德克萨斯州州长格雷格·艾伯特在周一下午的讲话中宣布了该州经济重新开放的下一阶段。
雅培公司于3月30日发布了一项家庭订单，称他将让该订单在4月30日到期，因为该州将开始其第一个真正的重新开放阶段。
“行政命令已经完成了它的工作，”艾伯特说。“是时候设置新的课程了；这是一门负责任地在德克萨斯州重新开展业务的课程。”
雅培表示，重新开放将为员工及其客户的业务采用安全标准，并将在安全和符合疾病控制和预防中心的情况下进行，这将从5月1日开始分阶段进行，并在接下来的几周内继续进行。
第一批获准在5月1日重新开业的企业包括零售店、购物中心、餐馆、电影院、博物馆和图书馆。他说，这些企业将以25%的产能运营，以确保适当的社交距离。
该计划还建议顾客在公共场所戴口罩或面罩。
雅培表示，如果第一阶段成功，已开业企业的产能可以安全地增加到50%。
“企业不能一下子全部开业是有原因的，”雅培说，并引用了中国和新加坡新爆发的COVID-129的报道。“我们不仅要开放并抱最好的希望，相反，我们将采取措施帮助企业开放，同时也要控制病毒并保证德克萨斯人的安全。”
雅培周五出现在德克萨斯州几个城市的新闻站，为重新开放计划做准备，并向居民保证重新开放会发生，但必须安全进行。
“嗯，有两个重要因素。一是我们知道人们想回去工作。我们知道，企业主，他们需要开始有一些收入来支付他们的租金或员工的管理费用，他们需要回去工作，”艾伯特周五在KSAT的一份报告中说。“因此，我们正在制定订单，允许企业按照医生给我们开的处方逐步开展业务。”
2020年3月29日，德克萨斯州州长格雷格·艾伯特在奥斯汀向媒体发表讲话。周一，雅培概述了在得克萨斯州重新开业的第二阶段，包括持续的社交距离、对COVID-19的更多可用测试以及重新开业前的消毒业务。
雅培公司于4月17日宣布了重新开放的第一阶段，其中包括4月20日开放州立公园的时间表，以及4月24日开始的零售开业仪式。雅培还命令所有的校园、学院和大学关闭学年的剩余时间，并放松对医生的选择性手术和诊断程序的指导。
第二阶段可能于5月18日开始，前提是新型冠状病毒不会传播，以开设更多的业务，并于5月1日重新开业以扩大产能。
“我们需要两周的数据来确认COVID-19没有爆发，”他说。
得克萨斯州经济的分阶段重新开放包括继续使用社会隔离做法，继续提供COVID-19测试，保持良好的卫生和洗手技术，以及加强当地企业的消毒工作。
雅培表示，重新开放第一阶段最重要的因素包括保护最弱势群体，如65岁及以上的人。
“如果我们加倍努力保护我们最脆弱的老年人，我们可以减少COVID-19死亡，同时还可以扩大业务运营，增加德州人重新进入劳动力市场的人数，”艾伯特说。
与此同时，一些可能在5月中旬重新开业的企业包括理发店、发廊、健身房和酒吧，所有这些都需要与顾客密切接触。
伯德理发店的联合创始人杰森·拉帕波特说，预约和理发的整个过程都是无接触的。
“你进来坐在椅子上。我们会戴上面具，我们会要求我们的客户戴上面具，然后当你离开的时候，再一次，无接触的，”拉帕波特在奥斯汀告诉KVUE。“你可以走出家门，用手机完成交易。”
得克萨斯州卫生与公众服务部周一报告称，自3月份以来，已有25，297例新冠状病毒病例报告，估计已有11，170例痊愈，663例死亡。
在德克萨斯州的254个县中，有205个县确诊了COVID-19病例，其中哈里斯县记录的病例最多，为5，729例，其次是达拉斯县，为3，014例。
TEXAS WILL START REOPENING BUSINESSES INCLUDING RESTAURANTS AND MOVIE THEATERS ON MAY 1
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the next phase of reopening the state's economy during a Monday afternoon address.
Abbott, who issued a stay-at-home order on March 30, said he would let that order expire on April 30 as the state begins its first real phase of reopening.
"That executive order has done its job," Abbott said. "It's time to set a new course; A course that responsibly reopens business in Texas."
Abbott said the reopening would employ safe standards for businesses for employees and their customers, and would be done in a safe and consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that would take place in careful phases starting May 1, and continuing over the next several weeks.
The first businesses allowed to reopen on May 1 include retail stores, shopping malls, restaurants, movie theaters, museums and libraries. The businesses will operate at 25 percent of capacity to ensure proper social distancing, he said.
The plan also suggests customers wear masks or face coverings while in public places.
Abbott said if the first phase is successful, the capacity could safely be increased to 50 percent at opened businesses.
"There is a reason that businesses cannot open all at once," Abbott said, citing reports of new COVID-129 outbreaks in China and Singapore. "We are not just going to open up and hope for the best, instead we will put measures in place that will help business open, while also taming the virus and keeping Texans safe."
Abbott appeared on news stations in several Texas cities on Friday to preface the reopening plan and reassure residents that the reopening would happen, but it has to be done safely.
"Well, there are two important factors. One is we know people want to get back to work. We know that business owners, they need to start having some income to pay for their rent or overhead that employees, they need to go back to work," Abbott said in a KSAT report on Friday. "As a result, we're working on orders that will allow businesses to open up in phases gradually in on the lines of what doctors have prescribed to us."
Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks to the press in Austin on March 29, 2020. On Monday, Abbott outline the second phase of reopening businesses in Texas that includes continued social distancing, more available testing for COVID-19 and sanitizing businesses prior to reopening.
Abbott announced the first phase of reopening on April 17 that included a timeline to open state parks on April 20 and the launch of retail-to-go practice, which began on April 24. Abbott also ordered all school campuses, colleges and universities closed the remainder of the school year, and loosening of instructions for physicians on elective surgeries and and diagnostic procedures.
The second phase could begin May 18, provided the novel coronavirus does not spread, to open more businesses, and the businesses that reopened on May 1 to expand capacity.
"We need to see two weeks of data to confirm no flare up of COVID-19," he said.
The phased reopening of Texas economy includes continued use of social distancing practices, continued availability of COVID-19 testing, maintaining good hygiene and handwashing techniques, and enhancing sanitizing efforts in local businesses.
Abbott said the most important element of phase one of the reopening involves protecting the most vulnerable, such as those who are 65 and over.
"If we redouble our efforts to protect our most vulnerable senior citizens, we can reduce COVID-19 deaths, while also expanding business operations and increasing the number of Texans reentering the workforce," Abbott said.
Meanwhile, some of the businesses that could begin reopening by mid-May include barbershops and hair salons, gyms and bars, all of which involve close contact with customers.
Jayson Rapaport, the co-founder of Bird's Barbershop, said the entire process of booking an appointment and getting a haircut will be contactless.
"You'll come in and sit at the chair. We'll be wearing a mask, we'll ask that our clients wear a mask, and then when you leave, again, contactless," Rapaport told KVUE in Austin. "You'll be able to walk out the door and finish the transaction on your phone."
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services reported on Monday that there are 25,297 reported cases of the novel coronavirus since March, with an estimated 11,170 recovered and 663 reported deaths.
Cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in 205 of the 254 counties in Texas with Harris County recording the most cases with 5,729, followed by Dallas County with 3,014.
