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Houston Health Department, Partners Announce Free COVID-19 Testing Schedule For Week Of October 26
The Houston Health Department encourages people to forgo traditional trick-or-treating and Halloween gatherings this year in favor of safer alternatives. Going door-to-door and attending traditional Halloween events are high-risk activities for spreading COVID-19 during the pandemic.
The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of October 19, 2020. The week will offer more than a dozen free testing sites across Houston, including three mega sites.
The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of October 12, 2020. The week will offer more than a dozen free testing sites across Houston, including four mega sites.
The Houston Health Department and Greater Houston Restaurant Association are collaborating to protect the health and safety of restaurant-goers during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the health department’s Better. Together. campaign, the agencies are launching a training program to reduce the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission among staff and customers.
A new free COVID-19 testing site opens October 8 at Aramco Services Company, 9009 W. Loop South. The site requires appointments by calling the health department's COVID-19 call center at 832-393-4220. The new site replaces Delmar Stadium, which closes at 3 p.m. on October 7.
The Houston Health Department is launching a new effort to support mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Sylvester Turner, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and the department announced Tuesday.
Houston Health Department, Partners Announce Free COVID-19 Testing Schedule For Week Of September 28
The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of Sept. 28, 2020. The week will offer more than 20 free testing sites across Houston, including four mega sites.
Trends from the Houston Health Department’s COVID-19 wastewater monitoring project indicate a decrease in virus across Houston, mirroring the city’s dropping viral positivity rate and further validating the project as a potentially faster method to identify and contain the disease.
The Houston Health Department is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rice University, and Baylor College of Medicine to conduct an antibody testing survey to understand how many people in the city were previously infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.