Bexar County residents ordered to stay at home as COVID-19 response ratchets up

The city of San Antonio and Bexar County have issued a stay-at-home order to slow the spread of COVID-19. The order will take effect at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday and will run for at least two weeks, Mayor Ron Nirenberg told the Business Journal. Essential personal and business activities are allowed, Nirenberg said, while residents will continue to have access to groceries and medications, for example. San Antonio has already implemented multiple orders and protections in an effort to limit the spread…