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Texas putting reopening on 'pause' as virus cases soar

by Associated Press
| June 25, 2020 9:27 AM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Faced with surging coronavirus cases and hospitalizations that have made Texas one of the nation's virus hotspots, Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday halted elective surgeries in the state's biggest counties and said he would “pause” it's aggressive economic reopening statewide.

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