Texas bars to reopen, south Florida begins gradual business resumption

Bars in the US state of Texas will start reopening late this week as the Lone Star State gets further back in business, authorities said Monday despite a rise in cases of coronavirus. After weeks of lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of new coronavirus, US states are allowing various degrees of reopening to address the economic devastation that has seen 30 million jobs lost. Federal guidelines call for a 14-day decline in cases before a…