The Numbers

June 4 7:30 am

Wilco Status Report

• Sources:
• Williamson County
• Travis County
• Bell County
• John Hopkins University

County Breakout

  O=Open Cases
  R=Recovered
  D=Deceased

June 4 10:41 am

Sources: Williamson Co. Health Dept.

State offers guidance for reopening retail

Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order April 17 to allow nonessential retail businesses to operate during the pandemic. The Texas Department of State Health Services offers guidance to retail business owners, their employees and customers to operate safely. The guidelines are based on information currently available and will be updated when appropriate. This guidance does not apply to businesses considered essential. It is based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Retail employees
• • All employees must be trained on environmental cleaning and disinfection, hand hygiene and respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette.
• • All employees must be screened before coming into the business for:
• • new or worsening cough
• • shortness of breath
• • sore throat
• • loss of taste or smell
• • feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100 F
• • known close contact with a person who is lab-confirmed to have COVID-19.
• Any employee who meets any of these criteria should be sent home.
• • Upon entering the business, employees must wash or sanitize hands.
• • All employees must wear face coverings.
• • Employees must maintain at least 6 feet separation from one another.

Retail customers
• • Customers may not enter the premises of a retail store. They may purchase items from a retail location for pickup, delivery by mail or delivery to the customer's doorstep.

Retail to-go:
• • All payments should be done over the phone or internet if possible, and contact should be minimized if remote payment is not available.
• • An employee should deliver purchased items to the backseat or trunk of the customer's vehicle whenever possible to minimize physical contact with the customer.
• • Employees must wash or sanitize their hands after each interaction with a customer, and whenever possible, must disinfect any item that came into contact with the customer.

Retail delivery:
• • All payments should be done over the phone or internet if possible, and contact should be minimized if remote payment is not available.
• • An employee or third-party carrier should deliver purchased items to the customer's doorstep. The employee or third-party carrier may not enter the customer's house or business.

Retail delivery by mail:
• • All payments must be done over the phone or internet.
• • Purchased items should be delivered by mail without customer contact.
• • The customer should wash or sanitize their hands after the transaction.

May 6 7:56 am

The Guide to Georgetown

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