Houston area hospitals were the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine

Houston – The Texas State Department of Health Services has announced that nearly 95,000 doses of COVID-19 will be sent to hospitals across the state.

About 19,500 doses will arrive at the four sites on Monday. 75,075 doses will arrive Tuesday for 19 sites, including Memorial Herman.

“It was sent by Pfizer in specially insulated cases using dry ice,” said Linda Yanci, a Memorial Herman epidemiologist. “So they’re going to be loaded from the truck and go straight to the pharmacy, where they will be loaded directly into the freezer.”

The vaccine dose may need to be diluted, but workers working in the front line may soon begin to be vaccinated, Yanci said. She expects it to take a few weeks to do so.

“We have already started planning for people to come to the health of the staff and vaccinate them, be it the staff, the doctors and the respiratory therapists,” Yanchi said.

The government expects shipping to begin later in the vaccination week for the remaining 86 sites.

Here is the breakdown of government hospitals by date:

Monday

Austin, UT Health Austin Dell School of Medicine

Dallas, Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Houston, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

San Antonio, Health 360 (UTHealth San Antonio)

Tuesday

Amarillo, Texas Tech Univ. Health Science Center Amarillo

Corpus Christi, Christus Spawn Health System Beach

Dallas, Parkland Hospital

Dallas, UT Southwest

Edinburgh, Renaissance Physicians Hospital

Edinburgh, UT Health RGV Edinburgh

El Paso, University Medical Center El Paso

Fort Worth, Texas Health Resources Medical Assistance

Calveston, University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital

Houston, Texas Children’s Hospital Primary

Houston, LPJ Hospital

Houston, CHI St. Luke’s Health

Houston, Memorial Herman Texas Medical Center

Houston, Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston, Ben Dub General Hospital

Lupac, Conventional Medical Center

San Angelo, Shannon Pharmacy

Temple, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center

Tyler, UT Health Science Center Tyler

University of Texas MD on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Distribution. The Anderson Cancer Center released a report Sunday:

University of Texas MD. The Anderson Cancer Center is set to accept, store and distribute the Pfizer Covit-19 vaccine following a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to grant emergency use authorization on Friday, December 11th. Currently, state and local health officials have approved 4,875 doses of the vaccine in the first shipment. Anderson has been assigned to use with leading health workers, which is scheduled for delivery on Monday, December 14th. Ingredients needed to administer the vaccine were last received week.

M.D. Anderson’s early vaccination clinics will safely and effectively vaccinate high-immunity compromised patients and health care workers who are at increased risk of occupational exposure. Dec. All safety precautions and current COVID-19 protocols, including concealment, social exclusion, hand washing and visitor restrictions, are required.

Due to COVID-19 precautions, not all visitors, including the media, are allowed on campus. Photos and video content from the vaccine distribution will be available Monday.