COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in Lubbock early this week FedEx safely delivers first COVID-19 vaccines By KCBD Staff | December 14, 2020 at 8:38 AM CST - Updated December 14 at 1:05 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The two major hospitals in Lubbock are set to receive the first shipments of a newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. Covenant Health will receive a shipment on Tuesday.
Nearly 225,000 doses of the vaccine will be shipped to 109 hospitals in 34 Texas Counties. Trucks left Pfizer’s Michigan headquarters on Sunday, departing for airport, FedEx and UPS hubs around the country with the vaccine.
Around 19,500 doses will arrive at hospitals in Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio on Monday, according to the Texas Department of State Health. Lubbock is among 12 other cities that will have a shipment arrive on Tuesday.