Lockdown decision could come this week; Austin weighs $500 fines for Covid-19 safety violations

Austin commerce is on the brink. Worrying trends in the community spread of the Covid-19 virus may prompt further action to shut down commercial activity or beef up enforcement measures against reported health and safety violations. It's a critical decision for businesses that may have to quickly shut down, scale back or alter their operations on the fly once again. Local public health and government officials have repeatedly stressed that they want to prevent the seven-day average of new Covid-19…