HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine began the rollout process Monday morning after the FDA approved its Emergency Use Authorization.
The Center for Disease Control gave the developer, Janssen Pharmaceutical, the final greenlight Sunday afternoon. Texas is expecting to get its first 200,000 doses of the vaccine this week.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the Houston Health Department is also anticipated to be on the list to receive Johnson & Johnson doses within the next seven days. That will be a game changer, Turner said at an event Sunday afternoon. There will be more vaccines available in a shorter period of time. We anticipate that we will probably get a shipment in sometime this week that will add to the Pfizer [doses] that we are using at NRG.