Teachers and school staff eligible for COVID-19 vaccine, other essential workers still waiting
Essential workers react to lifting of COVID restrictions in Texas
FOX 26 Reporter Maria Salazar speaks with the President of Kroger Houston about how lifting of COVID restrictions will affect essential workers.
HOUSTON - Effective immediately, teachers and daycare workers in Texas can get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced their eligibility on Wednesday afternoon. It came a day after President Biden called on states to prioritize them. Although more than half of all states already had to some degree.
"To us, it was a no-brainer. If you want us back in the classroom with other people, students, and adults, then you should prioritize giving us something that will make us safe," said Ovidia Molina, President of the Texas State Teachers Association.