Skip to main content We can t do this : How 501 public housing units in San Antonio were suddenly spared destruction
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Kayla Miranda and fellow advocate Amelia Miranda watch the eviction of a resident Wednesday from Apache Courts, a neighboring complex of Alazán Courts, which SAHA plans to rebuild.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Community advocate Kayla Miranda, 37, talks with her daughter, Nadia, 16, at their Alazan-Apache Courts unit, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Miranda has been an outspoken person on the issue of the demolition of the courts and their redevelopment. With them is the family’s three-year-old dog, “Joy”.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Currently Reading We have to still do better : Map shows distribution of coronavirus vaccines concentrated primarily on San Antonio s North Side
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A map shown to City Council members Thursday, Feb. 4, 2020 shows a higher concentration of COVID-19 vaccinations on San Antonio’s North Side compared with the rest of the city.Courtesy /City of San Antonio
More residents on San Antonio’s North Side than those in other parts of the city have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, new data shows the latest reminder of the racial and geographic inequity long present in the city but laid bare by the pandemic.
SAFD telling people not to call 911 to schedule coronavirus vaccinations
It’s become a problem since SAFD announced it would be assisting with getting seniors who are homebound and unable to leave. Author: Jordan Foster (KENS 5) Published: 5:48 PM CST February 2, 2021 Updated: 12:31 PM CST February 3, 2021
SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Fire Department is telling people not to call 911 to try to schedule coronavirus vaccine appointments. It’s become a problem since SAFD announced it would be assisting with getting seniors who are homebound and unable to leave.
In San Antonio, Coronavirus transmission is going down which is good news.
“We need to celebrate when we can, so I’m celebrating the fact that we’re on the downward side of this surge. It is our hope this is our last major surge,” UT Health San Antonio Chief Medical Officer Robert Leverence said.
State program delivers COVID-19 vaccines to local Meals on Wheels clients
The state program attempts to deliver 1,000 vaccines to the community per week
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SAN ANTONIO – Vinsen Faris, CEO of Meals on Wheels San Antonio, says he’s already started getting calls from seniors grateful for the chance to get their COVID-19 shots without leaving home.
“This is one of the first in the nation to actually knock on the doors, get inside the house and do the inoculation there in the home,” Faris said.
About 4,000 people are served through Meals on Wheels in San Antonio, Faris says about one-third of them have asked to be put on the list to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. About 1,700 of the clients are over the age of 75 and 11 are over the age of 100.