Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has urged state health officials and hospitals to speed up the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine supply in response to a letter from the state health commissioner stating that it must manage much of the state’s supply. .
In a tweet Tuesday, Abbott wrote that it was unacceptable for many doses of the vaccine to continue “sitting on hospital shelves instead of giving them to vulnerable jeans” and added that Texas “urges vaccine providers to provide quickly all shots “.
“We get a lot more every week,” he said.
A significant portion of vaccines distributed in Texas could be sitting on hospital shelves instead of being given to vulnerable jeans
The state urges vaccine providers to provide all vaccines quickly. Every week we receive much more
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– Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) December 29, 2020
His tweet was in response to a letter published by the state Department of Emergency Management from state health commissioner John Hellerstedt, who wrote this week that a “significant part” of the vaccination supply had not yet been distributed. the state.
“We also know that every day that there is a vaccine on the shelf is another day that prolongs the pandemic that is hampering our state’s economy and way of life,” Hellerstedt continued, adding, “We are confident that you know your situation very well. better than we could, so we ask you to take the initiative and move forward aggressively with the administration of all the doses of vaccine you have received. “
.@TexasDSHS directs all entities that have received # COVID-19[FEMININE vacunes per vacunar urgentment tots els individus que vulguin fer la fase 1A, després la fase 1B.
“… dirigim a totes les entitats a les quals se’ls ha assignat la vacuna perquè administrin tota la seva distribució amb tota rapidesa.” pic.twitter.com/98JqrzvvzK
– Divisió de Gestió d’Emergències de Texas (@TDEM) 24 de desembre de 2020
El brot de COVID-19 a Texas continua empitjorant. Els funcionaris estatals van informar dimarts de 26.990 nous casos confirmats de COVID-19, el total més alt d’un dia registrat fins ara per l’Estat, mentre que també van establir un rècord de noves hospitalitzacions en un sol dia després del virus.
Els experts en salut han advertit que els sistemes hospitalaris de tot el país es podrien estressar més enllà de la capacitat en les properes setmanes a causa d’un augment de les infeccions per COVID-19 derivades de la temporada de vacances.