U.S. health official asks people to get COVID-19 test after holiday


By Gao Lu
  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Dec 2020

HOUSTON, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- With the Thanksgiving holiday weekend over, U.S. Texas health officials on Monday urged everyone to get a COVID-19 test.

Sherri Onyiego, director of Nutrition and Chronic Disease Prevention for Texas' Harris County Public Health, expressed her concern that people who spent holiday with family and friends may be infected with the virus. She recommended waiting five days after possible exposure to get tested.

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