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San Antonio last big Texas city to create vaccine portal Follow Us Question of the Day     By - Associated Press - Thursday, April 1, 2021 SAN ANTONIO (AP) - San Antonio has become the last major Texas city to establish a sign-up portal for scheduling COVID-19 vaccinations. City Council voted on Wednesday to set up the portal, allowing residents to be notified when vaccination appointments become available. ...

San Antonio City Council approves vaccine registry for ages 65+ Vaccine providers would take people off registry to fill appointments; could take 3-4 weeks to set up Updated:  Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio seniors will soon be able to sign up for a vaccine registry, which could make it easier for them to get an appointment. The San Antonio City Council members present voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon. It was not clear if District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez was on the video conferenc...

Vaccine waitlist expected to be discussed during city council committee Tuesday Community Health & Equity Committee meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – With all Texans 50 years old and over now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the pool of people anxiously looking for appointments has grown larger. While many Bexar County residents have had to rely on luck and good timing to snag a coveted spot at one of the mass vaccination sites, some have wondered if there’s a better ...

The definition of anxiety-inducing - San Antonio council members weigh one-stop sign-up portal for vaccinations FacebookTwitterEmail Barbara Washington, 65 receives her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. uary 29, 2021, in a drive-thru vaccination line at the Alamodome.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographer Officials with two major COVID-19 vaccine providers in San Antonio say they aren’t convinced the city needs a one-stop sign-up portal for people trying to schedule vaccinati...

Courage: Metro Health dropped the ball on vaccine waitlist John Courage, For the Express-News March 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Re: “Waitlists for vaccinations needed here,” Editorial, Saturday I am disappointed San Antonio is the only major city in Texas to not have a COVID-19 registration. I have been asking for a registration since vaccines became available, and two weeks ago at City Council, I called for a vote on the issue, which failed 7-4. This proposal will be heard at the next sc...

H-E-B is getting some heat for its face mask decision.

H-E-B is getting some heat for its face mask decision.

Mar 4, 2021 Several city and county leaders are calling for a vaccination site in northern Bexar County. County Commissioner Trish DeBerry, along with City Council members Manny Pelaez, John Courage and Clayton Perry, want Metro Health and the Bexar County Hospital District to co-manage the site. In the week ahead, Texas is expected to receive 200-thousand doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. DeBerry says the shipment will enable the city and county to create the new vaccinati...

Bexar County, San Antonio leaders call for COVID-19 vaccination site on North Side Texas expected to receive 200K Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines Updated:  Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Precinct 3 Commissioner Trish DeBerry and three San Antonio city council members who represent areas on the North Side are calling on the Metropolitan Health District and the Bexar County Hospital District to co-manage a COVID-19 vaccination site in the northern part of the county. Within the next...

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg names panel to probe citys preparedness, response to winter storm FacebookTwitterEmail Community advocate Queta Rodriguez helps Arnulfo Lopez, 65, who is legally blind, set his thermostat for heat shortly after electricity returned to his apartment after several days without at Col. George Cisneros Apartments in San Antonio on Feb. 16, 2021. Lopez had never used the heat due to sinus issues in his five years of living there but felt he had to have heat now and co...