North Texas Counties To Transition To Smaller COVID-19 Vaccine Sites
Fewer drive-through sites are likely, in favor of mobile clinics in neighborhoods, community centers, churches and eventually workplaces.
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Fewer drive-through sites are likely, in favor of mobile clinics in neighborhoods, community centers, churches and eventually workplaces.
A total of 3,807 Dallas County residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19 illness, after 13 more deaths were reported Monday.
Even with the current pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, health officials say there is still plenty of supply in North Texas. However, demand seems to be less.
"We need about 350 volunteers on a given day," said Christian Grisales with Dallas County Health and Human Services. "Right now we're getting less than half."
"This particular kind of blood clot, in folks just walking around on the street, occurs at a rate of about three in a million," he said.
Dallas County Health and Human Services has transitioned from the registration waitlist to a vaccination scheduler now that vaccine supply has increased and the waitlist has been depleted.
While the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is on hold, health officials are urging people to get the Moderna or Pfizer shot.
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Of the 6.8 million Americans who have received the vaccine so far, six women between the ages 18 and 48 have experienced a rare and severe type of blood clot.
Health organizations and municipalities across North Texas are canceling their COVID-19 vaccination events after federal recommendations that use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine be temporarily paused.
The Food and Drug Administration has recommended a "pause" in use of Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine to review blood clot cases.
The decrease is due to a manufacturing issue with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which cut the state's shipment of that vaccine by about three-fourths of what it was last week.
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Since January when this operation began, Dallas County had gone from administering 6,000 vaccinations a week to 9,000 per day.
With a few strokes of a keyboard, you should be matched to the next available vaccination event in your county within a day.
With all Texans 16 and up eligible to receive the vaccine, Dallas County leaders said they would like to have 350 volunteers a day.
With the state opening up eligibility requirements and allowing all Texans 16 and up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, some teens are already securing appointments.
Texas is set to begin making COVID-19 vaccines available to any adult who wants one starting Monday.
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