Hospital officials and front-line workers say removing the state’s mask mandate is premature.
March 4, 2021, 1:13 PM
Dr. Joseph Varon, left, talks with patient LaTanya Robinson inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston.
At a University of Houston vaccination site on Wednesday, nurses helped administer doses to students and faculty who qualified under Texas current coronavirus vaccination plan.
It was just one day after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was lifting COVID-19 restrictions including a mask mandate and student volunteers from the College of Nursing were concerned. Some were scared. Others accused the governor of playing politics with the virus.
A new variant of the coronavirus has emerged in the United States, posing yet another public health challenge in a country already losing more than 3000 people to COVID-19 every day.
The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South Carolina.
Public health officials said itâs almost certain that there are more infections that have not been identified yet.
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Two cases of the South African strain of coronavirus has been found in the US.(AP)
They are also concerned that this version spreads more easily and that vaccines could be less effective against it.