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A patient receives a COVID-19 vaccine on March 27. Almost 900 people received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at walk-up clinics held by Austin Public Health on Thursday. APH officials said it’s part of their plan to shift to a hybrid model for vaccine distribution. Starting in May, APH will maintain a few of its large distribution sites but will incorporate more community-based vaccination events. “We are really looking forward to the efforts of providing vaccines that are near individuals in the neighborhoods that need them the most,” APH Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard said. S...

KUT Workers direct cars through a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Circuit of the Americas in February. Austin Public Health is hosting a walk-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Delco Activity Center this Thursday and Friday from noon until 7:30 p.m. or until all its vaccines are administered. Vaccines will be available to all residents age 18 and older. No appointment is needed. If supplies run out, Austin Public Health said, staff will help schedule appointments for those who show up. APH currently only offers the Moderna vaccine, so any 16- and 17-year-olds who want to get vaccina...

As the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have begun to inch up in Austin and Travis County, local health officials are urging residents to keep up healthy practices and get the COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday, 143 new coronavirus cases and 144 hospitalizations were reported, marking an increase of the disease in the area, interim Austin-Travis County Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott on Tuesday told Travis County Commissioners Court and Austin City Council members. For the past several weeks, the number of new cases had been oscillating around 100, Escott said. Now, the cases are ...

Austin and Travis County's top health officials plan to update the public on the latest coronavirus vaccination efforts and pandemic trends Friday.  Dr. Mark Escott, interim Austin-Travis County Health authority, will be joined by Austin Public Health Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard during the public briefing at 10  a.m. Friday.  Watch the public briefing live here on Friday at 10 a.m.:   Every media outlet in Travis County is allowed to ask Escott and Hayden-Howard two questions about vaccines or anything related to coronavirus cases. The American-Statesman plans to ask questions rega...

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Austin last month. After another week of leftover COVID-19 vaccine appointments, Austin Public Health is looking to shift its vaccination efforts and adjust its online sign-up system. “We must be flexible,” APH Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard said during a news conference Friday. “Our goal is to provide vaccines to our community and meet them where they are.” To do this, she said, the department plans to partner with more grassroots organizations, as well as go to apartment complexes and community centers, and change its hours of operations. On F...