(TMC Report andUPDATE | May 5, 2020, 7 p.m.:) Texas barbershops, nail salons, hair salons, cosmetology salons and tanning salons will be allowed to open on Friday, May 8 under restricted circumstances.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s modified executive order for a phased reopening of the state allows those businesses to resume at 25 percent capacity. Businesses should have one customer per stylist, appointment systems are preferred and waiting clients should employ social distancing inside or go outside. Abbott “strongly” recommends stylists and clients wear face masks.
Worship services, funerals and burials as well as weddings remain under some social distancing measures. Restaurants were allowed to open as of May 1 with 25 percent capacity limitations indoors that doesn’t apply to outdoor seating. All still must comply with social distancing.
Gyms will be allowed to open under restrictions beginning May 18 with showers and locker rooms closed during the initial phase.
Abbott said he was guided by data showing that, as of Tuesday morning, there remained more than 19,000 hospital beds, 2,000 ICU beds and more than 6,600 ventilators available statewide.