An EPA letter to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requests the public comment period be extended in the Midwest Sterilization permit request.
The air quality permit renewal request from Midwest Sterilization was addressed by Laredo City Council as it will submit a request to the TCEQ for a hearing.
Laredo moving forward with COVID-19 vaccine waitlist
March 2, 2021
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Laredoan Pedro Garcia thanks the health care staff administering the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving the shot from LISD LVN Clarissa Perez on Feb. 1 at Martin High School. Laredo Health Director Richard Chamberlain at Monday’s City Council meeting recommended the city implement a waitlist for vaccine appointments.Danny Zaragoza / Laredo Morning Times
After speaking with the city management and health directors of 10 other cities and counties throughout the state, Laredo Health Director Richard Chamberlain recommended to City Council on Monday that they implement a waitlist for the community’s vaccine appointments.
After three months, Laredo no longer has the worst hospitalization rate in Texas
Feb. 22, 2021
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A COVID-19 particle is pictured in this image provided by the CDC. A study published in the Lanced medical journal examined the case of a man who became infected with two different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in less than two months. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)CDC, HO / TNS
Laredo began Monday with big news in a pair of categories, falling out of two major negative spots it’s held for months.
The Laredo area fell out of first place in Texas in COVID-19 hospitalization rate as well as the top risk level for active cases in the community. These two pieces of news came on top of a third straight day of single-digit positives with nine announced along with three deaths, giving the area 42,498 positives and 774 deaths historically dating back to the emergence of the pandemic locally last March.
New alternate care site aims to help unburden Laredo hospitals
Feb. 9, 2021
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Texas Division of Emergency Management s Dr. Rashid Chotani, joined by City of Laredo leadership, gives a tour of the Laredo TDEM COVID-19 Alternate Care Site, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, outside the UT Health Science Center at Laredo.Danny Zaragoza/Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Texas Division of Emergency Management s Dr. Rashid Chotani and Gerardo Castillo give a tour of the Laredo TDEM COVID-19 Alternate Care Site, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, outside the UT Health Science Center at Laredo.Danny Zaragoza/Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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A view of one of the beds available at the Laredo TDEM COVID-19 Alternate Care Site, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, outside the UT Health Science Center at Laredo.Danny Zaragoza/Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less