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Donald Trump greets Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (left) as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick follows at Austin Bergstrom International Airport in 2019. Paxton recently blasted several coronavirus restrictions in San Antonio and Bexar County as “unlawful and unconstitutional.”
Donald Trump greets Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (left) as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick follows at Austin Bergstrom International Airport in 2019. Paxton recently blasted several coronavirus restrictions in San
Photo: Austin American-Statesman
Photo: Austin American-Statesman
Donald Trump greets Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (left) as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick follows at Austin Bergstrom International Airport in 2019. Paxton recently blasted several coronavirus restrictions in San Antonio and Bexar County as “unlawful and unconstitutional.”
Donald Trump greets Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (left) as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick follows at Austin Bergstrom International Airport in 2019. Paxton recently blasted several coronavirus restrictions in San
Photo: Austin American-Statesman
Every day, MySA.com compiles the latest headlines and helpful links on the COVID-19 pandemic in the San Antonio area.
An effort to boost testing, tracing: San Antonio confirmed 22 more cases of COVID-19 but no new deaths from the virus Tuesday as health officials laid out a $70 million plan to expand local testing and contact tracing.
Texas attorney general blasts local restrictions: San Antonio and Bexar County can no longer require people to stay at home, wear masks or take several other steps to slow the spread of COVID-19, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Tuesday — the latest move in the state’s push to neuter local governments’ ability to implement their own emergency restrictions.
“We trust you will act quickly to correct these mistakes to avoid further confusion and litigation challenging these unconstitutional and unlawful restrictions,” Paxton wrote in a letter to Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff.
Metro Health releases outbreak numbers at area nursing homes: At least four other local nursing homes have grappled with coronavirus infections in addition to an outbreak at the Southeast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, city officials said. 17 cases have been reported at Mission Trails, but three other facilities have also reported multiple infections, according to Metro Health.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg shares encouraging news: Following his daily briefing Monday evening, the mayor shared highlights on social media. He tweeted “Things are moving in the right direction, which is exactly why we can’t let up now.” The mayor reminded residents to uphold physical distancing, but to find ways to stay connected to loved ones.
UTSA has plans to reopen: The University of Texas at San Antonio will “broadly reopen” for the fall semester, President Taylor Eighmy said in an email to faculty and staff. “At this moment the exact nature of how our campuses will open is yet to be determined, but we intend to make final decisions about our plans by the end of June,” Eighmy said.
Health care worker dies due to COVID-19: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bexar County continues to rise during Bexar County’s eighth week under local stay-at-home orders, and the first health care worker at a San Antonio nursing home has died as a result of the disease. 19 new confirmed cases were reported Monday at the daily city briefing. With the death Sunday of Dorothy Davis, 60, a nurse at Southeast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, the number of area residents who have died because of COVID-19 rose to 57. 1,920 people have now tested positive, up from 1,901 reported Sunday.
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