Harris County issues ‘stay home, work safe’ order

Harris County has issued a “stay home, work safe” order in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo made the announcement at a press conference Tuesday morning. The order applies to the city of Houston and other municipalities in the county.

“If we keep going the way we are going, we will end up in the same place as New York and Italy, where there is a shortage of ICU beds and medical resources,” Hidalgo said. “No one, including myself,…