Citing a decrease in demand, the Williamson County commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to close the county s mass vaccination sites in May.
The sites operated by Curative at the Georgetown High School Stadium in Georgetown and the Dell Diamond in Round Rock will both close on May 21.
The Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex on Parmer Lane, operated by Family Hospital Systems, will close on May 12, a spokeswoman has said. We have far exceeded demand, said County Judge Bill Gravell. Last week we had 5,570 people sign up for their first vaccine and we had 30,000 doses.
The judge said the mass vaccination site at the Georgetown stadium could have accommodated 187 more people on Monday and 322 more people on Tuesday. There is enough leftover vaccine doses for 861 people on Wednesday, he said.
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Cars line up at a mass vaccine event held by the Williamson County vaccination hub, Family Hospital Systems, at Kelly Reeves Stadium on March 4.
Williamson County expects its mass vaccination sites will be closed by May.
County commissioners voted Tuesday to end its contract Family Hospital Systems on May 12, and with the provider Curative Inc. on May 21. The health care companies had been handling the mass vaccination sites at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex, the Dell Diamond and the Georgetown Independent School District Athletic Complex.
Commissioners noted the county s vaccine waitlist has been
shrinking and the supply of vaccines is greater than the demand. The county
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Williamson County closed its COVID-19 vaccine waiting list at 5 p.m. Friday. Williamson County still has approximately 30,000 people on its waitlist; however, the county has found that only about 5% of the people invited to schedule an appointment are following through and making an appointment, according to a county news release. Many already have received their vaccination from another provider.
The names of people remaining on the county s waiting list will be sent to its mass vaccine provider, Curative, to schedule their vaccinations through early next week, the release said.
Another mass vaccine provider for the county, Family Hospital Systems, said it plans to close its drive-thru site at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex on May 12. Until then, it will only be offering second doses of the vaccine at the complex, said Jen Stratton, a hospital systems spokeswoman.
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