Gone are the sounds of buzzers, ringers and ski balls on Peter Piper Pizza. Instead, a man stays in the room with a loud machine disinfectant spray.
“It’s absolutely tragic,” said John Hlemquist, president of Pizza Properties, which owns Rest Restaurant Runt and other locations in El Paso. “You’ll be here on Saturday. This place will be full.”
Meanwhile, in a church across the city, a trumpeter plays through a small hole in his surgical mask, while Bishop Mark Seitz simply walks under the wing to hold the mass before Pew. These bishops are tapping the broadcast service on Univision, so that his descendants do not put themselves in danger.
The virus continues as businesses struggle between shutdowns
Places like tattoo parlor, hair salons, nail salons, gym and massage business have shutters. Rest Restaurants Rents may only be open to curbside and delivery orders.
It was a terrible order for some small businesses that are still struggling to survive amid an epidemic-ridden economy. And it has big businesses like Peter Piper Pizza, a concern for its employees.
“If we can’t serve customers because we don’t have hours to give them, they don’t get paid. And I think that’s kind of lost in all of this.” “Our team members don’t have a paycheck.”
Halemquist’s company, along with other businesses, has claimed to be blocking the judge’s order, while asking the court whether the state or local government has the right to close businesses. The Texas attorney general’s office fees are also involved in the lawsuit.
B Bot – who has refused to authorize county judges to initiate a shutdown – dismissed Judge Samanigo’s order as illegal, arguing that there are better strategies to reduce the crisis.
As fights continue in the courts, the virus has spread throughout the area. As of Wednesday, the county reported 29,118 active cases, meaning 1 in 30 people recently tested positive.
Outside the medical examiner’s office fee are six mobile refrigerated units that can hold 176 bodies. More units are expected to arrive.
The state has flooded the area with resources, set up a temporary hospital at the convention center, and set up tents outside hospitals to treat Kovid-19 patients.
The governor also deployed about 1,400 troops to the area, and U.S. The Department of Defense has sent medical personnel to support the hospitals. Meanwhile, dozens of non-covid-19 patients have been airlifted to other hospitals in Texas and New Mexico to make room.
Officials say the sharp rise has led to a family-oriented culture ranging from Covid-19 fatigue to resuming businesses, where large families living in the same household are common.
The growing number of cases is the same reason El Paso County Commissioner David Stout supports the judge’s order to close non-essential businesses so much that arguing officers need to control it before it can be needed in other parts of federal and state resources. State.
“When things start to get worse everywhere, people have to go back to those other places,” St When said. “And then what’s going to happen in El Paso? We don’t just have enough health care professionals here, but then we’ll start to lose the people who are helping here.”
‘You can’t bring my son back’
For Texans who have lost a loved one to Covid-19 this year, the resurgence of the virus has sharpened the already painful mourning process.
Daniel, a nurse, son of Minerva and Francisco Morles, died in 40 Gust – just weeks before his 40th birthday. He is survived by a wife and four children. On July 6, Daniel left his children with his parents, said goodbye and went to work.
His mother said, “This is the last time we saw him. This is the last time his children have seen him.” His mother said. She added that Daniel completed his shift first and finished taking care of dialysis patients before taking himself to the emergency room the same day.
According to his family, Daniel Morales was in the hospital for 29 days before he died of the virus.
His family gathers outside the hospital every night to pray, folding their arms in a heart shape and raising them in the air.
Her parents keep a small shrine with ashes in their house. Sitting next to the pen is a box of colored-drawn rocks. Her children were thinking of taking her home from the Rock Garden from the hospital.
Minerva said he was devastated by the discussion of how to manage the economy during the epidemic. For him, there is no question that everyone should be careful, even if it is an economic expense.
“We have an empty chair. Now we have a void that will never be filled. And you know what? If I lose my house, if I lose my car I’ll replace it.” “But you can’t bring my son back. You can’t. And they’re arguing about this. And it makes me angry.
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