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Here are some signs that omicron variant is likely "prevalent and spreading" in Houston

Have concern but don't panic.

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The first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant in Texas has been identified in the Houston area

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo confirmed the news on Monday. It’s the first case in Texas.

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Texans With Medical Conditions, Older Adults Will Begin To Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations In The Next 2 Weeks – Houston Public Media

December 22, 2020, 7:09 PM)
Clockwise from top left, Texas Medical Center President and CEO Bill Mckeon is joined by Houston Health Authority David Persse, MD Anderson Cancer Center President Peter Pisters, and Memorial Hermann Health System President and CEO David Callender for a vaccine update on Dec. 22, 2020.
In the next two weeks, access to the COVID-19 vaccine will begin opening up to Houstonians over 65, as well as those with certain medical conditions, according to local hospital and public health officials.
Those are the latest two groups to receive priority for the vaccine in Texas because of high risk of severe illness or death from the coronavirus infection. The Department of State Health Services says, older adults have made up more than 70% of COVID-19 deaths in the state, according to death certificate data.

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'It's not gonna go well': Hotez talks rodeo hopes, the need for vaccines and a looming winter surge

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Peter Hotez, co-director of Texas Children's Hospitals Center for Vaccine Development, poses for a photograph outside the lab Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
New vaccines are on the horizon — but is it too late to blunt the pandemic’s winter surge? Might Houston fare better than the rest of Texas? And why could a traditional-method vaccine be better for kids?
To answer these questions, we once again check in with vaccine researcher Peter Hotez, one of the country’s best explainers of COVID-19 science. He’s a professor and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and he co-directs the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, where his lab team is developing COVID-19 vaccines.

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