Hays County began vaccinating residents for the first time Monday
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Hays County on Monday began inoculating residents with the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving doses for the first time last Friday, according to Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra.Screenshot- Facebook
Hays County on Monday began inoculating residents with the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving doses for the first time last Friday.
Texas began delivering the doses to counties in mid-December. It is unclear why Hays County had not received any vaccines prior to last week.
On Friday, the county received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said in a news conference Friday. The doses weren t available until Monday because they were frozen and needed to be processed by medical personnel before the vaccinations began.
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Rising COVID-19 Hospitalizations to Trigger Capacity Limit Rollbacks under Governor’s Orders Fri, 01/08/2021 - 12:31pm
Submitted by Hays County
Friday, January 8, 2021
New restrictions are set to take effect in Hays County as soon as Monday, Jan. 11, following seven consecutive days of rising COVID-19 hospitalizations. As outlined in Governor Abbott’s Executive Orders GA-31 and GA-32, bars must close, elective surgeries may need to be rescheduled and many businesses must reduce their occupancy to 50 percent.