Texas Tops 10 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered
More than 10 million coronavirus vaccinations have been administered in Texas, the state's health department said Saturday.
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More than 10 million coronavirus vaccinations have been administered in Texas, the state's health department said Saturday.
Texas will be receiving over 1 million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next week, which is also when anyone over the age of 16 will become eligible.
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Texas has now administered more than 8.8 million doses, an increase of 1.2 million in the last week.
"Waste lists" are the way many ineligible North Texans are jumping the COVID-19 vaccine line and are getting their shots early.
"I think we were just getting anxious because a lot of our friends had already gotten the first shot and we weren't getting any calls," said William Baker, who lives in Dallas.
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They are calling for more doses and said the the lack of doses delivered to Texas is, "unacceptable."
Fifty to 64 year olds are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas through phase 1C of the state's vaccine allocation plan.
Texans, between the ages of 50 and 64, are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. According to Dallas County officials, thousands of vaccine invites have been distributed.
As more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrive in North Texas, the City of Dallas is working to help people living in priority areas, as designated by FEMA, register to get their shots.
There was hope restaurant workers would be included in the Phase 1C of the state's vaccination plan, which starts this week, but that's not the case.
On Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas surpassed 8 million vaccinations after reaching 7 million just last week.
"Either the state needs to start allocating based on population to Dallas and Tarrant County or the feds need to step in and make them do that," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Texas will be receiving over 800,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week as the state reaches five million people who have been vaccinated.
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While age, profession, health and socioeconomic status have been given priority by the state so far, qualifying conditions for everyone over 16 are broad.
Health departments across Texas are getting prepared for the next phase as they open up their waitlists to accept those in the state's 1C phase which includes people 50-64 years old.
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