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HOUSTON – Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases, Memorial Hermann said it’s modifying its visitor policy starting on Wednesday, July 21.
Memorial Hermann said the following changes will be made to its visitation policy:
· Acute care facilities, TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital-Katy and Memorial Hermann Prevention & Recovery Center (PaRC) will allow one adult visitor (18 and over) per adult patient per day. No overnight visitors will be allowed, except for one adult visitor for patients at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital and Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital-Katy, and for patients with life-threatening injuries. This adult should be the same adult who visited that day.
FOX 26 reached out to the largest vaccine providers in greater Houston to find out where parents can take children ages 12 to 15 to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Pictured is Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital. (Photo courtesy of Memorial Hermann) James LaCombe
The Memorial Hermann Medical Group (MHMG) is now offering free walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations to community members across Greater Houston, according to a May 3 news release from the hospital system.
First- and second-dose walk-ins are now being accepted at select Memorial Hermann hospitals and clinics for individuals 16 years of age and older across the region, including the MHMG Physicians at Sugar Creek clinic at 14023 Southwest Fwy. in Sugar Land. Eligible community members can come in during the clinicâs operating hours from 8 a.m â 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. â noon on Saturdays to receive the vaccine.
HOUSTON – This has been a week many people will never forget. Snow, ice, power outages, water shortages, you name it and residents are living it.
But beyond the baffling buckling of the state’s energy infrastructure and municipal water systems, this week has also been a test for COVID-19 vaccine storage.
“With the power out, we all know those vaccines need to be kept in cold storage,” said Judge Lina Hidalgo at a press conference earlier this week.
On Monday, Harris County Public Health came dangerously close to wasting more than 8,400 COVID-19 Moderna vaccines when the power went out and then a backup generator failed.
How to make sure you don t get turned away from your COVID-19 vaccine appointment
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) In Texas, 2.7 million people have received one or more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the CDC.
With more doses arriving, ABC13 is taking a look at what you need to think about before getting your dose.
Some people have gone to all the trouble of making an appointment and driving to the vaccine site, only to get turned away. We don t want that to happen to you! We have had to turn some folks away, said Dr. Deepti Mishra, VP and CMO of Memorial Hermann Medical Group.