Texas on Wednesday announced the lifting of the mask mandate that required masks to be worn in public buildings and many outdoor spaces to help contain the coronavirus, along with an end to occupancy curbs on businesses.

德州週三宣佈取消口罩任務，要求在公共建築和許多戶外場所佩戴口罩，以幫助遏制冠狀病毒，同時結束對企業的入住限制。

But the City Council in Austin, the state capital, voted to still require masks to be worn.

但州府奧斯汀市議會投票決定，仍然要求佩戴口罩。

Austin Mayor Steve Adler, a Democrat, said his order to keep the mask mandate is legal because it comes from the health authority.

奧斯汀市長史蒂夫-阿德勒是民主黨人，他說他的命令保持面具任務是合法的，因為它來自衛生當局。

It's the health authority's rules that by ordinance are enforceable.

是衛生局的規定，按條例是可以執行的。

Uh, and I think that follows directly from state law that says that health authority rules can be enforceable to protect the public health.

呃，我認為這直接遵循了國家法律，說衛生當局的規則可以執行，以保護公眾健康。

We're gonna try to save as many lives as we can.

我們會盡力挽救更多的生命。

We do that by wearing masks, Um, and we're going to continue to fight for that for as long as we can.

我們通過戴面具，嗯，我們將繼續爭取這一點，只要我們可以。

Several major retailers, grocery and restaurant chains in Texas have said they would still require masks to be worn in their stores.

德州的幾家大型零售商、雜貨店和連鎖餐廳都表示，他們仍會要求在店內佩戴口罩。

In a March 10th letter sent to Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Andy Brown.

在3月10日發給奧斯汀市長史蒂夫-阿德勒和特拉維斯縣法官安迪-布朗的信中。

Attorney General Paxton said it was the businesses right to do that, but that such a decision does not rest with jurisdictions like the City of Austin or Travis County.

總檢察長帕克斯頓說，企業這樣做是正確的，但這樣的決定並不由奧斯汀市或特拉維斯縣這樣的管轄區作出。

Or, as he put it on Twitter quote, I told Travis County and the city of Austin to comply with state mask law.

或者，正如他在Twitter上引用的那樣，我告訴特拉維斯縣和奧斯汀市遵守州面具法。

They blew me off so once again, I'm dragging them to court.

他們把我轟走了，所以我再一次把他們拖到法庭上。

Texas was one of the first U.

德州是最早的美國之一。

S States to reopen its economy after the first wave of the pandemic last May.

斯國家在去年5月第一波疫情後重新開放經濟。

It also ranks near the top and total coronavirus deaths behind only New York and California.

它的冠狀病毒死亡人數和總人數也僅次於紐約和加州，位居前列。