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The government of Texas's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state consisted of a decentralized system that was mostly reliant on local policies. As the pandemic progressed in Texas and throughout the rest of the country, the Texas government closed down several businesses and parks, and it eventually imposed a statewide stay-at-home order in late May.
September 4 – Five people die in Texas during Hurricane Laura. [10] September 17 – Texas governor Greg Abbott eases COVID-19 restrictions on retail stores, gyms, and restaurants. Bars, however, remain closed. [11] October 10 – Over 700,000 power outages are reported in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi due to Hurricane ...
There was a link between public health outcomes and partisanship between states. At the beginning of the pandemic to early June 2020, Democratic-led states had higher case rates than Republican-led states, while in the second half of 2020, Republican-led states saw higher case and death rates than states led by Democrats.
AUSTIN — Texas employers could not require workers and people under contract to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and would be fined $50,000 if they tried to − but they would be allowed to ...
[4] [5] The first case in the United States was reported in Snohomish County, Washington, on January 20, [6] and the Trump administration declared a public health emergency on January 31, 2020. [7] The initial spread of COVID-19 in Texas may have begun prior to the first contemporaneously confirmed case, very likely as early as September 2019 ...
The federal government on Friday reopened two cross-border railroad crossings in Texas, five days after the shuttering of rail operations there disrupted trade and sparked outrage from U.S. and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration and Texas state government are surging personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border to prepare for a possible increase in illegal immigration when COVID-19 ...
The state of Texas confirmed its first case on February 13, 2020, among U.S. nationals evacuated from China to Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland beginning in early February; however, retrospective analyses have suggested a much earlier origin than previously thought.