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Roundup: COVID-19 developments

Sat, 05/23/2020 - 12:00am

The following news announcements are from the Office of Gov. Greg Abbott (gov.texas.gov) and the Office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (texasattorneygeneral.gov). They have been summarized for space considerations, but the full press releases are available at the respective websites.

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State enters third month of crisis

Sat, 05/23/2020 - 12:00am

Testing, sanitizing, and emergency food benefits increased as Texas entered its third month of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Community Calendar

Sat, 05/23/2020 - 12:00am

Friday, June 19 Organizers of the annual Juneteenth celebration in Mexia have announced that the event has been postponed, probably until next year.

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Parkview to resume elective and non-urgent surgeries, procedures

Sat, 05/23/2020 - 12:00am

Parkview announced today that it is taking the appropriate steps to safely resume some elective and non-urgent surgeries and procedures that were previously rescheduled out of an abundance of caution amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The decision to reschedule procedures when clinically appropriate was made in accordance with federal and state guidance, and aimed to help preserve critical resources in the event of a surge of COVID-19 patients in the community. Today, current projections indicate a lower than expected volume of COVID-19 in the region, which means less strain on healthcare resources.