Port Arthur Health Department adjusts COVID-19 vaccine rollout due to unused doses after winter storm If they want to get seen, they will be seen, Port Arthur Health Director Judith Smith said. They just have to be a little bit patient. Author: Eleanor Skelton, Jordan James (12NewsNow) Published: 10:53 PM CST March 1, 2021 Updated: 10:53 PM CST March 1, 2021
PORT ARTHUR, Texas Another health department in Southeast Texas made it easier for more people to be vaccinated.
The Port Arthur Health Department changed the way their COVID-19 vaccine hub operates after falling behind because of the winter storm.
The vaccine hub at the Bob Bowers Civic Center started this week with thousands of doses still needing to be used, prompting them to turn to a new strategy.
500 COVID-19 vaccine appointments available in Hardin County this weekend
Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel said there are more vaccines than people signed up for appointments. I don t want the vaccines to sit on the shelves, he said. Author: Almiya White (KBMT), Eleanor Skelton Published: 11:51 PM CST February 26, 2021 Updated: 11:51 PM CST February 26, 2021
BEAUMONT, Texas Hardin County leaders are looking to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination efforts .
Hardin County Judge Wayne McDaniel sent out a call for anyone in Southeast Texas looking for COVID-19 vaccines in a Facebook post, saying that nearly 500 appointments are available Saturday.
Health officials said they do not want the vaccines to be wasted.
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The Southeast Texas Regional Emergency Operations Center is still signing people up at Vaccine.BeaumontTexas.gov. Author: KBMT (12NewsNow), TEGNA Updated: 2:59 PM CST March 11, 2021
BEAUMONT, Texas Starting Monday, March 15, 2021, people age 50 and up will be able to get the vaccine as part of the state s 1C priority group. They will join the eligibility pool alongside those 65 and older and anyone 16 and up with an underlying health issue.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, more than 93% of Texas COVID-19 fatalities have been people over the age of 50. There are about five million Texans between the ages of 50 and 64 and more than one million of them are already vaccinated.