State says COVID-19 vaccinations need to speed up to receive more shipments
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In an email the Department of the State Health Services Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt directed COVID-19 providers to administer their allotment with all deliberate speed.
Cameron County Health Administrator Esmeralda Guajardo explained that the state wants vaccine doses to be used up as soon as distributors receive them. If they send you 200 doses [or] a hundred doses, they want it all used up as soon as possible, so they can start sending out the week three allocations, Guajardo said. If that percentage is low they re going to wait until you use it.
Valley receives 27,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
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The Texas Department of State Health Services sent 27,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Rio Grande Valley during the past three weeks.
Hidalgo County received 21,275 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, according to data provided by the Department of State Health Services. Cameron County received 5,425 doses. Starr County received 500 doses.
About 21% of the doses have already been administered, according to the Department of State Health Services.
Cameron County Health Administrator Esmeralda Guajardo said the state wants doctors to use every dose.
Cameron County officials prepare for next phase in mass vaccination effort
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Wednesday, December 23 2020
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Cameron County officials explained what the next phase is in the mass vaccination effort during a press conference on Wednesday, days before a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines is set to arrive.
People living in long term care facilities are next in line to receive the vaccine, according to the state.
Cameron County Health Administrator Esmeralda Guajardo said the county will work with Valley Baptist Medical Center and pharmacies across the county to help administer the vaccine.