Mata was the first to get the vaccine, followed by other frontline staff, including doctors and nurses.
“It is an emotional and exciting day, Methodist Dallas ER Dr. Zachery Dreyfuss said. We have been dealing with this since March. This is the beginning hopefully of the end of the pandemic. Staff members who interact with COVID-19 patients at Methodist Dallas Medical Center were among the first people in the country to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero reports that those who took it say it filled them with hope.
Parkland Memorial Hospital and UT Southwestern in Dallas and Texas Health Resources in Fort Worth are among 19 more Texas hospitals scheduled to receive shipments of the vaccine Tuesday.
Originally published on December 13, 2020 4:01 pm
Hospitals across Texas are struggling under the weight of the state’s worst COVID-19 surge yet. And the situation is likely to get worse.
Since the beginning of December, the state has set records for the first, second and third highest number of daily cases ever. Confirmed cases typically precede hospitalizations by up to a week. As of Sunday, there were nearly 9,200 Texans hospitalized the most since July.
More than 150 hospitals across the state report intensive care units that are near or at capacity. In a normal year, that statistic wouldn’t necessarily be cause for alarm. But with a pandemic raging and the peak of influenza season arriving, the current situation is dire.
December 14, 2020, 8:30 AM)
U.S Army critical care nurses 1st Lt. Charles Gilcrist and 1st Lt. Lauryn Hudgins from Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force – 627 work to provide medical care to a COVID-19 patient alongside Baptist Hospital medical staff in San Antonio, July 10, 2020.
Hospitals across Texas are struggling under the weight of the state s worst COVID-19 surge yet. And the situation is likely to get worse.
Since the beginning of December, the state has set records for the first, second and third highest number of daily cases ever. Confirmed cases typically precede hospitalizations by up to a week. As of Sunday, there were nearly 9,200 Texans hospitalized â the most since July.
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COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in Lubbock early this week FedEx safely delivers first COVID-19 vaccines By KCBD Staff | December 14, 2020 at 8:38 AM CST - Updated December 14 at 1:05 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The two major hospitals in Lubbock are set to receive the first shipments of a newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. Covenant Health will receive a shipment on Tuesday.
Nearly 225,000 doses of the vaccine will be shipped to 109 hospitals in 34 Texas Counties. Trucks left Pfizer’s Michigan headquarters on Sunday, departing for airport, FedEx and UPS hubs around the country with the vaccine.
Around 19,500 doses will arrive at hospitals in Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio on Monday, according to the Texas Department of State Health. Lubbock is among 12 other cities that will have a shipment arrive on Tuesday.