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During the weekly COVID-19 vaccine update March 11, Imelda Garcia of the Texas Department of State Health Services anticipated the federal allotment to the state would decrease the following week, and it has.
The state is getting roughly 800,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines the week of March 15, a dip from the previous week of more than 1 million. Still, Garcia pointed out, this will be the third-highest number of doses to the state since the vaccine rollout began in December.
AUSTIN â Texans age 50 and older will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine beginning March 15, state health officials announced Wednesday.
âExpanding to ages 50 to 64 will continue the stateâs priorities of protecting those at the greatest risk of severe outcomes and preserving the stateâs health care system,â said Imelda Garcia, Department of State Health Services associate commissioner for laboratory and infectious disease services and chair of the Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel.
The move to expand eligibility to a new category of Texans â labeled 1C â means that vaccine availability is ramping up across the state. However, appointments may continue to be hard to find, as the number of eligible recipients outnumbers the vaccine supply. Before the Wednesday announcement, between 10 million and 13 million people â more than one-third of Texasâ population â were already eligible, according to state health officials.
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