By — Justin Stabley Justin Stabley By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/watch-live-texas-governor-gives-coronavirus-update Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Texas governor gives coronavirus update Health Apr 21, 2020 3:00 PM EDT Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held a news conference to give an update on the state’s efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. Watch Gov. Abbott’s remarks in the player above. 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.” “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 — Justin Stabley Justin Stabley Justin Stabley is a digital editor at the PBS NewsHour. @JustinStabley 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 held a news conference to give an update on the state’s efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. Watch Gov. Abbott’s remarks in the player above. 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.” “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