Humble ISD offers 24-hour coronavirus testing site for students
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Dr. Letitia Plummer gets her first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at City Hall in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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People wait in a line for a COVID-19 vaccine shot Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, near the Bayou City Event Center in Houston.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner talks to Rev. William Bill Lawson, pastor emeritus of Wheeler Baptist Church, while waiting to get a photograph aftet receiving their first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at City Hall in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Phone registration:
-People with disabilities: 832-393-5500.
Earlier this month, the department said a new waitlist specifically for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was open for eligible Houston residents.
The department already had a vaccine waitlist for the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, but opted to open an additional waitlist for the J&J shot, which was approved by the FDA for emergency-use authorization over the weekend.
Both waitlists are available at
The vaccine waitlists are available for anyone in groups 1A, 1B and 1C under Texas Department of State Health Services criteria, including front-line health care workers, residents of long-term care facilities, individuals 65 years old and older, individuals 16 years old and older with certain medical conditions, and those people who are 50 and older regardless of health issues.
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Travelers passing through a security checkpoint at Denver International Airport late on New Year’s Eve.Credit.David Zalubowski/Associated Press
With the coronavirus raging in many parts of the country and hospitals dangerously overstretched, public health officials warned on Sunday that more calamitous days may be ahead, as infections tied to holiday gatherings fuel a fresh spate of illness and death.
Appointments for Sunday s clinic filled up fast as 750 people signed up to receive the vaccine.
Across the state, vaccines are being administered to people in Phase 1A and 1B, which includes health care workers, residents and staff at long-term health facilities, people who are 65 years or older and people who have at least one chronic medical condition.
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced that the Moderna vaccine was being administered at the city s site located at the Bayou City Event Center.
People without appointments were asked not to show up at the site because they will not be seen.
Most of Sunday s appointments were booked through the department s call center on Saturday, despite the high volume of calls it received, which forced officials to move to an on-site registration format.
Appointments for Sunday s clinic filled up fast as 750 people signed up to receive the vaccine.
Across the state, vaccines are being administered to people in Phase 1A and 1B, which includes health care workers, residents and staff at long-term health facilities, people who are 65 years or older and people who have at least one chronic medical condition.
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced that the Moderna vaccine was being administered at the city s site located at the Bayou City Event Center.
People without appointments were asked not to show up at the site because they will not be seen.
Most of Sunday s appointments were booked through the department s call center on Saturday, despite the high volume of calls it received, which forced officials to move to an on-site registration format.