Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo self-quarantining after potential COVID-19 exposure – KPRC Click2Houston

HOUSTON – Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo launched that she is self-quarantining after being doubtlessly exposed to COVID-19 final week.

The publicity came on Monday from a member of the Harris County Judge’s narrate of job, who examined optimistic and now’s self-setting aside.

Hidalgo and workers who were doubtlessly exposed will likely be examined and are self-quarantining for 14 days from publicity till Monday, July 6, following the CDC guidelines. Hidalgo has now not confirmed any signs.

“Given what we have now learned, I will likely be quarantining at dwelling. The actuality of it is, there are millions of residents all over Harris County which might perchance perchance perchance be an increasing number of discovering themselves in the same location I’m in this present day,” mentioned Judge Hidalgo. “There are rising numbers of residents testing optimistic for this virus, and an increasing number of requiring hospitalization. We’re at Risk Stage 1 – Purple – and I proceed to name on all people to dwell dwelling excluding for predominant activities. That is doubtlessly the most productive contrivance we steer optimistic of a disaster in our sanatorium machine and save our community in a position to reopen in a wiser and extra sustainable contrivance. We can beat this possibility together as a community and I will proceed to be particular we are pursuing every option we have now to raise this abet under recall watch over.”

Hidalgo will proceed her tasks honest about and unprecedented county operations will proceed without interruption.

Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia mentioned he spoke to Hidalgo on Sunday and she or he looked as if it might perhaps perhaps perchance perchance be in correct spirits.

“I urged her to salvage some relaxation, but I know her all to properly and she or he’s now not resting she’s working,” mentioned Garcia.

Garcia mentioned Hidalgo contacted him to let him learn about her likely publicity out of courtesy since he changed into along with her on Monday, the same day she changed into perhaps exposed.

“For that reason the whole lot about this pandemic is true. It’s excessive, and we have now to sign the total recommendation that the scientists, doctors and our county think is asking us to resolve,” Garcia mentioned.

Hidalgo mentioned her workers has already been following crash a living from dwelling protocols. The exiguous workers working from the narrate of job were consistently carrying masks in the narrate of enterprise and affirming social distancing practices.