City of Houston Gets First Doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine

Dylan McGuinness Houston Chronicle (MCT) Dec. 28—A shipment of 6,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Houston on Monday, marking the city government’s first batch of the potentially life-saving shots. The arriving vaccines include 3,000 doses each for the Health Department and the Fire Department. Health workers and emergency medical technicians are first in line to get those vaccines, and they began getting the shots immediately Monday. Mayor Sylvester Turner and his top medical administrators toured the vaccination site. The mayor watched some employees get the shots, offering encouragement and joking that he could give them the shots himself. “We do feel a sense of hope about the pandemic ending next year, but we still have a way to go,” Turner said at a news conference. “Today is a big day for Houston and the ongoing battle against COVID-19.” Vaccines started arriving in Houston-area hospitals earlier this month. These doses arrived from the Texas Department of State Health Services, and they are going to city workers included the first phase of the state’s roll-out plan. Stephen Williams, the Health Department director, said it has over 260 people in that phase, directly involved in medical care associated with COVID-19. His department has also notified about 365 nurses with the Houston and Pearla...
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