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Major Medical Groups Call for All Healthcare and
Long-Term Care Employers to Require Vaccination
Medical groups' calls for
COVID-19 vaccination mandates for healthcare workers reached a
fever pitch on Monday, July 26th with the American Medical
Association (AMA), American Nurses Association, and 55 other
organizations joining the chorus supporting mandatory vaccination. Continue reading.
CDC Says
Vaccinated People Should Return To Wearing Masks Indoors In Some
Public Areas
Due to emerging science about
transmission in vaccinated people, the CDC is now recommending all
teachers and students wear masks in school, and that people living
in COVID-19 hotspots, or areas of the country with large outbreaks,
wear masks indoors. Read updated guidance.
Update to
COVID-19 Vaccine Ordering
Texas is continually working
to ensure vaccines to every provider that needs it, regardless of
the location or dose amounts. Registered vaccine providers can
place orders in the smallest quantity needed in 1-vial increments
(6 dose/vial for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and 13-14 dose/vial for
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine). Register here to
become a COVID-19 Vaccinator.
Texas Records
Over 10,000 New COVID-19 Cases In A Day For The First Time Since
February
Bloomberg (7/28, Carroll) reports,
“Texas logged more than 10,000 in daily new virus cases for the
first time in almost six months as the latest wave of the pandemic
intensifies across the second-most populous U.S. state.” Over the
past 24 hours, “the caseload surged by 10,086,” which is “a
55% increase from Tuesday’s addition and the highest since Feb. 9,
state health department figures showed.”
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