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Beginning Thursday, dine-in food and beverage service will be restricted by city and county order from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. (Rick Uldricks/Patch)
AUSTIN, TX In an effort to stem the tide of the coronavirus illness, health officials on Tuesday implemented new restrictions regulating hours of operation for dine-in food and beverage service across Travis County over the New Year s weekend.
Starting on Thursday at 10:30 p.m. through Sunday at 6 a.m., dine-in food and beverage service will be restricted by city and county order from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. Venues serving food and drink will still be able to operate between 10:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. using drive-thru, curbside pick-up, take-out or delivery service, according to an Austin Public Health advisory.
Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Interim Health Authority Dr.
Mark Escott spelled out Austin s start to the new year in no uncertain terms: It appears we are going to enter 2021 in a state of emergency, said Escott at a Dec. 28 press conference. In the next several weeks, we may run out of hospital beds, we may run out of ICU beds, and it could happen a lot sooner than that – as early as a week to two weeks from now.
The dire warning is one of many from local health officials amidst what officials have deemed an ongoing worsening condition of COVID-19 in Austin-Travis County since November.
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Positive messages spray painted on a business on Austin s Sixth Street in late March. Many businesses closed their doors on the strip during the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that he has sued the City of Austin and Travis County, a declaration that came
a day after local leaders declared new restrictions for when restaurants and bars can serve customers during New Year s weekend.
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