Health systems receive COVID shipments for use in frontline personnel
Waxahachie Daily Light
The first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are arriving in North Texas, but it will be a while before most Ellis County residents will be able to roll up their sleeves.
Methodist Health System, which includes the new Methodist Midlothian Medical Center, announced on Monday that it had received the first shipment of the vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine was approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday.
“We are excited to be among the first in the state of Texas and nation to receive and administer this vital vaccine,” James Scoggin, Jr., Methodist Health System Chief Executive Officer, said Monday in a press release.