Texas ends face masks, in pictures

1Motivational speaker Kennan Williams speaks at a Texas Opening Party hosted by Jewish conservatives in Dallas on March 10.

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2Two people throw a mask on the fire during, in Dallas, last Wednesday.

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3A customer wears a mask when entering the Picos Mexican restaurant in Houston.

Picos, like many restaurants across the state, continue to operate at reduced capacity and ask customers to wear masks despite Gov. Greg Abbott ending state mandates for sanitation.

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4The United States is the country hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis, with more than 28.7 million infections and more than 550,900 deaths, according to the John Hopkins University count.

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5A group of people work out in a gym in Houston, Texas, after all businesses reopen to 100% capacity.

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6Texas thus joins 12 other states, of the 50 that make up the country, in lifting the mandate of the mask or that never came to impose it, such as Florida or Arizona.

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7Abbott, which has governed Texas since 2015, has indicated that all those companies and businesses that want to continue to comply with current restrictions will be able to do so.

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8In Texas, the mandatory use of face masks had been in effect for eight months.

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9Texas, the second most populous state in the United States, with 30 million inhabitants.

In the image a couple of young people in one of the streets.

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10A group of people participate in a party celebrating the reopening of Texas in Dallas.

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