Centro San Vicente, which runs clinics focused on helping underserved populations, will receive a 1,000 more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of a federal program to treat those in need.
“Our community knows and trusts Centro San Vicente for their unwavering commitment to providing affordable and accessible healthcare services and I am committed to ensuring they are part of the effort to get vaccines in El Pasoan’s arms – especially the most vulnerable,” U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar said in a news release. “I will continue working with the Biden administration and local leaders to protect lives and ensure the equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and other critical resources in El Paso.”
Jeffrey Warnken, right, and his wife, Sandra Warnken, who are both pharmacists, organize vaccine paperwork at 38th Street Pharmacy in Austin. The pharmacy ran out of its initial allotment of 200 Moderna vaccine doses this week. “We did not waste one dose,” Jeffery Warnken said. “I didn’t hold any back.” Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
Rannon Ching, pharmacist for Tarrytown Pharmacy in Austin, got the call at 8 a.m. on Dec. 23: Five hundred doses of the Moderna vaccine were arriving. Get ready.
“I found out two hours before the FedEx guy came,” he said. Ching frantically called some Austin senior care facilities on his way to work. Could his pharmacists come that afternoon?
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Jeffrey Warnken, right, and his wife, Sandra Warnken, who are both pharmacists, organize vaccine paperwork at 38th Street Pharmacy in Austin. The pharmacy ran out of its initial allotment of 200 Moderna vaccine doses this week. “We did not waste one dose,” Jeffery Warnken said. “I didn’t hold any back.” Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
Rannon Ching, pharmacist for Tarrytown Pharmacy in Austin, got the call at 8 a.m. on Dec. 23: Five hundred doses of the Moderna vaccine were arriving. Get ready.