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Monday, January 25, 2021
The Hays County Commissioners Court will review a variety of contracts in preparation for future distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
A shipment of 1,950 Pfizer vaccines arrived on Friday and vaccination appointments began on Monday.
The commissioners will vote to authorize the purchase of an ultra-cold freezer using $7K from a Department of State Health Services (DSHS) COVID-19 CoAg Grant to store COVID-19 vaccines.
They will also vote on executing a contract between the Hays County Health Department and Hill Country Med Waste for medical waste disposal related to the COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
The contract would provide the health department with medical waste pickup on an as needed basis. The department’s request for funding for this under the DSHS IMM/LOCAL COVID-19 Grant was approved.
Hays County began vaccinating residents for the first time Monday
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Hays County on Monday began inoculating residents with the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving doses for the first time last Friday, according to Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra.Screenshot- Facebook
Hays County on Monday began inoculating residents with the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving doses for the first time last Friday.
Texas began delivering the doses to counties in mid-December. It is unclear why Hays County had not received any vaccines prior to last week.
On Friday, the county received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said in a news conference Friday. The doses weren t available until Monday because they were frozen and needed to be processed by medical personnel before the vaccinations began.
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A UT Austin nursing student holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020.
In less than 30 minutes, all available appointments for a vaccine in Hays County were booked, as the demand for the vaccine in Central Texas has continued to outpace the supply.
The nearly 2,000 doses of vaccine that arrived Friday were the first major shipment sent to the Hays County Health Department in the weeks since the vaccine rollout began. County officials have been pleading with the state to prioritize local health departments as priority providers, and have been frustrated with the lack of vaccine on hand.
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People wait in a line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine from Austin Public Health in January. The state has dubbed APH a COVID-19 vaccine hub.
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Since mid-January, the state has been allocating COVID-19 vaccines to so-called “vaccine hubs.” These large-scale vaccination sites are supposed to focus on populations and areas hardest hit by the virus.
“The goal of these hubs is to provide more people the vaccine and a simpler way to sign up for an appointment,” the Texas Department of State Health Services says.
So far, the hubs have been allocated 1,000 or several thousand doses a week, while smaller providers receive only a few hundred. You can access a hub regardless of where you live. Right now, the state is authorizing providers to vaccinate the following groups: