Texas Governor Greg Abbott (right) announced the US Army Corps of Engineers and the state are putting up a 250-bed field hospital at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center (see on this map) in downtown Dallas during a press conference with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General Paul Owen (left) at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Sunday, March 29, 2020. The space can expanded to 1,400 beds. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)
March 29, 2020
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Texas tightens rules on neighboring Louisiana over virus
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is ratcheting up restrictions on neighboring Louisiana, one of the growing hot spots for coronavirus in the U.S., and preparing Dallas' downtown convention center to house infected patients as Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday announced a sweeping series of moves to both slow and manage the growing pandemic.