Houston’s mayor and the Texas Republican Party are at odds over the cancellation of the state’s annual convention.
to 250 people and outdoor events to 500. The Cascade City-County Health Department issued the order Friday that also requires organizers of events with 100 to 500 people to submit an event packet for approval before the event can take place. Officials say the restrictions are reasonable and intended to protect the community from the coronavirus.
, bringing its total to 1,843. Officials have attributed the increase to more testing being done statewide but also have said people are not as vigilant about protecting themselves from the respiratory illness as they once were.The state’s three largest counties plan to send ballot request forms to every voter before this fall’s general election, but it’s not yet clear whether those forms will be sent statewide as they were before the primary.
and private carrier buses, trains, light rail and Access Link. That order has been in effect since March to help mitigate the spread of the virus but will be lifted Wednesday at 8 p.m. Murphy also said face coverings will be required at all indoor stations and outdoor stations where social distancing isn’t possible, as well as in the transit vehicles. “We are seeing increases in ridership that are beginning to approach 50% of the stated maximum capacity of these vehicles, and we want to ensure that people can get to their jobs and that the system continues operating as efficiently as possible,” Murphy said.
. In the city of Springdale, Health Commissioner Matt Clayton recruited Spanish speakers already known in the community to work as contact tracers. The Cincinnati Health Department brought aboard 10 employees of the Ohio Department of Health to supplement the 30 staffers and volunteers already contract tracing. Graduate students at Wright State University’s public health program are helping Warren County’s health department with contact tracing.
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