Ua ʻōlelo ka Texas Department of State Health Services he 11 mau hihia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia makahiki, e pili ana i nā helu ma ka Pōʻalima. ʻEono i ka pule i hala aku nei ma Tarrant County, ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena, akā ua hōʻano hou nā luna o ke olakino olakino ma Fort Worth i kēlā helu e hōʻike i ka huina o ʻeiwa mau hihia.

ʻAʻohe hihia i hōʻike ʻia ma 2012.

ʻO Texas kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi nui a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi a ʻo American Airlines Hub Dallas a me nā kalana ʻo Denton i hōʻike i ʻelua mau maʻi maʻi maʻi, ʻo Harris County kekahi.

Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ke keʻena he ʻeono i hōʻike ʻia i ka maʻi ʻaʻai i ka makahiki 2011.

Ke noi nei nā luna olakino o ka mokuʻāina i nā mea mālama olakino e nānā i nā hōʻike a me nā mea maʻi me nā hōʻailona maʻi maʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma North Texas, ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana i kahi ʻōlelo. Hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka maʻi ʻaʻai ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana me ke kanaka maʻi ma o ka ʻu ʻana a me ke kihe ʻana.

Ua ʻimi ka poʻe loea ʻo Tarrant County Public Health i kekahi o nā hihia maʻi maʻi o ka wahi i kahi kanaka makua i huakaʻi ma waho o US, wahi a ke keʻena. ʻAʻole i hoʻopuka koke ʻia nā kikoʻī hou aku e pili ana i ke kanaka a me kāna wahi i hele ai.

"He maʻi lele ka maʻi maʻi a inā loaʻa i kekahi kanaka, ʻo 90 ka nui o ka poʻe kokoke i kēlā kanaka ʻaʻole i pale ʻia a i ʻole ʻia e loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi," wahi a nā luna olakino o ka mokuʻāina.

Pono nā kānaka e nānā i ko lākou kūlana maʻi maʻi me kā lākou mea mālama olakino, wahi a ke keʻena.

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