Infection case during Harvey prompts shelter cleanup

BELTON, Texas (AP) — Officials in Central Texas’ Bell County say they’re cleaning a former school in Killeen that was used as a storm shelter and have had to destroy about 600 cots after a person housed there during Hurricane Harvey was found to have contracted a drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA.
Bell County Public Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell says while the victim’s wound was covered and not exposed to the environment, every precaution has