Metro Health sends alert recommending everyone wear masks in indoor settings to slow the spread of COVID-19
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Alert from Metro Health sent on July 28, 2021. (KSAT 12)
SAN ANTONIO – Metro Health sent a text alert to Bexar County residents Wednesday afternoon recommending that everyone wear masks indoors, including those who are fully vaccinated.
The recommendation is in line with updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that also advise people to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccine status. The move back to stricter guidelines in regard to mask-wearing is due to the increase in cases and hospitalizations.
Bexar County is now at a moderate risk level for COVID-19 and the community positivity rate has risen to 17% this week, according to Metro Health.
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Dr. Anita Kurian, assistant director of Metro Health’s Communicable Disease Division, speaks Friday as officials address the uptick in recent COVID-19 cases. Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff stand beside her.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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San Antonio Mayor, Ron Nirenberg speaks at a press conference surrounded by city officials about the uptick in recent COVID cases.Jessica Phelps, Staff photographer / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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San Antonio Mayor, Ron Nirenberg stands next to Judge Nelson Wolff at a press conference addressing the uptick in recent COVID cases.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
/ Newly installed Metro Health Director Claude Jacob speaks to the press on Thursday morning. Jacob was selected by San Antonio City Manager in April but began with the City of San Antonio on July 6.
San Antonio Metro Health has a new public health director. Claude Jacob joined the city earlier this month and will lead the countywide response to the pandemic at a time when cases are beginning to rise.
Jacob comes from Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he served in a similar role as the chief public health officer for the city since 2007. He’ll be overseeing the department after former Assistant City Manager Dr. Colleen Bridger left the city earlier this week in a planned departure to start a consulting business.
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SAN ANTONIO San Antonio s Metro Health has a new leader. Claude Jacob is two weeks into the job and comes to San Antonio in the middle of a pandemic.
Jacob, a married father of three, comes to the Lone Star State from Massachusetts. He has over 20 years of experience in public health. He brings his experience in New England here to San Antonio, and says the strategy to fight COVID here, is largely the same from up north.