DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The state of Texas is scheduled to receive 332,750 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government next week. The Texas Department of State Health Services has instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ship those doses to 212 providers across Texas.
The state will continue to vaccinate health care workers, residents of long-term care facilities, people 65 and older and those with medical conditions that put them at greater risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19.
The state is also ordering 216,350 doses intended as the second dose for people first vaccinated a few weeks ago. People should be able to return to the same provider to receive their second dose.
Below is Additional Information from the Press Release from the Texas Department of State Health Services:
Texas providers have administered more than 1.6 million doses of vaccine. 1.37 million people have received at least one dose, and more than 228,000 have been fully vaccinated. The added hub locations for next week are in Burnet, Dallas, Gregg, Montgomery and Navarro counties. Providers in seven new counties will receive vaccine, bringing the total number of counties where vaccine has been distributed to 233. People are not required to be vaccinated in their county of residence, and vaccine has been administered to residents of all 254 counties.
Vaccine remains limited based on the capacity of the manufacturers to produce it, so it will take time for Texas to receive enough vaccine for all the people in the priority populations who want to be vaccinated. Currently, there is not enough vaccine to supply every provider with vaccine every week. The amount of vaccine provided to Texas is expected to remain steady for the next few weeks. Additional vaccines are in clinical trials, and Johnson & Johnson could request authorization for its vaccine from the Food and Drug Administration as early as next month.
People can find more information on COVID-19 vaccine at dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine.aspx.
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