More than 1 million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arriving in Texas this week

More than 1 million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped from Texas this week, according to state health officials.

The Texas State Department of Health Services announced the shipment on Friday, and said the state is allocating 929,320 doses to 1,561 providers in 234 counties.

There will also be 200,000 additional doses available to pharmacies and health centers qualified by the federal government, coming directly from the federal government, according to health officials.

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

• Main Immunization Clinic of the San Antonio Metropolitan Sanitary District – 10,530 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for week 13.

• University health system – 12,870 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for week 13.

• * UT Health San Antonio / Wellness 360 (Adult) – 5,850 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for week 13.

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The increase in the supply of vaccines across the state is due to 245,200 doses of the new vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, according to state health officials.

The single-dose vaccine was authorized by the FDA last weekend and will ship 24,000 doses to suppliers at vaccine locations in Arlington, Dallas and Houston.

It is unclear when doses of the J&J vaccine will reach Bexar County yet.

In addition to these first doses, the state is also ordering 457,000 second doses for people who received their first vaccination a few weeks ago, according to state health officials.

“DSHS automatically requests that the second doses reach the providers in the week that they can start to be administered, so that they are available when needed. People should be able to return to the same provider to receive their second dose within six weeks of receiving the first, ”health officials said in a press release.

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

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