All Texans 50 years and older can get COVID-19 vaccine from March 15

SAN ANTONIO As COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to climb across the state, Texas officials have now expanded their suitability to include all residents 50 and older, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.

From March 15, Texans between the ages of 50 and 64 – who fall under the state’s Phase 1C category – can now apply for vaccinations.

‘There are about 5 million Texans between the ages of 50 and 64; more than 1 million of them have already been vaccinated, ”according to the department’s news release.

According to the department, more than half of all seniors in Texas have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 30% have now been fully vaccinated.

People in the Phase 1A and Phase 1B categories are currently eligible for the vaccine, as well as teachers and school and childcare staff.

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Phase 1A includes frontline health workers and residents of long-term care facilities, and Phase 1B includes people over 65 or someone 16 years and older with a chronic medical condition who are elevated by COVID-19 for serious illnesses. People who work in preschool, primary and secondary schools, as well as Head Start and Early Head Start programs (including teachers, staff and bus drivers) and those who work as or for licensed childminders, including center-based providers and family care also come eligible from 3 March.

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