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<figcaption> U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, an Arlington Republican, had been undergoing treatment for cancer since 2018. In January, he announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19. <cite>Credit: United States Congress</cite> </figcaption>
Ron Wright addressed primary voters at an Arlington Republican Club event in 2018. U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who rose through the ranks of Tarrant County and Republican politics to represent North Texas in Congress, died Sunday at age 67. Wright is the first sitting member of Congress to die after contracting COVID-19. He was being treated for lung cancer when he tested positive for the coronavirus. The official cause of death wasn't immediately released; he and his wife were admitted to a Dallas hospital in recent weeks with COVID-19. Wright announced in January that he had tested positive. A ...
Rep. Ron Wright passed away Sunday night, Feb. 7, after a battle with COVID-19.
Wright, a Republican from Arlington, had been living with cancer for years. He was hospitalized for COVID-19 about two weeks ago.
South Africa Covid-19 variant does not appear to be more transmissible, British health expert says From CNN’s Amy Cassidy British analysis does not suggest that the South African coronavirus variant is more transmissible than other variants, England’s deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said Monday. Van-Tam’s analysis was based on “early data on modelling” the variant, he said. He contrasted the South Africa variant with what he referred to as the Kent variant – referred to internationally as the UK variant – which he said does have a transmissibility advantage. sh...