AUSTIN (AP) — State officials have loosened slightly their prohibition on visitors to some longterm care centers as the number of new confirmed COVID-19 infections continues to slowly but steadily decline.
In a policy shift announced late Thursday, Texas Health and Human Services said physical contact between visitors and residents will still be prohibited. However, limited indoor and outdoor visits to long-term care centers will be allowed at centers that haven’t had an infected staff member in two weeks and where there are no residents currently sick from the disease. Indoor visits will require a plexiglass barrier.
Outdoor visits will be permitted at nursing homes that test staff weekly.
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