Coronavirus positivity rate increases while other indicators continue to show improvement
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Matthew Ridlon, 7, prepares to be tested for COVID-19 on March 14, 2021. Community Labs, a San Antonio nonprofit that provides free reliable tests with results in 24 hours, provided weekend testing as some schools prepared to return to class after spring break.Ronald Cortes /Contributor
The positivity rate for coronavirus infections increased by 3 percentage points Monday, returning to 5.6 percent where it was at the beginning of the month.
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said the increase could be the result of less testing for the virus last week during spring break. He said 20,047 people were tested, a 38,760 decrease from the previous week.
Ramen shop vandalized with racist messages after owner speaks out against Texas’ reopening
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio community has come together to denounce a racist attack on a Northwest Side ramen noodle shop after its owner spoke out against Texas’ statewide reopening and mask mandate reversal on CNN.
On Sunday, Mike Nguyen, the owner and chef of the Noodle Tree, found the shop painted with racist and anti-mask messages in red paint graffiti.
In an interview with KSAT on Sunday, Nguyen said the messages that were painted on the restaurant’s windows and a table outside said “no mask,” “ramen noodle flu” and other sayings.
Noodle Tree, a ramen restaurant in San Antonio, was defaced with racist graffiti after chef and owner Mike Nguyen criticized the rollback of the state’s mask.
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Duke University, already operating under lockdown to combat a rise in coronavirus infections, on Tuesday reported 231 cases from last week, almost as many as the school had the entire fall semester. This was the highest number of positive cases reported in a single week, the school said in a statement. The individuals who tested positive have been placed in isolation, while those identified as potential contacts have been placed in precautionary quarantine.
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Hours after the windows of Noodle Tree were doused with red, spray-painted racism, San Antonio showed up with an extra hands and hearts to clean and support owner Mike Nguyen.Courtesy, Mike Nguyen
Hours after the windows of Noodle Tree were doused with red, spray-painted racism, San Antonio showed up with an extra hands and hearts to clean and support owner Mike Nguyen.
Though shaken, Nguyen is healing by highlighting the heart that showed up the next morning not the cowardice committed in darkness Saturday night.
Nguyen found the vandalism Sunday morning, after a days-long barrage of comments from people who disagreed with the comments he made during a CNN interview on Wednesday. During the CNN Newsroom spot with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto, Nguyen denounced Gov. Abbott s decision to end Texas mask mandate, and said the safeguard would continue to be required at his restaurant. Nguyen is battling lymphoma and is considered at risk for contracting the v