Sheriff Cerliano explains decision for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for East Texas sheriffâs office
Gregg County Mandatory By Bob Hallmark | December 30, 2020 at 7:03 PM CST - Updated December 31 at 4:58 AM
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - The spike in COVID-19 cases across Texas is also being felt at an East Texas jail.
The Gregg County Jail has a high number of COVID-19 cases, including staff and inmates.
Right now there are more than 40 active cases among inmates and more than 40 active cases among staff.
Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano took the extraordinary step of announcing mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all sheriffâs office employees.
Updated: 6:07 PM CST December 23, 2020
LONGVIEW, Texas The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived at hospitals in the CHRISTUS Health System last week.
Todd Hancock president and CEO said after administering the vaccine to hospital staff went well, they wanted to begin the next phase. We work so closely with our first responders, in our hospitals every day, they are truly our partners, Hancock said. We really welcome this milestone, this transition to vaccinate them because we consider them true heroes.
On Wednesday, first responders were administered the vaccine. Detective Dusty Seay with the Longview Police Department said the process was quick.