Vaccine shipments across the state of Texas were delayed due to the inclement weather last week. Due to this, the City of Lubbock Health Department has not received its vaccine shipments for this week.
Health Department praises team effort for smooth delivery of over 45K doses of COVID vaccine
City of Lubbock careful not to waste vaccine doses By Blair Sabol | February 19, 2021 at 10:51 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 11:34 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - While weâve seen stories about wasted vaccine in other areas, the City of Lubbock Health Department has been very careful with their supply, discarding only three out of 45,000 doses.
That is less than a tenth of a percent.
âItâs so valuable,â City of Lubbock Health Department director Katherine Wells said.
Wells describes the thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccine given out each week as precious as gold
Three Lubbock COVID-19 testing sites closed Monday
The city of Lubbock announced that the Texas Division of Emergency Management COVID-19 testing sites at Combest Community Health & Wellness Center, Rodgers Park Gym, and Texas Tech University will be closed for the day on Monday due to excessive winter weather.
For more local COVID-19 testing site information visit https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/health-department/about-us/covid-19-testing-location.
The city of Lubbock on Sunday confirmed 35 new coronavirus cases and 67 more people recovered, with no new COVID-linked deaths reported for the day.
The total number of confirmed cases is listed at 47,788, with 46,375 people recovered and 718 active cases, according to data provided by the City of Lubbock Health Department.