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TEXAS – A statement from Governor Greg Abbott last week has leaders across the state concerned with the possibility that the president removes the order to use a mask.
Some officials from different parts of the state stated your concern about the possibility that the president could relax too much the restrictions implemented to try to prevent the spread of COVID- 03 .
“We are working now and evaluating when we will be able to remove all the orders at the state level and we will be making announcements about this very soon,” Abbott said at a press conference in Corpus Christi when asked if he had a date to remove the order. mask wear.
The Governor is scheduled to host a small business event this Tuesday in Lubbock and his office announced that Abbott will make important announcements.
Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of San Antonio, and Nelson Wolff, County Judge Bexar, sent a letter to the governor, asking him not to remove the order to wear face masks.
This is a letter in which Wolff and Nirenberg tell the president that withdrawing such a measure would be a serious mistake. His opinion has been supported by health experts and community members.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also asked the Governor not to remove the order of wearing masks this Monday during a press conference related to the issue of vaccines.
Local authorities said the figures now appear to be lower. However, they assure that it is not the time to trust oneself. So they ask Abbott to wait until the summer, when the vaccine is expected to be available to the general public.
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