The City of Laredo Health Department has received 5,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and will begin Phase III of the vaccine distribution plan, which will focus on opening a broader vaccine administration network within the community.
The department is partnering with United Independent School District (UISD) and Laredo Independent School District (LISD) to offer 25 COVID-19 Vaccine Points of Dispensing (PODs) across the city and Webb County. The PODs will provide 5,000 first time dose inoculations in one day. The city will continue to focus and prioritize vaccines for Laredoans who fall under the Phase 1A and 1B categories for the vaccine administration.
The online portal to make appointments opened January 29, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
Those who wish to make an appointment via phone will need to call 3-1-1 and they will be transferred to the vaccine hotline. The vaccines will be administered on Monday, February 1, 2021 in the 25 COVID-19 Vaccine PODs.
The 5,000 vaccines will be distributed as follows:
- 500 vaccines will be administered to 20 emergency response staff who are directly participating in the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, a directive under the state’s phase 1-A Tier 2
- 1,497 will be administered to those who made an appointment on Monday, January 25, via comand were scheduled for a later date (i.e. March or April 2021)
- 2,400 will be administered to those who make an appointment January 29, via com
- 603 will be administered to those who make an appointment January 29, via phone (3-1-1)
Elected officials, city and county leaders met with the Associate Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services on January 26 to request 10,000 doses to be delivered on a weekly basis. These would be used for the first dose inoculations. City leaders will continue to ask the State of Texas for additional vaccines.
For more information, call (956) 795-4920.
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