Coronavirus Info Hotline Launched For Austin Restaurants

AUSTIN, TX — With area restaurants still reeling from coronavirus closures, Austin Public Health has launched a telephone hotline to assist Austin-Travis County restaurants with COVID-19 questions and issues. A CBS report said the hotline will be staffed 7:45 a.m.- 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday.

“We know that our Austin restaurant community is working hard and doing a good job in keeping their employees, customers and food safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we also know that it’s challenging for them to keep abreast of frequently changing federal, state and local COVID-19 regulations, guidelines and scientific findings,” said Don Hastings, Assistant Director of the APH Environmental Health Services Division in a CBS report.

The hotline, Helping Austin Restaurants Today (HART), can be reached at 512-978-HART

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