U.S. Houston mayor asks people to get COVID-19 test before Christmas


By Gao Lu
  • World
  • Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020

HOUSTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Mayor of the U.S. city of Houston Sylvester Turner on Monday urged people to get a COVID-19 test before Christmas as the city's positivity rate continues to rise.

Turner said at a briefing that the COVID-19 positivity rate in the country's fourth largest city has risen to 11.2 percent compared to 10.5 percent last week.

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