Wichita County vaccine supply exceeds demand
Wichita County seeing surplus of vaccines By Mason Brighton and KAUZ Team | May 3, 2021 at 10:42 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 10:43 PM
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - Getting as many shots into arms as possible, that’s been the phrase health leaders have repeated endlessly since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available.
But over the last month, vaccination rates in Wichita County have slowed down. Mason Brighton took a look at how the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District is responding.
“We have more vaccines in house than we have individuals on our waiting list,” said , Lou Kreidler, Director of Health at the WC-WF Public Health District.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday it is investigating reports of people who tested positive for COVID more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated against the disease.
According to Kiro 7 News, a CBS affiliate in Washington, the DOH is investigating reports of the so-called “breakthrough cases,” which it said are expected with any vaccine. Each case was confirmed with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test or a positive antigen test more than two weeks after the person had been fully vaccinated.
A majority of people with confirmed vaccine breakthrough experienced mild symptoms, if any. However, since Feb. 1, eight people with vaccine breakthrough cases were hospitalized and the DOH “is investigating two potential vaccine breakthrough cases where the patients died. Both patients were more than 80 years old and suffered underlying health issues,” officials said in a press release.
Texas: Week 13 COVID-19 vaccine allocations UofL Health has decided to allocate some of their doses of COVID-19 vaccine to an outreach program that reaches people in underserved communities. (Source: WAVE 3 News) By Mason Brighton | March 6, 2021 at 3:45 PM CST - Updated March 6 at 3:45 PM
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - The Texas Department of State Health Services has released which places in the state will receive COVID-19 vaccines next week.
The full list of vaccine allocations can be found here.
Below are the places in Texoma receiving vaccines:
Archer:
United Pharmacy 573
Jack County Medical Clinic
Nocona General Hospital
Myrna C De Asis Md