Texas Requests Support from FEMA for Testing Sites

Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced that Texas, through the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), requested resources for federally supported testing locations, medical personnel and additional federal allocations of monoclonal antibodies. Texas requested support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for testing sites in the following counties based on current COVID-19 metrics, including positivity rate and hospitalizations: Bexar, Cameron, Dallas, Harris, Hidalgo and Tarrant. This additional testing capability will aid in identifying people with COVID-19, including the Omicron variant, and help prevent and reduce further transmission.

“Detecting COVID-19 and preventing COVID-related hospitalizations are critical to our fight against this virus,” said Abbott. “Testing sites, additional medical staff and continued shipments of therapeutics from the federal government will help us continue to save lives and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.”