Martinez in a letter confirmed that his LULAC Council 9900 will not be participating in this year's Texas LULAC Convention 2021 due to the COVID-19 surge.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
Austin, Texas - On Friday, Rodolfo "Rudy" Martinez, the President of LULAC Council 9900 announced that his council will not be attending this year's 90th Texas LULAC Convention 2021 (August 19-22, 2021) in Austin due to a COVID-19 surge that health officials elevated the warning to stage 5.
Martinez wrote, "As LULAC Council 9900 President, I have cancelled attending the 2021 LULAC Texas State Convention 2021 in Austin, Texas. I humbly ask all my Brothers and Sisters to join me in not attending this large gathering. We have already lost enough LULACERs to COVID-19. Let's be responsible for these critical times."
Martinez emphasized, that as president of Council 9900, he is more concern about Health than losing more Hispanic lives to COVID-19.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (TXDSHS) reported that in the last week, hospitalizations have reach nearly 3,000, with 10,463 current hospitalizations, 10,332 new COVID-19 cases (7-day avg) and 64 fatalities (7-day avg).
The TXDSHS also warns that the risk of infection is very high and unvaccinated people of all ages risk hospitalization and death.
In other news: The Travis County Lone Star Roundup 2021 at the Expo Center in September has been canceled this year due to the current high growth of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Travis County and surrounding counties.
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