considering how to follow suit, Lankford told The Associated Press. "There will always be second-guessing on the timing ... it's still the right time."

Gov. Kevin Stitt in April announced plans to allow a phased reopening, first of businesses such as barber shops, hair and nail salons, followed by restaurants, malls, gyms, an...