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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.
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As COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Texas’ hard-hit border areas, experts warn vaccinated people could still spread virus
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EL PASO 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 at hospitals on Tuesday in El Paso and Edinburg, and more will land in Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville and El Paso later this week.