Site Map March 18, 2020

Years / 2020 / March / 18

• First UT Austin student tests positive for coronavirus
• Abbott issues proclamation to allow local elections set for May to be postponed
• Minnesota has 1,700 frozen samples waiting on coronavirus testing but tests are in short supply
• Georgia suspends driver's license road testing due to coronavirus concerns
• Now healthy, Tampa's first coronavirus patient stresses importance of isolation
• Georgia opens first drive-thru COVID-19 testing site
• Houston nursing home patients visit families through windows, FaceTime
• ‘COVID-19 Messengers’ Instagram account organizes volunteers to run errands for those in need
• Simon Property Group temporarily closes all malls, premium outlets, mills in US
• Simon malls closing across United States in response to coronavirus pandemic
• Scammers looking to capitalize on people’s fear of coronavirus; what to know before answering the phone
• New York Stock Exchange to close trading floors, fully move to electronic trading
• CapMetro CEO asking Congress to consider financial support for transit during COVID-19 pandemic
• WCSO seeking public's assistance in identifying Coupland burglar
• Newsom issues executive order to extend eligibility period for health care and food assistance services
• Gov. Abbott announces MealFinder Map, helps parents locate meals during extended school break
• Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88
• 190 coronavirus cases in LA County, with increase of 96 cases in the last 48 hours
• Hays County ISD confirms campus connection with person who tested positive for coronavirus
• Dow below 20,000 as stock plunge threatens Trump-era gains
• APD searching for North Austin bank robbery suspect
• US Census Bureau suspends field operations on virus concerns
• Several malls, shopping centers closing temporarily amid COVID-19 concerns
• California teens upset they'll likely miss prom and graduation because of shelter-in-place order
• Austin Regional Clinic launches COVID-19 hotline, other safety protocols
• Cincinnati Reds employee in Arizona tests positive for coronavirus
• People are hanging up Christmas lights to stay positive amid coronavirus outbreak
• NJ enters 1st day of statewide school closures
• COVID-19 can live on some surfaces up to 72 hours, study says
• Tesla factory could be shut under California health order
• Evictions in Hillsborough County suspended until April 20
• All LCRA-managed parks to close beginning March 23 until further notice
• Treasury proposes to send $500B to Americans starting in April
• Ford halting production at all North American manufacturing facilities amid coronavirus outbreak
• UT Austin offers emergency housing for students, releases guidelines
• Trump invokes act to marshal private sector against coronavirus, says foreclosures, evictions will be suspended
• Trump suspends all evictions, foreclosures until end of April
• Chief Medical Officer confirms physician with St. David's HealthCare is presumptive positive COVID-19 case
• Gov. Abbott: 83 COVID-19 cases and three deaths in Texas, 1,900 people being monitored
• Treasury coronavirus proposal: $500 billion in direct payments to Americans by early April
• Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler shutting down factories amid Coronavirus
• UGA Athletics staff member tests positive for coronavirus
• Lakeway Whataburger delivers over 200 meals to H-E-B workers, medical staff
• UT Austin students asked to move out by March 30, need to sign up to retrieve personal belongings
• 5.7-magnitude quake felt by millions in Utah
• Coronavirus cases in Florida jump by nearly 100 overnight; now at 314
• DPS temporarily waiving expiration dates for driver licenses
• Austin-Travis County ramps up COVID-19 testing capacity
• California preparing for worst case scenarios
• Netflix Party offers movie and TV fans way to stay social online amid coronavirus pandemic COVID-19
• "Queer Eye" star helps Austin Pets Alive! spread fostering message
• Bernie Sanders will ‘assess his campaign' as Biden solidifies formidable lead
• North Texas priest back home, recovering from the coronavirus
• Liftoff! SpaceX launches sixth batch of Starlink satellites
• Free arts, zoos, museum offerings for your learn-from-home time off
• Semi-truck crash causes delays on NB I-35 at Old Settlers Blvd in Round Rock
• US-Canada border closing temporarily to nonessential travel
• Brad Paisley's free grocery store in Nashville is delivering to the elderly amid COVID-19 pandemic
• Son plays guitar outside mother’s window during COVID-19 assisted living lockdown
• These San Franciscans obviously didn't get the social distancing memo
• TCSO identifies on-duty deputy killed in crash on FM 2244
• Run on marijuana dispensaries as Bay Area shelters-in-place
• World coronavirus infections hit 200,000; Borders jammed in Europe