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HOUSTON — Texas has requested resources for federally supported COVID-19 sites in six counties, plus federal monoclonal antibody allocations and medical personnel, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday.
Based on existing COVID-19 measures, the state asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to review sites in Bexar, Cameron, Dallas, Harris, Hidalgo and Tarrant counties, according to officials.
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The request for resources made through the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas Department of State Health Services.
According to a press from the governor’s office, DSHS has also requested more concessions for sotrovimab, the curative monoclonal antibody that has been shown to be effective in combating the Omicron variant and reducing hospitalizations.
The firm also called on the federal government to continue offering the state of Texas Regeneron and bamlanivimab, monoclonal antibody remedies for other strains of COVID-19 that have also been shown to decrease hospitalizations in the state, according to officials.
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DSHS has also asked 3 groups of medical staff to supply more to hospitals in urban spaces in the state that do not have staff under contract with DSHS.
“Covid-19 screening and prevention of COVID-related hospitalizations are critical to our fight against this virus,” Governor Abbott said in a statement. the state of Texas urges the federal government to intensify this fight and provide the mandatory resources to help Texans. Testing sites, more medical personnel, and continued shipments of healing products from the federal government will help us continue to save lives and mitigate the spread of COVID-19. »
Earlier this week, DSHS said regional infusion centers in Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth, San Antonio and The Woodlands had exhausted their sotrovimab materials and would not offer it until the federal government sends more to Texas in January.
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In a post earlier this month, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. USA He said that “the current source of sotrovimab from the federal government is incredibly limited and no further doses of the product will be available until the week of January 3. “