Nobody is getting enough : Why Texas ranks near the bottom for COVID-19 vaccines per capita
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People wait in their cars for a vaccination against COVID-19 at a drive-thru vaccination site set up by the city and United Memorial Medical Center, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at Delmar Stadium in Houston. The vaccinations, the Moderna vaccine, are available by appointment only.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Motorists wait in line at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine site at Delmar Stadium on Wednesday.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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People wait in their cars for a vaccination against COVID-19 at a drive-thru vaccination site set up by the city and United Memorial Medical Center, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at Delmar Stadium in Houston. The vaccinations, the Moderna vaccine, are available by appointment only.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerSho
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) With the first COVID-19 vaccine drive-thru opening in Houston on Thursday, ABC13 wanted to know how the distribution plans are working out in other area counties not designated as hubs by the state.
All 13,000 appointments for a vaccine were full at NRG park as Memorial Hermann began administering the first dose in their drive-thru clinic. It will continue through Sunday. But note, that you must have an appointment. You cannot just show up because you will not receive a shot.
This clinic is the latest to open up in the Houston area as health officials try to coordinate mass vaccination with a very limited supply, which has been frustrating for people who have been trying to get an appointment.
ANGLETON â Outgoing state Speaker Dennis Bonnen tested positive for COVID-19 this weekend, he shared Sunday.
Bonnenâs diagnosis came after his wife Kim Bonnen had tested positive the week before, and his symptoms have been mild, he said in a social media post.Â
After no new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Christmas Day, Brazoria County officials reported a record high with 441 on Saturday, followed by a record low of 24 on Sunday.
Excluding days when cases were not reported, Sundayâs count was the lowest since there were 22 new cases Oct. 25.
County Judge Matt Sebesta would not read anything into that low number, he said.
Mass business decline became inevitable in 2020, though continuing projects and unexpected revenue increases put the county in a good economic position to enter the next year.
Brazoria County had its first two cases of COVID-19 in the second week of March, Brazoria County Judge Matt Sebesta said. Our first two cases hit, and . it was very life-altering, Sebesta said. Then we had the Brazoria County Stay Safe at Home order, and that pretty much ran through the month of April and then expired at the end of April. You had hair salons shut down, you had gyms and, you know, the governor came in on
ANGLETON â County bars are once again under a closure order and local restaurants can only serve up to 50 percent capacity because COVID-19 hospitalization numbers along the Upper Texas Coast have been more than 15 percent for seven consecutive days.
Other businesses that were allowed to operate at 75 percent capacity are also lowered to half capacity.
The directive comes from the State Department of State Health Services based on Gov. Greg Abbottâs Executive Order GA-32. According to the governorâs order, when COVID-related hospitalizations in a trauma service area reach or exceed 15 percent, thatâs considered an âarea of high hospitalization.â