McLennan County will receive 2,700 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2nd week of distribution
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Prepared COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine syringes are seen at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Illinois received about 43,000 doses in its first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine Monday as health officials reported another 103 coronavirus deaths statewide. Most of the shots will be distributed to local health care centers for health care workers, according to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker s office. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Posted at 12:27 PM, Dec 19, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-19 13:27:26-05
WACO, TX â The Texas Department of State Health Services recently announced that 16 providers in McLennan County will be receiving 2,700 doses of COVID-19 vaccine with 200 doses allotted for the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District.
More than 80 frontline workers at Providence got vaccinated against the coronavirus Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, the day the hospital received 975 doses, and the process continued Friday, Dec. 18 as employees administered the first of two shots required for the Pfizer-developed vaccine to their co-workers.
Julie Loudamyâs reasons for signing up early for the COVID-19 vaccine extend beyond the 12 days of fever, eight weeks of fatigue and still-diminished senses of taste and smell the disease already brought her. As a nurse practitioner at Ascension Providence providing pulmonary care, she is more worried about the people around her.
More than 80 frontline workers at Providence got vaccinated against the coronavirus Thursday, the day the hospital received 975 doses, and the process continued Friday as employees administered the first of two shots required for the Pfizer-developed vaccine to their co-workers.
Updated: 5:14 PM CST December 17, 2020
WACO, Texas The principal of Waco High School James Stewart sent a message to Waco High families and employees Thursday about two more COVID-19 cases on campus.
“Yesterday and today, two more people at our campus have reported testing positive for COVID-19. At this time, we are expecting at least 36 teachers to be out tomorrow, and most of those teachers are quarantining after being in close contact with someone who tested positive for the virus, Stewart said. For this reason, all Waco High students will be learning remotely tomorrow. Our campus will reopen for in-person instruction after winter break on Jan. 5, 2021.
Waco has joined what promises to be a historic turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The work of vaccine scientists, multinational drug manufacturers, miners, public health leaders, the president of the United States, shipping pilots, drivers, tool-makers and health care professionals, funded by billions of dollars from the American tax payer, wound up in a tiny shot in the arm of Ascension Providence nurse manager Brooke Fielder on Thursday.
Fielder was first in line at Ascension Providence Medical Center, which received a batch of 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for its employees Thursday, earlier than initially expected. Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco is expecting an equal allocation.
Wacoâs hospitals are managing a rising number of COVID-19 patients and plan to administer their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine Friday and Saturday to employees, officials said Wednesday during a weekly city press conference.
Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center plans to give its first shots Friday, Dr. Marc Elieson said. Ascension Providence Medical Center plans to follow suit Saturday, said Dr. Richard Haskett, chief medical officer of Ascension Medical Group Providence in Waco. Elieson and Haskett each said their systemâs Waco hospital is seeing the effects of uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus.
The hospitals were treating 119 COVID-19 patients Wednesday, a new high, according to the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District. Several days now with more than 100 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Waco is a worrying sign, Waco Family Health Center CEO Dr. Jackson Griggs said.