HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – According to Houston Health Authority Dr David Persse, the British variant is found “in large quantities” and is spreading rapidly throughout the city.
He said that on February 8, the UK variant had been found in 21 of the city’s 39 sewage treatment plants. Fourteen days later, on February 22, he said the variant had been found in 31 of 39 treatment plants. “19% of all viruses that have been tested in the city’s sewage have a genome compatible with the British variant, ”said Persse. “That’s not to say that 19% of people in Houston are infected with the British variant… it doesn’t mean that. We know that there is a fairly large amount of the UK variant in our community and it is spreading. “
Our doctors and those in the medical field are worried about a fourth #COVID-19[FEMININE vague.
Avec des places ouvertes à 100%, nous sommes inquiets. Veuillez continuer à garder votre masque lorsque vous êtes avec d’autres personnes et continuer à prendre les précautions nécessaires pour lutter contre ce virus.
– Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) 8 mars 2021
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QU’EN EST-IL DES AUTRES VARIANTES?
Lundi après-midi, Persse a déclaré que les eaux usées étaient testées pour d’autres variantes de COVID-19, telles que les variantes brésilienne et sud-africaine.
Cependant, les mesures n’ont pas été conclues, par conséquent, de nouvelles données n’étaient pas disponibles pour le rapport, a déclaré Persse.
« Nous sommes préoccupés par le fait que les gens abandonnent leur garde et ne portent pas leur masque et se rassemblent d’une manière qu’ils ne le feraient pas », a-t-il déclaré. « N’oubliez pas que la variante britannique est celle qui se propage beaucoup plus facilement. Ces virus sont dans la communauté, donc la course est lancée pour faire vacciner autant de personnes que possible avant que la variante britannique ne puisse prendre le relais et nous amener à en avoir une autre. monter »
NOUVEAUX NUMÉROS
Lundi après-midi, le maire de Houston, Sylvester Turner, a déclaré que le taux de positivité dans la ville était désormais de 13,1%, ce qui a augmenté depuis la semaine dernière.Le département de la santé de la ville a déclaré que c’était la deuxième semaine consécutive au cours de laquelle le taux de positivité avait connu une légère augmentation.
En outre, la ville a signalé 318 nouveaux cas de coronavirus, ce qui porte le nombre total de cas à 175.150. Le bilan des morts s’élève désormais à 2 018.
« Nous continuons à faire des progrès [and] getting people vaccinated, but we’re a long way from getting herd immunity, ”Turner said.
” GLIMMER OF HOPE “
Texas is two days away from being “100%” open, but Turner offered what he described as “a silver lining.”
During his Monday briefing, Turner said the owner of Concrete Cowboy, a popular Houston bar on Washington Avenue, wrote Turner an email informing him that a planned ‘masking’ party had been canceled. .
I appreciate the owners of @ConcreteCowboyH to make the safety of their employees and customers a top priority.
Today they wrote to tell me that they would cancel the mask party that was scheduled for this Wednesday and continue to take safe action. # COVID-19[FEMALE[FEMININE
– Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) 8 mars 2021
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“We never intended to have a party where we encourage guests not to wear masks,” said the email, which was read aloud by Turner during his briefing. “I own several sites in the Washington Corridor and public safety is our primary concern. “
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The lifting of the mask mandate in Texas and the several “masked parties” have raised concerns about other similar events from other states coming to Texas. Turner said promoters from states that are not licensed to operate 100% and are required to wear a mask are promoting the organization of these events in cities like Houston, Dallas and Austin.
Turner said Concrete Cowboy will not be open Wednesday night.
“Now is not the time to give up our masks or let our guard down in the fight against the pandemic,” Turner said.
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