By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/watch-live-texas-gov-greg-abbott-reflects-on-covid-19-economic-impact Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Texas governor announces easing of virus restrictions Economy Updated on Apr 17, 2020 3:16 PM EDT — Published on Apr 17, 2020 12:50 PM EDT Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he is issuing an executive order to begin “opening the Texas economy, helping you return to work using the safest standards to contain the coronavirus.” Watch the governor’s remarks above. “Now, understand this: Opening Texas must occur in stages,” Abbott said. “Obviously, not all businesses can open all at once on May the 1st.” The governor said that he had formed a strike force to study how to develop testing and tracing protocols that would allow people to safely resume some aspects of public life until a vaccine can be developed. All schools will be closed through the remainder of the academic year. He also said he would be releasing more details on April 27. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam is the Health Reporter and Coordinating Producer for Polling for the PBS NewsHour, where she has also worked as the Data Producer. Follow @LauraSanthanam @LauraSanthanam
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he is issuing an executive order to begin “opening the Texas economy, helping you return to work using the safest standards to contain the coronavirus.” Watch the governor’s remarks above. “Now, understand this: Opening Texas must occur in stages,” Abbott said. “Obviously, not all businesses can open all at once on May the 1st.” The governor said that he had formed a strike force to study how to develop testing and tracing protocols that would allow people to safely resume some aspects of public life until a vaccine can be developed. All schools will be closed through the remainder of the academic year. He also said he would be releasing more details on April 27. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now