Both Lufkin hospitals hope to receive the initial doses of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine in the coming week. The Pfizer vaccine was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 11 and requires two doses, both of which are to be kept at ultra-low temperatures. The Moderna vaccine is still awaiting FDA approval, but would not require the same freezing temperatures. âThe state has told us we can expect to receive our initial allotment soon, possibly within the next week,â Woodland Heights Medical Center president Drew Emery said. âWe are told it is the Moderna vaccine.â St. Lukeâs Health-Memorial remains hopeful to receive 100 doses of a vaccine from either Pfizer or Moderna in the coming week, market president Monte Bostwick said. However, until he sees the vaccine, he isnât certain of whether that is true, he said.