Texas' Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Is About to Enter a New Phase
For the first time since Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson put much of North Texas in novel coronavirus hibernation in mid-March, the range of activities Dallas residents are allowed to undertake grew significantly last week. Next week, thanks to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the list of things Texans can do is going to get wider still.
Thanks to Abbott, you can now, if you choose, go shopping anywhere you want, as long as you're willing to pick up your goods curbside. You can also seek out an elective medical procedure, as long as the hospital or facility you get it from is doing its part to conserve personal protective equipment and space for potential COVID-19 patients. The new governor-granted leeway even covers abortion procedures, previously subject to a back-and-forth court battle during the early weeks of the pandemic.
Texans can also go to state parks, provided they don't gather in groups of more than five and they cover their faces.
The state's disaster declaration — to which Dallas has hitched its star — expires May 12, but the orders issued under that declaration are getting broader and broader. Monday, Abbott plans to announce his plans to further open the state.
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