Here’s what you need to know about the COVID-19 in North Texas for today, Jan. 17.
Every infection is a chance for the virus to mutate, and omicron has an edge of previous versions because it spreads faster.
Get vaccinated and wear a mask while around others, health experts say. If you test positive, follow the isolation guidelines that match your symptoms and vaccination status.
The sheer number of people infected with the variant is threatening to damage the health care system. And the more the virus spreads, the greater the risk there is for further mutations.
Hospitals and physicians are struggling to find doses, even as federal allocations of coronavirus pills and monoclonal antibodies to Texas increased this week.
Breaking news reporter Catherine Marfin chronicles her — and her kitten’s — eight-hour wait to get a COVID-19 test in Dallas County.
