![]() Many states eased mask requirements for those who are vaccinated after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised that fully vaccinated people could go without masks in most indoor and outdoor settings. But during a visit to hard-hit Lubbock, where the local health authority says the fire department is building shelves for the dead as morgues run short on space, Abbott made clear Texas will not retreat to lockdown measures again. Some states continue to require the use of masks for unvaccinated people, and some governors are still mandating that businesses observe social distancing rules, even as they lift capacity limits. Texas has reported more than 10,000 Covid-19 cases in a single day for the first time since February, reflecting a trend among some of the most populous states that are dealing with new and. In the few states that have yet to fully reopen, governors have set targets for doing so based on vaccination rates or other health measures.Ī full reopening still comes with rules in many places. States have moved closer to lifting all restrictions on businesses and gatherings as the vaccination campaign has progressed. A nationwide patchwork of rules for businesses and residents resulted over months of trial and error, as governors reopened some sectors only to later re-close and reopen them again as infection rates rose and fell. ![]() Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, it has been largely up to state and local officials to determine what restrictions, if any, to impose to slow new infections. Greg Abbott gives an update on Texas hospital bed capacity and the states strategy for fighting COVID-19 during a press conference at Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin on Tuesday. It appears nearly the entire country will be open with few restrictions by the Fourth of July. But under the leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomoand thanks to a coordinated state public health responseNew York locked down to get the number of cases to a manageable level and then maintain the low numbers, turning a disaster into a model for the rest of the United States. Irma Saravia, 62, gets the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Consulado General de El Salvador on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Houston. Once 70 percent of residents have been fully vaccinated.įurther reopening plans will be announced before the current executive order expires on July 4.Īll across the country, mask mandates have eased, restrictions have lifted and most states have gone back to business as usual. ![]()
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