Emergency Management

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

LOCAL COVID-19 VACCINATIONSSee your family doctor or pharmacy for COVID-19 vaccination and booster availability.

HOTLINES

For State Vaccination HUBs-

GetTheVaccine.dshs.texas.gov or 

Call 833-832-7067

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For Emergencies

Call 9-1-1

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Call Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry at 512-303-0033

Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM  (Closed for lunch)

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Bluebonnet Trails 24/7 Crisis Hotline

If you or a loved one may be experiencing a mental crisis,

please call the 24-hour crisis hotline.

Call 1-800-841-1255

  

ABOUT COVID-19

The novel coronavirus is a new coronavirus that has not been previously identified. The virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is not the same as the coronaviruses that commonly circulate among humans and cause mild illness, like the common cold.

  

The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus.

The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person, through contact or from droplets spread through the air. That is why CDC says to wash hands often, sanitize your frequently touched items, and stay 6-feet away from other people (social distancing)

Bastrop County Local Governments are working together to prevent, prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate against COVID-19. Please do your part and stay home as much as possible.

PREVENTION

The best way to prevent infection is to take precautions to avoid exposure to this virus by staying home. The rest of the precautions are similar to the precautions you take to avoid the flu. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends these everyday actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, including:

 

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

•Wear a face covering in public when social distancing cannot be maintained.

• Stay home when you are sick.

• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.

Clean and disinfect frequently-touched objects and surfaces.

**Minimizing exposure is especially important for people who are 65 or older or who have an underlying health condition like heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or cancer. People in those groups have a higher risk of developing severe disease if they do get COVID-19, and the safest thing for them during an outbreak will be to stay home as much as possible and minimize close contact with other people. To get ready, they should talk to their doctor about getting additional prescription medications and have enough household items and groceries on hand to stay home as needed.

PUBLIC NOTICE LINKS

Statement from Judge Pape regarding Pre-Registration for COVID-10 Vaccination 1/19/2021

Statement from Judge Pape regarding Restrictions Imposed on Some Bastrop County Businesses 1/11/2021

Bastrop County Two Day Walk-up Testing Site in Cedar Creek 8/26/2020

Joint Statement of Bastrop County Health Authority and Independent School District Superintendents on Schools Reopening 8/19/2020

Bastrop County Community Testing Site Expands to Second Location 8/3/2020

Bastrop County Health Authority Receives COVID-19 Fatality Update from DSHS 7/30/2020

Rescinding Health Authority Order of Control Measures for In-Person School Campus Instruction 7/29/2020

Statement regarding Order of Control Measures for In-Person School Campus Instruction 7/24/2020

Order of Control Measures for In-Person School Campus Instruction 7/21/2020

Bastrop County update on CARES Small Business Grant Program 7/8/2020

Bastrop County Update on COVID-19 Testing 7/3/2020

Statement from Bastrop County Health Authority and President of the Bastrop/ Lee County Medical Society 6/26/2020

Bastrop County Update on COVID-19 6/25/2020

Bastrop County Update on COVID-19 6/10/2020

Bastrop County Update on COVID-19 5/29/2020

Bastrop County Update on Nursing Home COVID-19 Testing Results 5/11/2020

Bastrop County Update on Random COVID-19 Testing Results 5/1/2020

Directive #3 of Bastrop County COVID-19 Order #1A 4/27/2020

Directive #2 of Bastrop County COVID-19 Order #1A  4/20/2020

Bastrop County Local Governments Update 4/17/2020

Bastrop County Update 4/8/2020

Bastrop County COVID-19 Order #1 A

Bastrop County Local Governments Update 4/6/2020

Governor Abbott's Executive Order GA-14

Bastrop County COVID-19 ORDER #1

Bastrop County Local Governments Update 03-28-2020

Bastrop County Local Governments Update 03-25-2020

Bastrop County Local Governments Joint Statement Regarding COVID-19 Test Center 03-24-2020

Declaration of Disaster (First Amended) Consented by Commissioners Court 03-23-2020

Bastrop County Local Governments Update 03-21-2020

Joint Statement of Bastrop County Local Governments 03-20-20

Bastrop County Local Governments Update 03-19-2020

Declaration of Disaster 03-16-2020

Bastrop County Update on COVID-19

Letter from Judge Pape RE: COVID-19 03-12-2020

 

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