The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has placed parts of North Texans on alert for the spread of COVID-19.
The county’s health committee doesn't meet until Tuesday, July 19. County judge Clay Jenkins said he doesn't know yet if local experts will bump the risk level to red."I think my concern level is greater than zero. But you know, on a scale of one to 10, it's not even close to five at this point,” he told NBC 5.
“That's more than the two or three we had two months ago but not dramatically different from the 25 patients we had last week,” said Dr. Chang. Researchers at UT Southwestern expect COVID hospitalizations to increase over the next several weeks. Their big concern right now is a steep rise in new patients over the age of 65.
"We just need to take the right precautions when we do our daily and regular activities,” said Dr. Chang."Should you wear a mask if you're walking out on the street with your dog? No, I really think it's probably overkill to be putting on a mask in that sort of situation. if you're going to go to Justin Bieber concert with 15,000 other screaming people -- OK, that might be a situation you might want to be smart and put your mask on.
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