Thursday, May 13, 2021
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced that adolescent Texans between the ages of 12-15 are now eligible to receive a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Texas’ move follows federal guidance, allowing the newest age group to receive a vaccine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine for adolescents on Monday and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended it for 12-15 year olds on Tuesday.
“While children are less likely than adults to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19, they can be infected with the virus and spread infection in their homes and communities,” said Imelda Garcia, DSHS associate commissioner for laboratory and infections disease services, and chair of the state’s Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel. “DSHS believes that promptly vaccinating the adolescents in this age group is another valuable tool that will help end the COVID-19 pandemic and have a direct and positive effect on schools be
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Hays County to hold three no-appointment COVID-19 vaccine clinics
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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SAN MARCOS, Texas - Hays County has three upcoming no-appointment Moderna COVID-19 vaccine clinics at locations around the county beginning this Friday.
Clinic hours at each location will be from 5-10 p.m. The no-appointment clinics are planned for the following dates and locations:
Friday, April 30 – Sinai Pentecostal Church, 208 Laredo St., San Marcos
Tuesday, May 4 - Santa Cruz Church, 1100 Main St., Buda
Thursday, May 13 - Dunbar Recreation Center, 801 Martin Luther King Dr., San Marcos
County Judge Ruben Becerra said his office is working to coordinate a clinic at St. Anthony s Church, 801 Burleson St. in Kyle, and that information will be released as soon as the details are confirmed.
Hays County will host two additional COVID-19 after-hour clinics, Judge Ruben Becerra’s office announced Thursday.
County Emergency Services Director Mike Jones and Becerra previously announced during Tuesday’s commissioner’s court meeting that a new walk-up vaccine clinic will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday at Sinai Pentecostal Church in San Marcos.
Thursday’s announcement stated that an after-hours clinic will also take place on Tuesday, May 4 at Santa Cruz Church, 1100 Main St. in Buda followed by a clinic on Thursday, May 13 at Dunbar Recreation Center, 801 Martin Luther King Dr., in San Marcos. Both clinics take place from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. on the respective days.
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