County spokesman James Stafford told the Telegram that Pfizer notified Bell County regarding the shipment delay.
âOur shipment has not left Kalamazoo, Michigan,â he said. âWe got a notification from Pfizer that they are not going to ship doses until they know that it can get here on timeâ
Stafford said shipments from Pfizer are packaged with dry ice, and need to arrive at its destination within 24 hours in order to maintain the vaccinesâ ultra-cold storage.
âDry ice is needed to maintain proper temperatures in the thermal shipping container,â according to information obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
website, on Feb. 19.
The first- and second-place winners from each category at the regional fair will advance to the virtual Texas History Day competition April 24. Winners in Austin will compete in virtual National History Day in June 2021.
Participation in the Heart of Texas Regional History Fair develops academic, artistic and social skills that provide lasting benefit to students in all areas of study. Specifically, students learn to:
Conduct in-depth research,
Read a variety of texts,
Analyze and synthesize information, and
Write and present historical content.
Schools participating this year include: Atlas Academy, Belton High School, Belton New Tech @ Waskow, Brown Homeschool, Cesar Chavez Middle School, Eagle Christian Academy, G.W. Carver Middle School, Gilmer Homeschool, La Vega High School, Lake Belton Middle School, Lorena High School, North Belton Middle School, Olmstead Homeschool, Robinson Junior High School, Shafer Homeschool, South Belton Middle School, Travis
Six more Bell County residents are reported to have died from COVID-19, as the region’s active cases fell to 1,266 active cases — the fewest concurrent infections since early December.
The Bell County Public Health District announced 11 new COVID-19 related deaths on Monday, as cumulative cases near 20,000. Active cases dropped to 1,370 â 137 fewer than its last update on Friday.
On Thursday, Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said local health officials anticipated that COVID-19 related deaths in Bell County would rise.
âI expect to see more added for the next several days as we receive certificate updates from our period of high hospitalizations,â she said at the time.
The county death toll is now 276.
Bell County has now totaled 19,669 cases, and at least 18,299 people have recovered to date, according to the health district.
Although Bell Countyâs active COVID-19 cases fell to 1,761 on Wednesday, local health officials identified nine more related deaths.
These latest reported deaths were for two men from Temple in their 70s, a woman from Temple in her 80s, a man from Belton in his 80s, two men from Killeen in their 40s, a man from Killeen in his 50s, a man from Killeen in his 60s and a woman in her 60s from Harker Heights, according to the Bell County Public Health District.
But Amanda Robison-Chadwell, the health districtâs director, continued to emphasize how death records are not reported to the county on the same day as the fatalities.