Dallas will receive 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to administer from next week

The City of Dallas will receive 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from the state and plans to begin administering it at some point. next week at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center downtown.

Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that city staff will contact people already registered to receive vaccinations at Fair Park and set up appointments to vaccinate at the conference center instead.

The direct supply to the city comes nearly two weeks after Dallas County opened its Fair Park vaccination magazine in South Dallas. Johnson asked the state on Jan. 11 for more doses to boost the vaccination. He said the city has the capacity to store up to 10,000 doses a week.

“I am excited and prepared to have these highly effective, life-saving vaccines available to the public,” Johnson said in a statement. The city is ready to help the state increase its vaccination efforts to the next level. We will do it fairly, efficiently and without political influence. ”

The city previously received 2,000 doses and responded first. Johnson said the new group will go for anyone who is currently eligible to receive the shots.

It was not immediately clear what day the vaccination site would open, but the city plans to make it work between 10:00 and 19:00 on weekdays and one weekend day.

Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics will administer the vaccines.

On December 28, 2000, the city received state-of-the-art vaccines from the state and began administering them the next day to employees who were driving through a parking garage at the conference center. The city used all the doses on January 5th.

Dallas still has more than 3,000 first responders who did not receive the vaccine from the city. But those in the Phase 1B pool – people aged 65 and over or any adult with a chronic medical condition – can receive the vaccine through other sites such as those in Fair Park.