More than 900,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Texas this week

More than 900,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to Texas this week, according to state health officials.

The Texas State Department of Health Services announced the shipment Friday and said the state assigns 685,470 doses to at least 481 providers in 183 counties.

There will also be more than 230,000 additional doses available at federally qualified pharmacies and health centers, which come directly from the federal government, according to health officials.

Below is how many vaccines Bexar County centers will receive next week, according to the state health services website.

• San Antonio Metropolitan Health District Main Vaccination Clinic – 300 doses of the Modern vaccine and 12,870 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for week 15.

• University health system – 12,870 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for week 15.

• * UT Health San Antonio / Wellness 360 (adult) – 7,020 doses of Pfizer vaccine for week 15.

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Texas has already administered more than 8.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, an increase of 1.2 million last week, according to state health officials.

More than 6 million people have received at least one dose and more than 3 million are fully vaccinated, according to the state health department. A total of 59% of Texas seniors have received at least one dose and one in three is also fully vaccinated.

According to state health officials, nearly one in seven jeans that are at least 16 years old are also fully vaccinated.

Since last week, residents aged 50 to 64 can now receive a vaccine against COVID-19. They are added to residents of Phase 1A and Phase 1B categories who are also eligible to receive their vaccines.

These phases include front-line health workers and residents of long-term care centers and phase 1B includes people over the age of 65 or anyone 16 years of age or older with a chronic illness that puts them at greater risk for disease. severe for COVID-19.

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People who work in infant, primary and secondary schools, as well as the Head Start and Early Head Start programs (including teachers, staff and bus drivers) and those who work as care providers in authorized children or including family and family care providers are also eligible.

For more information on state vaccine shipments or for more information on available COVID-19 vaccines, visit the state health department website here.