MORE TEXAS CITIES ENACT ‘SHELTER IN PLACE’ ORDERS
More major Texas cities have issued orders telling their residents to stay in their homes.
Houston, Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth and Bryan/College Station all issued stay-at-home orders, Tuesday, following the lead of local officials in the Dallas and San Antonio areas earlier this week.
The restrictions mean residents must stay at home except for essential activities. Generally, businesses including grocery stores, gas stations and restaurants with deliver and takeout will remain open during such orders.
Governor Greg Abbott, who urged Texans to “stay at home,” previously banned dine-in eating at restaurants and social gatherings of 10 or more and he closed schools, gyms and bars. He said he’ll keep monitoring how well Texans heed the call for social distancing, and he hinted that stronger statewide measures could be coming.
Eleven deaths have been reported so far in Texas, along with more than 700 confirmed cases of COVID-19. It has now appeared in 65 of Texas’ 254 counties, with more than 11,000 tests conducted statewide.
We have a confirmed case now.
https://kwhi.com/case-of-covid-19-confirmed-in-city-of-brenham-employee/
There are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Washington County and no reason to impose this draconian measure on the businesses and their employees of Washington County. Don’t let the local politicians over react and do more harm than good!
The draconian measures are what is needed to prevent the spread. It doesn’t do any good to wait until it shows up here. It’s probably already here but if you wait for a confirmed case you have waited too long.
Wake up!! It’s here now. Community spread and Brenham being a small town, no telling how many more cases we have that haven’t been found yet. People stay home and follow the guidelines. Mr Langston, your probably one that said it won’t ever happen here Well too late. Everybody do their part and hope the City and County officials lock it down
Donny, you’re probably also the guy that isn’t following the CDC guidelines or the advice from NEARLY EVERYONE to stay home, aren’t you? I hope that you’re ambivalence to the situation doesn’t contribute to you or your family getting this illness and spreading it to others. Like others have said, if we wait until the positive cases start showing, we’ve already waited too long. And from what we’re learning about the virus now, pretty much the entire world has waited too long.