More than 800,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arriving in Texas this week

More than 800,000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped from Texas this week, according to state health officials.

The Texas Department of Health Services announced the shipment on Friday, and said the state is allocating 656,810 doses to at least 445 providers in 178 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 in the 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 14.

• University health system – 12,870 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for week 14.

• * UT Health San Antonio / Wellness 360 (Adult) – 5,850 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for week 14.

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This is the third largest vaccine allocation the state has received since the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccines, according to state health officials, although it is less than the record of more than 1 million first doses delivered last week.

Small amounts of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be available in the next two weeks as production increases, according to state health officials.

In addition, federally supported vaccination sites in Arlington, Dallas and Houston will begin administering the second dose of the vaccine within the next three weeks.

Last week, the state announced that residents aged 50-64 years will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, starting March 15. They are added to residents in the Phase 1A and Phase 1B categories who are eligible to receive their vaccines.

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These phases include frontline healthcare professionals and residents of long-term care facilities and Phase 1B includes people over 65 or anyone aged 16 or over with a chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk of severe COVID-19 disease.

People who are employed in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools, as well as Head Start and Early Head Start programs (including teachers, staff and bus drivers) and those who work as or for licensed child care providers, including child care centers. home and family care are also eligible.

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