A hospital patient in New York City tested positive for an aggressive variant of the coronavirus.
Texas is now allowing people over 50 to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
The new group 1C will allow people aged 50 and over to be eligible to be vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine from 15 March.
“Expansion to the ages of 50 to 64 will continue the state’s priorities to protect those most at risk of serious outcomes and preserve the state’s health system,” said Imelda Garcia, DSHS associate commissioner for laboratory services and infectious diseases. and president of Expert Vaccine Allocation panel.
So far, more than 7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Texas
About 4.7 million people received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 2.5 million are fully vaccinated.