Texas governor ends pandemic restrictions as infection rates drop
Democrats blast the move as politically motivated but new Covid-19 cases in the state have dropped to a five-month low
02 March 2021 - 23:07
Houston — Texas governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday lifted the mask mandate and other pandemic restrictions amid declining hospitalisations and infection rates in the second-largest US state.
Effective from March 10, all businesses will be allowed to open at 100% of capacity, Abbott said during a media briefing in Lubbock on Tuesday. His executive order allows county judges to reinstate anti-virus rules should hospitalisations surge...
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