Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that movie theaters can reopen May 1, despite coronavirus concerns. 'We are Texans,' he said. 'We got this.'
Gov. Greg Abbott announced at a press conference Monday that cinemas in the Lone Star State will be allowed to open again starting Friday, May 1.There will be restrictions, however. Businesses can only operate at 25 percent occupancy as part of "phase 1." Some types of businesses where customers tend to have close contact with each other and employees — such as barbershops, salons, gyms, and bars — will remain closed for now.
Other states have started to reopen businesses as well, such as South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Alaska. But Texas is the largest, home to 29 million people, and nonessential businesses have been shuttered since April 1.Abbott said, according to KXAN. "They're working on a testing and tracing strategy that will outline exactly how we're going to go about the process of doing what is needed to be able to monitor our communities for any potential expansion of COVID-19… It's time to start to reopen Texas… We are Texans. We got this."
Health experts have cautioned, however, that reopening movie theaters and other businesses too quickly could result in a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections. In addition to the virus's widely documented dangers, the relatively new disease still has many unknown factors, such as the potential for long-term health effects for survivors. Also, there still isn't a proven treatment for the disease, though many existing drugs are undergoing trials in hospitals around the world.
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