The Texas Department of State Health Services has announced their plan to roll out their next wave of the vaccine. 158,825 Vaccines will be distributed within 104 Texas counties this week.
With this new wave, Texas will have distributed 1.7 million vaccines in total. The numbers are hopeful, however experts are still underlining the fact that Texas has a long to go to get the virus under control.
This new wave of vaccines will be distributed to 28 large hubs around the state. Major cities, as well rural areas will be covered. As of now the people eligible for vaccines are mostly healthcare workers, the elderly and people with medical conditions that increase the mortality chances if they were to get Covid.
Each of these hubs will be required to register anyone who receives the vaccine and focus on the aforementioned groups. Below are the hubs and the number of vaccines they will be receiving.
Bell County Public Health District, Bell, 3,900
San Antonio Metro Health District, Bexar, 9,000
University Health System, Bexar, 10,725
CHI St. Joseph College Station Hospital, Brazos, 1,200
Cameron County Public Health, Cameron, 6,000
Dallas County Health and Human Services, Dallas, 6,000
Parkland Hospital, Dallas, 6,825
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 10,000
Denton County Public Health, Denton, 3,500
El Paso Fire Department, El Paso, 5,000
University Medical Center of El Paso, El Paso, 5,000
Harris County Public Health, Harris, 8,000
Houston Health Department, Harris, 8,000
Houston Methodist Hospital, Harris, 10,725
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Hidalgo, 6,500
Hidalgo County Health and Human Services, Hidalgo, 5,000
City of Lubbock Health Department, Lubbock, 5,000
Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, Maverick, 1,200
Waco-McLennan County Public Health District, McLennan, 1,500
Ascension Providence Hospital, McLennan, 1,500
Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District, Nueces, 4,000
Amarillo Public Health Department, Potter, 5,000
Northeast Texas Public Health District, Smith, 1,500
UT Health Science Center Tyler, Smith, 1,500
Tarrant County Public Health, Tarrant, 9,000
Texas Health Resources, Tarrant, 10,050
Austin Public Health, Travis, 12,000
City of Laredo Health Department, Webb, 1,200
Bibliography
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