Health

After working a long day at Medical City McKinney, the last thing Diana Dughi of Prosper wants to do is to walk into a crowded grocery store. “ I ’ d have to put on another mask (after wearing one most of the day) to minimize exposure, ” she says.

Elizabeth Bolt barely felt the needle prick her arm. Red blood rushed through a maze of tubing leading to a whirring machine that separated and collected a bag of yellow liquid.

With phase one of Gov. Abbott’s plan to reopen Texas underway, hospitals and health centers are now preparing to perform elective surgeries again.

For medical reasons, my mother would be deemed high risk for COVID-19. She’s a practical and resourceful person, so despite how restricted tests are, I shouldn’t be surprised that last week she took a COVID-19 test and an antibody test.

Each day, more and more people showed up, first timers desperate for help. Many were surprised to find themselves unemployed. A few short weeks ago, business was booming.

The data emerging on COVID-19 changes every day, as does our understanding of its spread.

The COVID-19 outbreak has forced people to stay in their homes and non-essential businesses to close, leading to a historic 1,600 percent increase in unemployment in a three-week period, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor .

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Serious concerns are growing about how the spread of the coronavirus could affect the functionality and effectiveness of hospital systems, especially now that the US has the highest number of confirmed cases in the world, according to Johns Hopkins U

As the country rolls out social distancing measures due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), North Texans are facing a new reality that may prove to be stressful for some people.