7 Houston-area hospitals receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
7 Houston-area hospitals receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine Front-line and health care workers will get the vaccine first.
Photo courtesy of BCM Four sites in Texas received the COVID-19 vaccine on December 14, part of a rollout of doses being shipped out across the U.S. Texas received 19,500 doses, with another 250,000 doses being distributed to 109 facilities in Texas this week. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, the first four sites to get it were: MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Methodist Dallas Medical Center UT Health Austin s Dell Medical School
Thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving in Houston on Tuesday
Health care workers start getting vaccinated
Health care workers on the frontlines in Houston and across the country are starting to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
HOUSTON - More doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are arriving in Houston on Tuesday.
State health officials say 75,075 doses will be arriving at 19 sites in Texas on Tuesday, including seven Houston-area hospitals.
In Houston, Texas Children’s Hospital, LBJ Hospital, CHI St. Luke’s Health, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, and Ben Taub General Hospital were scheduled to receive shipments. The University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital in Galveston was also set to receive doses.
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It was an historic day at Houston hospitals as the first healthcare workers received the COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 ICU nurse Robert Luckey was the first to receive the Pfizer vaccine at Memorial Hermann Hospital. He was also the first person in Houston to get the vaccine.
Luckey s vaccination was met with much fanfare, the room erupting in applause.
Visibly emotional, even while wearing a mask, Luckey said this has been both a rewarding and trying time. It s a big moment because so many people have been touched by the virus, the disease. So I think this will bring hope for a lot of people, Luckey said.
Updated on December 15, 2020 at 2:12 pm
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Parkland Memorial Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and Texas Health Resources in Fort Worth are among the 19 Texas hospitals set to receive 75,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.
The first wave of frontline health care workers received the vaccine at Methodist Dallas Medical Center Monday. Vaccinations began at about 10:10 a.m. with the first shot going to 51-year-old Teresa Mata, an environmental services employee who cleans the emergency room at Methodist Dallas, spokesman Ryan Owens said. Mata said she was excited to be the first person to receive it and “wanted to take the risk” because she is diabetic.
3 more hospitals in North Texas will receive Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday
Parkland, UT-Southwestern, and Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth are among the hospitals that expect to receive the vaccine Tuesday. Author: Chris Sadeghi (WFAA), Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA) Published: 7:02 AM CST December 15, 2020 Updated: 7:02 AM CST December 15, 2020
Nineteen hospitals in Texas are expected to receive shipments of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Four hospitals, including Methodist Dallas Medical Center, received and administered the vaccine to frontline staff Monday.
Parkland, UT-Southwestern, and Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth are among the hospitals in North Texas that expect to receive the vaccine Tuesday.