Texas deploys National Guard and orders hospitals to cancel elective surgeries

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state’s healthcare facilities to cancel elective medical procedures and said he was deploying the National Guard to help organize testing sites for the coronavirus and assist hospitals in creating more bed space.

Abbott also suspended regulations that prevented hospitals from treating two patients in one room.

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