COVID-19

UT-Tyler announced that because of the current pandemic, spring break will extend through the end of March 20 for its students. All classes will be online the week of March 23. No face-to-face classes will be held on UT-Tyler’s campuses in Tyler, Longview, or Palestine from March 23 to March …

The Department of Veterans Affairs is shutting down visitation at its nursing homes across the country as the number of veterans testing positive for coronavirus grows. The facilities serve more than 41,000 veterans across the country. The Texas State Veterans Home is in Bonham. Watkins-Logan Texas State Veterans Home is …

Steps to Prevent Illness There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19). The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person. Between people who are in close contact with one another (within …

The first case was announced on March 9 in Collin County. A man in his 30s, who had just returned from California, his wife, and their three-year-old child were each later confirmed to have coronavirus. The most recent presumptive positive was announced March 11. In Dallas County, there were three …

As the world governments are dealing with how to handle Covid-19, different sports agencies started making major Announcements. The Seattle Mariners’ opening series with the Texas Rangers will not be played in Seattle. A location has yet to be determined. FC Dallas soccer game scheduled to be played in Seattle …

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Issues Statement on the Agency’s Telework Exercise “As part of my effort to ensure the Comptroller’s office can provide seamless continuity of operations and safeguard the health of our employees, we conducted an agency-wide telework exercise on Tuesday, March 10. Approximately 1,800 Comptroller employees, representing the …

Collin County Health officials say the number of coronavirus cases there has risen to three. The updated number includes the initial of a Frisco man reported Monday, as well as his wife and three-year-old daughter, one of the family’s four children. All are in stable condition. One child’s test came …

NBC-5 in Dallas is reporting that several North Texas school districts are taking precautions as students and staff begin their spring break vacations. Plano, Grapevine-Colleyville, Coppell, and Frisco ISDs are asking students and employees who are traveling over spring break to countries hit the hardest by Coronavirus to self-quarantine when …

The Texas Senate has postponed upcoming committee hearings for the next few weeks because of the Coronavirus. The Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety hearing scheduled for today is the first to be canceled.  

Collin County health officials have confirmed that a Frisco man has tested “presumptive positive” for Coronavirus COVID-19. The man, who is in his 30’s, had recently traveled to California. He is reportedly in home isolation and is listed in stable condition. County health care staff are monitoring the patient. Officials …