Why a lack of vaccine cooperation with Mexico could put people on both sides of the border at risk
The White House says more vaccine will not head south of the border on the same day Biden says both countries must “stand together” in a meeting with López Obrador.
7:27 PM on Mar 1, 2021 CST
EL PASO President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, that both countries are better off when they “stand together” in a virtual meeting Monday shortly after the White House said the U.S. would not consider a request to share its coronavirus vaccine supply with its southern neighbor.
El Paso city, county to soon use centralized vaccine registration system
EL PASO, Texas El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego and Mayor Oscar Leeser made an announcement from City Hall on Friday about a new joint Covid-19 vaccination effort in the region.
They said the city and county are going to go to a single, centralized registration system instead of separate systems as has been the case to date.
That change is expected to take place within two weeks, the leaders said. The unified registration system will utilize the web portal currently in use by the city.
Although El Paso already leads Texas cities in vaccinations currently, the two men said a combined registration system would make the process better.
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El Paso County Judge’s holiday curfew order now in effect nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
EL PASO, Texas El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego s Christmastime curfew order aimed at reducing the spread of the coronavirus was set to take effect Wednesday evening.
That curfew will run nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Dec. 26.
The curfew will take effect again for the New Year s holiday period from Dec. 30 to Jan. 4.
El Pasoans going to work, to the store for essential items or to seek medical care will be exempt from the curfew, which primarily targets social gatherings. Also exempt from the curfew order will be those attending Christmas Eve mass at Catholic churches.
COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Texas hard-hit border areas
By Karen Brooks Harper and Julian Aguilar/The Texas Tribune
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EL PASO, Texas - Hospitals in some of Texas hardest-hit border counties began vaccinating health care workers against COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing what one health authority called cautious hope to a heavily Hispanic, economically distressed region whose communities have been traumatized by infections and deaths at disproportionately high rates throughout the pandemic.
Some 15,600 doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine arrived Tuesday at hospitals in El Paso and Edinburg, and more will land in Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville and El Paso later this week.