SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza issued the following statement today in response to the President’s address to the nation

The following message was sent via email from UTRGV President Guy Bailey to UTRGV students, staff and faculty on March 12, 2020.

Pursuant to his powers as Governor of the State of Texas, Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation certifying that COVID-1 9 poses an imminent threat of disaster in the state and declaring a state of disaster for all counties in Texas.

The McAllen Parks & Recreation Department takes the health and safety of our community as a top priority.

As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) makes its way through the national community, the City of McAllen would like to remind the public that its top priority is to work to ensure the health and safety of our residents, visitors, and employees.

Following Governor Greg Abbott's state disaster declaration, the Texas Medical Board, with direction and assistance from the Governor's Office, is implementing procedures to waive certain requirements to help the state's physicians, physician assistants and other health care professionals respond to COVID-19.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is tracking cases of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The new coronavirus, and COVID-19, the disease it causes, took less than three months to travel around the world.

Following President Trump’s national emergency declaration, U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent him a letter urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to work closely with State of Texas emergency management officials and the Small Business Administration (SBA)

What they were insinuating with the paper was that their cursory analysis showed that the biggest outbreaks of COVID-19 were located in similar temperature zones, and deserved further analysis.