Archives for March 2020
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo and Webb County have announced the confirmation of one new COVID-19 case in Laredo. Person 9 has not traveled and is a case of community transmission. Person 9 was hospitalized but is in stable condition and is in quarantine. As of 4:49 p.m. on March 24, a
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo and Webb County have announced the confirmation of two new COVID-19 cases in Laredo. Person 7 has traveled to an affected area and exhibited symptoms once they returned home but was not hospitalized and remains in quarantine. Person 8 has been confirmed positive by close contact and
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo and Webb County are announcing two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Laredo. Person 5 exhibited moderate symptoms and tested positive but has not traveled and is considered a case of community transmission. Person 6 tested positive through close contact exposure to another case. The City of
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo and Webb County took immediate action Saturday to amend their emergency orders to include the immediate closing of all recreational facilities. This latest measure derives out of an abundance of caution to maintain social distancing and curve the transmission of COVID-19. “The city and county are taking
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo Health Department has confirmed a fourth positive test for COVID-19 in Laredo. On March 20, the City of Laredo Health Department and Webb County received confirmation of two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed persons in Laredo to four. Person 3 was confirmed
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—Mayor Pete Saenz has issued the following statement regarding new restrictions at the ports of entry limiting cross-border travel to only essential travel. President Trump has ordered the implementation of this policy to take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020. This joint initiative with Mexico will last for
Courtesy Rafael Benavides, LAREDO, Texas—The City of Laredo is confirming a second positive case of COVID-19 in the community. The patient was confirmed positive on March 20 by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Laboratory Response Network (LRN) in San Antonio. The patient, which will be referred to as Patient 2, was identified as
Courtesy Texas Attorney General’s Office, (Laredo, Texas)-Following Governor Abbott’s statewide emergency declaration regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Office of the Texas Attorney General stands ready to prosecute those seeking to take advantage of Texans by engaging in price gouging and disaster scams during this time. Under state law, once the governor issues a declaration, vendors
Courtesy Marah Mendez, (Laredo, Texas)-Webb County Judge signs order activating all county law enforcement agencies to assist with the City of Laredo Emergency Ordinance. Effective today, all county law enforcement will enforce all regulations implemented on March 19, 2020. Once the City of Laredo’s measures to protect public health were announced, Tijerina immediately reached out
Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas– Amid the limited or reduced availability of common produce items in U.S. stores, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) at Laredo and other South Texas ports of entry is reminding the traveling public to be mindful that certain agricultural items are still prohibited from entry
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