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Governor loosens COVID-19 restrictions

by | Sep 24, 2020 | Latest

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week loosened COVID-19 pan­demic restrictions by raising the occupancy maximum to 75 percent for most businesses and facilities, and allowing visita­tion at long-term care facilities.

The governor spelled out the changes in pandemic restric­tions at a Thursday, Sept. 17, press conference at the Texas Capital in Austin, basing the order on the percentage of pa­tients hospitalized with CO­VID-19.

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