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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Department of Public Health announced on Thursday that it had received an additional 5,000 Covid-19 vaccines after exhausting its previous 5,000 doses in a megastore distribution earlier this week.
The news of the receipt of the additional vaccines came when County Judge Ricardo Samaniego and Mayor Oscar Leeser gave a news conference on the success of El Paso’s vaccination efforts to date.
The health department said that those who have already registered for vaccination should be on the lookout for a phone call or email if they are selected to be vaccinated in this next round.
The newest injections will be administered at a rate of 1,000 a day, starting on Friday, Lesser said.
Only those who are health care professionals, over 65, or who suffer from a critical medical condition are currently eligible to receive a vaccination according to the guidelines of the state of Texas.
Authorities said El Paso is receiving about 3% of the state’s most recent vaccine quota, although the community is less than 2% of the state’s population.
Across Texas, the state has delivered more than a million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to Governor Greg Abbott’s office.
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