We meet people where they are | Houston using pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites as Delta variant surges
Houston and Harris County health departments are both using mobile vaccination sites to boost access to the shots. Author: Adam Bennett Updated: 5:53 PM CDT July 28, 2021
HOUSTON Texas reported more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and 59 new deaths as cases surge. A day earlier, the state reported a little over 6,000 cases.
The CDC says new cases nationwide are averaging more than 57,000 per day.
Houston and Harris County health departments are both using mobile vaccination sites to boost access to the shots.
“We meet people where they are, in those shopping centers, those supermarkets,” said Porfirio Villarreal, a Houston Health Department spokesperson.
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