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Reuters
Published: 19 Dec 2020 12:41 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Dec 2020 12:41 PM BdST
Dr Eileen Sprys wears personal protective equipment as she walks in a parking lot to see a patient at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa, Texas, US, Dec 16, 2020. REUTERS
Running in between patients, Dr Eileen Sprys pauses to catch her breath, tries to gather herself, but cannot mask her frustration: The health care workers in her COVID-besieged West Texas hospital were left out of the first shipment of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, and they have no idea when they may get it.
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Not a single rural hospital in this state that prides itself on its country roots received any doses of the vaccine this week, despite such medical outposts serving around 20% of the state's population, or 3 million people.