Nearly 200 first responders in Dallas have been quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19 amid a surge of omicron cases, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Both the Dallas police and fire departments reported infections, with firefighters making up over three-quarters of the first responders who have been infected, Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans told the newspaper.
Evans added that more fire-rescue workers are now out than at any other time during the pandemic.
By comparison, the fire department reportedly recorded 29 cases in July, 76 cases in August and 59 in September.
Police Senior Cpl. Brian Martinez told The Dallas Morning News that 36 police officers and eight civilian workers tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Since March 2020, 1,051 workers, 881 of whom were officers, contracted the virus, he added.
Though vaccination against the coronavirus is not mandatory in Dallas, city officials have reportedly encouraged workers to get inoculated.
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