COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) 2020 Updates

101.9 The Bull is keeping you up to date with the latest news you need to know about the Coronavirus and Covid-19 outbreak.

LIVE UPDATES: Coronavirus in Amarillo, TX

Here are some quick links and resources:

City of Amarillo Public Health status level and report card
News and updates from the Texas Department of State Health Services including reported cases in the State of Texas.
National list of cases reported to the CDC
Information about COVID-19 from the office of the Texas Governor and what guidelines Texas is currently following
A snapshot look at Coronavirus and COVID-19 News Updates From The CDC
Texas Department of State Health Services information on the COVID-19 Outbreak

Symptoms of COVID-19 include:

Fever
Cough
Shortness of breath

How to Prevent COVID-19 and Spread of the Virus

Potter County To Close All State Buildings For Two Weeks

Starting Tuesday, Nov. 10, County Judge Nancy Tanner ordered all Potter County buildings to close for two weeks.

Danny

BurgerFi Amarillo Asking For Donations For Laid Off Employees

BurgerFi is asking for help for laid off employees

Danny

Amarillo ISD Kindergarten Student Dies After Contracting COVID-19

Educators and staff at Amarillo ISD confirmed one of their students died from COVID-19 last week.

Shannon

Walmart Orders All Stores To Restock Guns And Ammo To Shelves

Walmart ordered all of its stores to remove all gun and ammo from floor displays to a secure unseen location om premises, then abruptly did an about face ordering all stores to restock them on their sales floors

Danny

Coffee Memorial Is At One Day Supply Critical Need

Coffee Memorial’s life-saving stock of blood has reached a less-than-one-day supply. Typically, Coffee Memorial maintains a three- to five-day supply for local hospitals.

Danny

Amarillo Businesses Ordered To 50% Capacity, Have You Noticed?

Governor Abbott instructed that with a more than 15 percent hospitalized rate of COVID-19 patients to revert to the limited capacity of 50 percent.

Danny

Canyon Schools Are Going Back To In Person Classes

As we are getting closer to the month of November there are some more changes coming to some of our local schools. When the pandemic hit in March the kids were all on Spring Break. So the schools ended up extended the break for a bit while they decided what to do with the outbreak.

Melissa

Gov Abbott Authorizes 3 Million Free Flu Shots

DSHS has secured 2.8 million doses of flu vaccine for the Texas Vaccines for Children Program and the new Adult Influenza Vaccine Initiative.

Danny

High Plains Food Bank Next Victim Of Temporarily Closing

This year has been challenging for a lot of our non-profits here in Amarillo. The donations have gone down of course. There have been a lot of cancelled events which usually brought them in money and donations too. After already taking this hit it is never good to hear news like this.

Melissa

Household Items That Will and Won’t Work Against Covid-19

The best course of action, it seems, is to pay attention to the experts as we learn more about the virus and to follow the recommendations of the experts.

Charlie

Texas Teen May Have A Way To Create A Cure For The Coronavirus

The cure for the coronavirus could be closer than we think. And no, I'm not talking about a timeline, I'm talking about Frisco, just outside of Dallas.

Braden

Jorge’s On Bell Here In Amarillo Closed For A Bit

It was about two weeks ago when Hoffbrau voluntarily closed because one of their staff members tested positive for covid-19. They did the right thing. Now another Amarillo restaurant is doing the same thing.

Melissa