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Greg Abbott: “Travel restrictions were lifted on the advice of four…”

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Gov. Greg Abbott Interview

Published May 23, 2020 | Video Starts at 08:23

Or will they be given COVID 19 tests before entering the state. So that type of testing and some other measures were undertaken while the Travel restrictions were lifted on the advice of four medical doctors. who advise us in our decision making process, they said that it was no longer needed to have these travel restrictions. (08:23–08:35)

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Asserts that lifting travel restrictions was based on medical advice.

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