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Two weeks after confirming the first cases of COVID-19 at the Comal County Jail â which have now more than doubled and include corrections staffers â officials said they expect to begin vaccinating offenders opting for inoculations.
âWe are coordinating with the health department to begin offering vaccines on a voluntary basis this week, but I do not have an exact date when they will begin,â Jail Administrator Bill Jennings said on Monday.
On July 2, Sheriff Mark Reynolds confirmed five offenders had tested positive for COVID-19 but that none of them had bloomed into the illness, with exposures limited to inmates in two of the housing pods inside the jail.
Hays County inmates housed inside the Comal County Jail staged an hours-long insurrection early last week after jail officers confiscated their homemade alcohol and denied their television privileges, Sheriff Mark
Sheriff Mark Reynolds reiterated what heâs long said about Comal County support for justice operations, which county commissioners recognized in proclamations again on Thursday.
Commissioners designated May 9-15 as National Police Week and Saturday as National Peace Officers Memorial Day in the county in a proclamation calling âupon all residents to honor those peace officers who, through their courageous deeds, have lost their lives or have become disabled in the performance of duty.â
Reynolds and CCSO staffers and deputies joined constables in accepting the proclamation.
âCounty residents show their appreciation almost every day,â Reynolds said. âI canât tell you how many times weâre thanked while weâre out working and even at lunch, when the bill comes and you find out someone has taken care of it.Â
COVID-19 vaccinations are at the give-away stage throughout Comal County, which closed its signup list earlier this week and plans its 23rd and 24th mass vaccine clinics next week.
Cheryl Fraser, public health director reporting to county commissioners on Thursday, said 96,943 shots have been distributed, with 60,467 having received at least one dose of the vaccine and 41,465 have received their second inoculations against the coronavirus.
Fraser said she was âparticularly proudâ that 67.68% of seniors 65 and older (21,627) have received at least one dose and 56.13% (16,394) have received both shots of the vaccine.Â
âThat is our most vulnerable group,â she said.
Fraser estimated the public health office has administered more than 30,000 doses, accounting for 32.98% of total county vaccinations. She said the county conducted its fifth and sixth satellite clinics this week.