Williamson County officials provide update on COVID vaccinations
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas - Officials in Williamson County held a news conference to provide an update on COVID vaccinations. It comes on the four-month anniversary of when the county began its efforts to vaccinate the public.
Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell was joined by Cristin Meehan, Director of Vaccine for Curative, Terra Williams, Central Texas Growth Manager for Curative, Chris Almendarez, President of the Round Rock Express, and Michael Shoe, Williamson County Director of Emergency Management.
Officials say more than 80% of those over age 65 have been vaccinated with at least one more dose.
Mar 31, 2021
Opening Day for the Texas Rangers and the rest of Major League Baseball is tomorrow, but for prospects their eyes and minds are turned towards their next challenge: the alternate training site.
Last season saw the creation and implementation of alternate training sites for teams as the Minor League baseball season was cancelled due to COVID-19. For the month of April, teams will once again utilize an alternate training site. These sites will host up to 28 players that are not currently active on a big league roster and will have similar rules to Spring Training.
The idea is that with close proximity to the big league club that players can be activated and safely brought up in an expeditious manner. For the Rangers, that means their alternate site is at Dell Diamond in Round Rock. In a press release, the team has just announced their schedule for April:
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The Round Rock Express, in partnership with Williamson County and COVID-19 testing and public health services startup Curative, are excited to announce that Dell Diamond will become a COVID-19 vaccination site beginning on Friday, March 12, with over 2,000 vaccines per day available to approved residents