Itâs the Bell County Public Health Districtâs mission to not waste a single dose of its COVID-19 vaccines.
So despite a few individuals missing their scheduled inoculation appointments, Bell County is continuing to surpass its daily goal of 560.
âWe had 893 vaccinations done across the two centers yesterday,â Bell County spokesman James Stafford said Friday. âWeâre going to surpass that goal as long as we have enough vaccines to do so. (The health districtâs) No. 1 goal is that theyâre not wasting any vaccine.â
Stafford said those additional doses are often administered to health care workers who have not received their immunizations yet.
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A medical student receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Dell Medical School in Austin on Dec. 15, 2020.
The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System is expanding the rollout of its coronavirus vaccination plan. While the timeframe of receiving a vaccine depends on availability, some veterans 75 years or older may be able to get their first dose as soon as this weekend.
During the holidays, veterans living in the Central Texas VA facility s community living center and high-risk employees were vaccinated first. About 1,800 employees and 100 veterans have gotten the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine since Jan. 6.
Staff moved on to vaccinating veterans 85 years or older next, following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Central Texas VA holds COVID-19 vaccine clinic Saturday for veterans 75 and older
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Joe Poe, U.S. Army Veteran, is the first Central Texas Veterans Health Care System patient to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at the Olin E. Teague Veterans Medical Center Community Living Center br Dec 22, 2020.
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TEMPLE, TX â The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System will administer Moderna COVID-19 vaccines this Saturday, January 16, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to enrolled veterans aged 75 years and older.
List of Closings and Delays Across Central Texas After Snow Day
Sunday s snow was glorious, and I hope you had the opportunity to play out in it with the people you love. It s been years since we got this much snow, and while it was tons of fun to make snowmen and catch flakes on our tongues, now we have to deal with the post-snow closings and delays we all suspected were coming.
Check out a list of Central Texas closures and delays below courtesy of our partners at News 10.
Troy ISD, Temple ISD, Belton ISD, Killeen ISD, and Copperas Cove ISD are all closed Monday. Several other districts are closed or delayed as well, so be sure to check the list for yours.