Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Omicron - Houston is Testing...

 The Houston Health Department is now testing the city’s wastewater for the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. The variant was not detected in the most recent round of wastewater samples collected the week of November 22.

 

Thank you,

Scott

 

From: Packard, Scott - HHD
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 4:51 PM
Subject: Houston Health Department COVID-19 updates: Week of November 29, 2021

 

Good afternoon,

 

Here are this week’s COVID-19 updates from the Houston Health Department:

 

Vaccination and Testing Sites

The Houston Health Department is providing more than two dozen sites that offer free doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week. You can find details in our latest news release and the full schedule is on the vaccination page of HoustonEmergency.org/covid19. Our testing site page is also updated listing dozens of Houston Health Department-affiliated testing sites for the week.

 

Omicron Variant

There is still much unknown about B.1.1.529, the variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 first detected in South Africa. Federal health officials are investigating and will update public health guidance as needed. The Houston Health Department follows federal COVID-19 guidance and is prepared to adjust, if needed. COVID-19 vaccination is our best tool to reduce cases, prevent serious illness and death, and slow the emergence of new variants.  We must all continue to focus on getting more people vaccinated to save lives and give the virus less opportunity to mutate.

 

Sharable posts:

 

Take Your Best Shot Videos

Here are the latest videos in our Take Your Best Shot with Dr. David Persse series. We shoot the Spanish versions later this week.

 

Video Animations

We posted several new video animations over the past several days.

 

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