Abbott announces additional DOD resources to mitigate COVID-19 spread

Governor Greg Abbott announced July 13 that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has activated additional U.S. Army Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces (UAMTF) to assist the state’s efforts to combat COVID-19. At the governor’s request and as part of a whole-of-nation approach, one UAMTF arrived in San Antonio on July 6, an additional task force arrived in Texas to support the Houston region July 13, and four UAMTFs, along with a U.S. Navy Acute Care Team and four U.S. Navy Rapid Rural Response teams, are available to be deployed to additional locations across Texas as identified by ongoing assessments. The teams consist of medical and support professionals who are being deployed to support medical needs in hospitals throughout the state, according to the governor’s office.

“Our ongoing partnership with the federal government is crucial to meeting the medical needs of Texans as we combat COVID-19 in our communities,” said Abbott. Abbott thanked the current administration and the DOD for “providing these additional resources and for working alongside our communities to keep Texans safe and mitigate the spread of this virus.”