About 200 people received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday in New Braunfels, as county health officials tested out their mass vaccination plan for the first time.
Comal County and the city of New Braunfels coordinated in staging the vaccine clinic at New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center in hopes of testing the elements and details involved in a mass vaccination in preparation for when the county starts receiving higher numbers of the vaccines.
âWeâre testing our capability to give vaccines to large groups quickly,â said Cheryl Fraser, Comal County public health director. âIf we ran everybody through the public health department, we would have limited space, limited nurses, limited slots, but if we move into a facility like this where we can get nursing students to volunteer, we can do this on a larger scale. Weâre testing our capabilities today on how many vaccines we can give and how our flow worked and what we need to change t