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City prepares for mass vaccinations | Heres what you should know “We have three mass vaccination sites here in Bexar County,” San Antonio Metro Health Assistant Director Dr. Anita Kurian said. Author: Jordan Foster (KENS 5) Published: 10:22 PM CST January 10, 2021 Updated: 9:15 AM CST January 11, 2021 SAN ANTONIO — This week the city plans to vaccinate the most people in a week since the coronavirus vaccinations began. There are some things ...

Theres just not enough vaccine: Delays and confusion plague vaccine rollout FacebookTwitterEmail People line up for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine administered by University Health at Wonderland of Americas Mall, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. It is the first day of vaccinating people in the 1B group, those 65 years and over and 18 and above with certain medical conditions. The 17,280 vaccination slots were taken up in five hours after University Health opened the website for registration on Dec. 31.Jerry...

Coronavirus cases are surging once again as vaccines are slowly starting to roll out in Texas. Author: Jordan Foster (KENS 5) Published: 6:46 PM CST December 22, 2020 Updated: 6:46 PM CST December 22, 2020 SAN ANTONIO — As local leaders report a record-high count of new coronavirus cases in Bexar County and hospitalizations skyrocket in Texas, doctors in the UT Health San Antonio system are urging people to "be COVID-cautious" during the holiday...

‘We’re holding to early spring’: UT Health SA doctor says on COVID-19 vaccines being made available to general public Dr. Robert Leverence, with UT Health San Antonio, joined Leading SA on Sunday to discuss the Moderna vaccine Tags:  SAN ANTONIO – A glimmer of hope has brightened after the U.S. approved its second COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. Both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are being distributed across the nation to aid in the fight against the pandemic. However, with limited doses av...

Policies at several San Antonio hospitals only ask for consent from employees who wish to get immunized. Author: Zack Briggs Updated: 11:48 PM CST December 16, 2020 SAN ANTONIO — While thousands of medical workers are lining up to get the coronavirus vaccine across Texas, there are some on the frontlines who aren’t rushing to get immunized and instead are questioning whether the shot is mandated. “In large, our health care workers are really excited,” s...

History in the making: COVID-19 vaccinations begin Marina Starleaf Riker, Sig Christenson, Jeremy Blackman, Staff writers Dec. 15, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 21 1of21Department of Diagnostic Medicine assistant instructor Dr. Stephen Pan gets the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Dell Medical School at UT Austin, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Three hundred people were expected to get their first of two vaccines today.Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less 2of21Medical staff wait i...

This is our hope and prayer: 28,000 COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in S.A. this week FacebookTwitterEmail A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guys Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, as the U.K. health authorities rolled out a national mass vaccination program. U.K. regulators said Wednesday Dec. 9, 2020, that people who have a “significant history’’ of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adve...