Texas, USA Resuming economic activity due to a rapid increase in infected people New Corona June 26, 6:54

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In the United States, the number of infected people is increasing rapidly, mainly in the southern and western states, and the number of new infected people per day continues to exceed 30,000. Under such circumstances, the state of Texas, which has been actively promoting the resumption of economic activities, has been forced to review, including the announcement of a temporary suspension of the resumption of economic activities.

According to a summary from Johns Hopkins University, in the United States, the number of new infections per day continues to exceed 30,000, reaching the same level as April this year.

Among them, the number of infected people in the south and the west is rapidly increasing, and the number of infected people reported on the 24th was 5,551 in southern Texas, 5508 in Florida, 7149 in western California, etc. I will.

Of these, in Houston, Texas, the number of inpatients has almost tripled since the 31st of last month, and local media reports that ICU utilization has reached 100%, as well as pediatric medical institutions. We are busy dealing with an ever-increasing number of patients, such as accepting adult inpatients and making beds available.

Governor Abbott of Texas, who has aggressively promoted resumption of economic activities, announced on the 25th that the resumption will be suspended due to the rapid increase in the number of infected people, calling for residents to continue wearing infection masks such as wearing masks and washing hands. It was.

In many states, where the number of infected people has increased rapidly, economic activity has resumed early on, and there is growing concern that the spread of the infection will spread throughout the United States, and experts are calling for re-examination plans.

Gradually relax restrictions

In Texas, the restrictions on economic activities have been gradually relaxed, and retail stores, restaurants, and movie theaters have been allowed to resume their operations, subject to restrictions on the number of visitors.

This month, Governor Abbott of Texas announced that he had entered the third phase of economic resumption.

Specifically, in the case of a bar, we allowed up to 50% of the number of people to be accommodated on the condition that the user was seated, and if it was an amusement park in a county with less than 1000 people, The business was approved by limiting the number of people to 50%.

Governor Abbott commented in a statement issued on March 3, "The spread of new infections is limited to nursing homes, prisons, and meat processing plants."

On the other hand, we continue to call on residents of the state to wear masks and avoid gatherings of more than 10 people as much as possible.