COVID-19: Texas vaccine gives Houston 3,000 more treatment bottles, said Mayor Sylvester Turner

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has announced that the state of Texas has decided to give the city of Houston 3,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

Turner said at a toy show on Saturday that the vaccines would be for health workers in the city. Then they will move into hospitals and nursing homes, such as nursing homes.

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Along with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, the two continued to push the need for residents to get the vaccine, but said children living in Houston deserve some sort of normalcy this holiday season.

The Pfizer vaccine has reached the Houston area and hundreds of health officials have already started taking it.

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