Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday that he was temporarily halting the state's phased economic reopening in response to a recent jump in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.
FILE PHOTO: A man sits in his car and waits to be tested at United Memorial Medical Center amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Houston, Texas, U.S., June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
“This temporary pause will help our state corral the spread until we can safely enter the next phase of opening our state for business,” Abbott said in a statement. The proportion of Texans testing positive for the virus has risen to 10%, one of the few states in the country with a double-digit positivity rate.
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