The second vaccine approved by the FDA will be arriving at clinics for healthcare workers this week. Author: Claire Wallace Updated: 5:03 PM CST December 23, 2020 TYLER, Texas — Editor's note: The above video was published Dec. 17, 2020. Facilities across East Texas' CHRISTUS Trinity Clinics are preparing to receive and distribute the second COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers in the coming days, with shipments of the Moderna vaccine set to arrive at select clinics across the region this week. “The use of vaccines has been a key part of combatting and even eradicating certain diseases, and there is excellent initial data that the COVID-19 vaccine is effective and safe,” said Andria Cardinalli-Stein, M.D. “Though we still have a long way to go, the availability of vaccines hopefully represents the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.”