The Bell County Public Health District identified eight COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday as active cases fell below 2,000 for the first time since Dec. 29.
Bell County Creates Online Waiting List for COVID-19 Vaccine
An online wait list has been created in Bell County to streamline the process of administering the COVID-19 vaccine to those who need and want it most.
According to a report from our news partners at KWTX, the Bell County Public Health District created an online waitlist that is linked to vaccine centers, so that individuals wishing to be vaccinated can be contacted when there are remaining doses in Killeen or Temple.
Americans across the country are looking to protect themselves against COVID-19 with the vaccine, but confusion over who qualifies is widespread.
On Tuesday, Bell County health officials launched a new waitlist to help ensure that no dose of the county’s Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine goes to waste. This new waitlist is available on the Bell County Public Health District s website, www.bellcountyhealth.org, according to a news release.
This new waitlist is separate from the countyâs appointment system. Instead of guaranteeing those on the list a specific dose on a specific day, it qualifies individuals to be contacted about unused doses that would otherwise be expiring after a vaccination center closes.
Local health officials estimate that, as centers approach the end of the day, there may be between one and 12 unclaimed vaccine doses that need to be administered. To date, those doses have been distributed through a list of direct-care providers managed by the Bell County Public Health District. Moving forward, site managers will contact potential recipients from the waitlist.
Due to an apparent scheduling mix up, a number of senior citizens wound up waiting in rainy Sunday morning weather - for COVID 19 vaccines which never arrived.