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A Texas border county had the coronavirus under control. Then the governor stepped in.

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A Texas border county had the coronavirus under control. Then the governor stepped in.
In Starr County, Texas, local officials managed to keep the coronavirus contained in the early months of the pandemic by imposing 14-day quarantine restrictions on people who tested positive, closing businesses before the state ordered closures and implementing a curfew with fines and jail penalties.

Then, Gov. Greg Abbott overrode local decisions. "They took the teeth away from us to be able to enforce anything," said Alberto Perez, the city manager for Rio Grande City. In the two months since, the county has watched its handful of cases steadily climb and spike this month.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-border-county-had-coronavirus-under-control-then-governor-stepped-n1232267?cid=eml_nbn_20200626




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