The state set yet another hospitalization record Monday.
Officials in some of Texas’ largest cities and the counties containing them are asking Gov. Greg Abbott to give them the authority to reinstate stay-at-home orders as a way of stemming the state’s coronavirus spike, just days after Abbott decided to reverse some of the state’s reopening efforts, a step the governor had said he hoped he wouldn’t have to take.... [+]
restaurants that chose to re-open its dining room after Governor Greg Abbott loosened restrictions put in place to respond to coronavirus on May 01, 2020. The spread of coronavirus picked up rapidly in Texas this month, especially in the state’s large cities, and has raised serious concerns about health care systems being overwhelmed.
Judge Lina Hidalgo, of Houston’s Harris County, also said in a television interview that she’d like to see officials there have the ability to reinstate stay-at-home orders. Texas was largely spared the significant effects of the first major U.S. coronavirus spike in March and April, so officials there were eager to start reopening the economy when they had the chance in late April.efforts in the nation, and earlier this month allowed for restaurants to start operating at 75% capacity and bars at 50% capacity.
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