11, Texas directed most of its allotment of more than 100,000 doses of Modema COVID-19 vaccine to large hubs around the state to focus on vaccinating areas and populations hardest hit by COVID-19. To protect patient privacy, vaccine distribution locations will only be available to those with scheduled appointments.īeginning Jan. Vaccinations are being performed in conjunction with 350 pharmacies, doctors’ offices, and hospital groups signed up to provide COVID-19 vaccines in Austin-Travis County. If you and/or a loved one qualify for a COVID-19 vaccine, you will be able to schedule the location, date and time.Īccording to Austin Public Health, pre-registration does not ensure a person will be scheduled for a vaccine immediately, but will allow that individual to be added to the system and notified at a later date when additional vaccine is available from Texas DSHS. They will need to answer a few questions about symptoms, travel, and contact they’ve had with others to determine if they need testing. Respondents will create an account and will need a separate email address for each person seeking a test or vaccine, including children. Phase 1B: People over 65 or with a chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.Phase 1A: Front-line healthcare workers and residents at long-term care facilities.gov/s/?language=en_US for people to pre-register themselves or a loved one for a vaccination at an Austin Public Health facility, provided they are currently in one of the two groups being vaccinated:
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However, more options are becoming available that could help individuals get access to the vaccine quicker, including the opening last week of a State Department of Health Services-approved vaccination hub in Austin and Travis County, managed by the Austin Public Health Department.Ī free online tool has been set up at stintexas. Residents of Burnet and Llano counties continue to wait for more of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to become available in the area as a scant existing supply is being directed first to front-line first responders, health care professionals, long-term care facility residents and the elderly or those with chronic health conditions.