Another vaccine distribution scheduled today at fairgrounds
The Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District says it received 5,000 Moderna vaccines on Thursday.
By: Victoria Balderrama
and last updated 2021-01-29 08:43:22-05
ROBSTOWN, Texas â Another mega drive-through event is being held today at the Richard Borchard Fairgrounds in Robstown.
The Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District says it received 5,000 Moderna vaccines on Thursday.
The district will begin giving those vaccines out this morning beginning at 8 a.m. to people in Phase 1-a and 1-b and its first-come, first-serve.
Also, people who received their first dose of the vaccine in late December will be getting a second dose today.
The Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District will hold two COVID-19 vaccination drive-thru clinics this week.
The health district said Sunday that it would receive a shipment of 5,500 Moderna vaccine doses this week. The supplies arrived Monday.
Five thousand doses will be given at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds on Tuesday starting at 8 a.m. Those doses will all be given on Tuesday so state officials can test the vaccination system’s capacity.
There will be no online pre-registration; all registration will be done on site.
On Friday, 500 doses will be given to people who received their first shot at the health district’s drive-thru clinic on Dec. 29. Public health director Annette Rodriguez said 537 people were given their first shots during that clinic.
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By: Tim Griffin, Ryan Garza, Ana Tamez, Alyssa Flores, Eddie Cruz
Posted at 4:56 PM, Jan 02, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-02 20:26:41-05
2/1 updates:
6:29 p.m. - It has come to our attention that a technical issue with the online registration for the vaccination mini-clinic at the American Bank Center on Tuesday, February 2, has pre-registered more than the available 250 slots for eligible Phase 1A and 1B recipients, tweeted the city of Corpus Christi.
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