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People wait in line for a COVID-19 vaccine from Austin Public Health at Delco Activity Center in January.
Austin Public Health is working overtime this week to try to administer 37,000 COVID-19 vaccines after the winter storm delayed vaccination efforts for more than a week.
That number is much higher than what APH has been able to administer per week so far. The staff is extending hours and days of operation at vaccination sites to achieve this, APH Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard told Travis County commissioners at a meeting Tuesday.
The agency, which began distributing vaccines to the public mid-January, has administered 56,000 doses to date. It was just beginning to schedule second-dose appointments when the storm hit, forcing the agency to reschedule all of last week’s appointments. The 37,000 number will include a mix of first and second doses, Hayden-Howard said.
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