美国新冠疫情日誌4/28/2020 德州解封 天佑苍生

          德州解封 天佑苍生

德州艾伯特州长今天宣布，整个德州之居家令将於本週五、四月三十日结束，这意味着德州将正式解封，但州长表示，依然希望大家遵守六呎的安全社交距离，直到渡过疫情难关。

依照州长之指示，上週末开始州立公园重新开放，零售店可以提供路边取货服务，在新的行政命令中，从五月一月开始，餐馆食堂、电影院、零售商 、博物馆等行业也可以重新开放， 但规定要求顾客量不可超过原来的四分之一，户外活动参与者不得超过四人。

州长同时宣布，从五月十八日预计将开放理髮店、美甲沙龙 、健身房，但使用人数或顾客仍然维持在百分之五十以下。

德州、乔治亚州等十九个州皆同时宣布了这项解封措施，由於新冠病毒之肆虐，美国全国失业率本週已经高达百分之十六，这一 失业率数据已经快要接近大萧条时期的水平，是美国经济有史以来最大的负面冲击。

对於多数的中小企业而言，州长之解封令无疑是為大家带来了希望，渴望打开已经关闭近两个月的大门，欢迎旧雨新知，早日恢復荣景。

我们甚盼大家决不能因局部解封而掉以轻心，全世界之疫情仍然十分严重，多少同胞左邻右舍仍然面临病毒之挑战，希望大家仍要共舟共济，并愿天佑苍生。

2020年4月28日 书於 德州休斯敦 陇勤白庄

                    Pray For The Common People

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an essential services only order until April 30 for the state. Schools will remain closed until May 4. That will allow the state’s stay-at-home order to end this Thursday and the state will open for business on Friday. The order will allow retail stores, malls, restaurants and movie theaters to reopen on Friday, but with limited occupancy to 25%. The Governor also noted that barbershops, nail salon, bars and gyms expect to be opened no later than the middle of May.

More than 19 states have also announced the same kind of open for business orders. According to the U.S. Labor Department, the nation’s unemployment rate has already reached 16%, almost reaching the level at the time of the Great Depression. This is the worst economic impact on the country in America history.

Many business owners are so excited and fully support and welcome Governor Abbott’s action to open up the state for business. In the meantime, the Coronavirus is still attacking our nation. We still all need to work together to defeat this invisible enemy.

Let us pray for the world and the common people.

April 28 2020, At Lee’s House, Houston Texas