SkyEye flew over the large complex where rows and lines of vehicles were directed to the vaccination stations under the white tents.
The opening of the self-vaccination clinic was not without hiccups. A number of factors, including missed meetings throughout the day, forced some people to wait up to 45 minutes. FEMA told ABC13 that it is working to meet long expectations.
The clinic had a light launch on Tuesday and will offer another site in addition to the locations of the county, city, hospital and pharmacy across the region.
Organizers say at least they expect the federal site to vaccinate 126,000 people. An estimated 300,000 people who have signed up for the vaccine are still waiting for the first dose of vaccine. Mega site should greatly increase your chances of getting shooting soon.
On Monday afternoon, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, FEMA Regional Director Tony Robinson and other local officials gave details about the state-run COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic.
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Since its announcement a few weeks ago, workers have been building the temporary mass vaccination facility. It will be a route unit in the yellow lot at NRG Park.
“People deserve some good news, some hope,” Hidalgo said. “This site marks the biggest effort to date to vaccinate our community.”
According to Hidalgo, they will vaccinate those living in zip codes hit hard by the virus.
“We all, at the state, federal and local levels, agree that this site needs to focus on those who have lagged behind so far, who have been most affected by COVID-19,” Hidalgo said. “We did it by finding zip codes with the highest incidence of the virus and the highest social vulnerability and the social vulnerability index.”
The ZIP Codes are as follows: 77022, 77029, 77032, 77078, 77087, 77093, 77502, 77504, 77506, 77587, 77011, 77012, 77015, 77016, 77020, 77026, 77028, 77033, 77037, 77038, 77039, 77048, , 77091, 77503, 77060, 77080, 77099, 77013, 77014, 77036, 77050, 77051, 77076, 77090.
Hidalgo added that people aged 65 and over on the waiting list who come from the first 10 postal codes of the city and the county will receive the highest priority for vaccines on the site.
The next priority group will be those who are 65 years of age or older.
“We will then give priority to the next of the remaining 25 most affected postal codes before removing them from the wider waiting list,” Hidalgo said. This group will be between the ages of 60 and 64, with underlying medical conditions living in high-risk zip codes.
The fourth priority group will be those aged between 60 and 64, with underlying medical conditions.
FEMA uses the waiting list in Harris County and Houston. People are contacted for meetings.
To join the waiting list for the city of Houston, visit their website at houstonemergency.org/covid-19-vaccines or call 832-393-4301.
Harris County Waiting List can be accessed at vacstrac.hctx.net.
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