Thursday, February 4, 2021
Hays County residents will now be able to pre-register for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine through a newly announced registry.
Residents can sign up to be placed on a waitlist at www.haysinformed.com/covid-19, rather than sign up for specific time slots. Pre-registration is open to the public as of Thursday.
“We are transitioning over to a more robust data management system which will allow citizens to pre-register for a vaccine dose when it becomes available,” Hays County Emergency Operations Director Mike Jones said. “This system allows individuals to take their time to pre-register and not feel rushed to ‘beat the crowd’ for an appointment.”
Monday, January 25, 2021
The Hays County Commissioners Court will review a variety of contracts in preparation for future distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
A shipment of 1,950 Pfizer vaccines arrived on Friday and vaccination appointments began on Monday.
The commissioners will vote to authorize the purchase of an ultra-cold freezer using $7K from a Department of State Health Services (DSHS) COVID-19 CoAg Grant to store COVID-19 vaccines.
They will also vote on executing a contract between the Hays County Health Department and Hill Country Med Waste for medical waste disposal related to the COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
The contract would provide the health department with medical waste pickup on an as needed basis. The department’s request for funding for this under the DSHS IMM/LOCAL COVID-19 Grant was approved.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Hays County is in the planning phase of creating a vaccine “hub” model alongside Seton Hospital and other local partners with the goal of becoming more efficient with COVID-19 vaccine distribution, according to Hays County Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Villalobos.
By creating a larger group, Hays County expects to be able to advocate for larger numbers of the vaccine and to distribute them in a more centralized manner.
According to Villalobos, the hub model ran a trial in Austin with just over 10,000 vaccines distributed in a short period of time. They found the largest issue was inputting data into the vaccine computer data system, a problem they are looking to mitigate.