After weeks as one of the nation's worst COVID-19 hot spots, Laredo leaders see no easy way out
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After weeks of holding the unwanted designation as one of the country’s worst coronavirus hot spots, Laredo’s leaders have surveyed the city’s surging COVID-19 caseloads and overwhelmed hospitals and found themselves with no good options.
The border city and international trade hub hasn’t received enough vaccine doses to make a big enough difference quickly enough. The state’s initial plan, which allocated vaccines in part based on the number of health care workers, hurt cities like Laredo, which has just two hospitals.