Austin activates emergency alert due to severe COVID-19 'crisis'
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Health officials in Austin issued an emergency alert over the weekend that the COVID-19 situation in the city was "severely worsening" and has reached a "critical" point.
The alert was distributed on Saturday by text, phone calls and email to residents in Austin and nearby areas of Travis County. "Our hospitals are severely stressed and there is little we can do to alleviate their burden with the surging cases," Austin-Travis County Health Authority's Desmar Walkes said in a statement. "The public has to act now and help or we will face a catastrophe in our community that could have been avoided."More Related News