“We’re at the cusp of getting many more vaccines in the community, and we’re positioned to push those out,” said Dr. Jacquelyn Johnson-Minter, director of Fort Bend County Health and Human Services. “If there’s another surge, we should be able to blunt it. . We should be able to blunt it if we’re continuing to hammer on the vaccines.”
As of late February, officials said they were hopeful vaccinations of the general public could begin as soon as early spring. However, challenges remain when it comes to getting vaccines to underserved and vulnerable populations, including those who lack information about the vaccine, leading them to not trust it, and those who lack access to transportation.
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Water quality technicians for the City of Sugar Land collected water quality samples and transported them to an approved lab for water quality testing. (Photo from Facebook)Â
While temperatures rose above freezing Thursday, officials across the county urged drivers to exercise caution as the National Weather Service issued a hard freeze warning from midnight Friday to 9 a.m.Â
Wind chill temperatures are expected to dip between 15 to as low as 5 degrees in some parts of Southeast Texas.Â
As of 6:19 p.m. Thursday, 99.4 percent of CenterPoint Energy customers had their power restored, leaving 15,813 without electricity.
According to CenterPointâs outage tracker, the areas most affected by outages in Fort Bend County are near 1st Street and Highway 59 in Rosenberg and in the Trammels neighborhood of Missouri City south of Highway 6.Â
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Houston Health Dept., rolls out public vaccines for COVID at Bayou City Events Center in Houston on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Lauren LeVasseur receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Houston Health Department Medical Assistant Leticia Barrientos Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, at a Houston Health Department s COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Houston. LeVasseur just moved to Houston from Philadelphia last week and was happy to receive the vaccine in her new city. Didn t hurt at all, she said.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less