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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) From poor refrigeration to spoiled doses, 130 vaccine providers across Texas reported wasting 1,751 COVID-19 vaccine doses, according to data 13 Investigates obtained Friday afternoon.
Our analysis of data from the Texas Department of State Health Services found 350 of those wasted doses are in Harris County.
At the county level, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo previously said 20 doses were lost because two vials fell and broke because a gust of wind passed and five (doses), there was simply nobody to give them to.
The hundreds of wasted doses are just a small percent of the overall 3,160,000 vaccine doses Texas has received so far, but with thousands of residents on waiting lists to get a vaccine, doctors say the precious commodity should not go to waste.