Can I go to a vaccination center in another country to have the coronavirus shot?

HOUSTON KPRC 2 received a large amount of emails, social media comments and phone calls about confusion over the state’s newly unveiled vaccine distribution system, and one question remains: can I make an appointment to to visit a center that is not located in the same country where I live?

The short answer is yes.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that there are no geographic restrictions that Texas residents can visit. Residents of Galveston County, Montgomery, County, Fort Bend County, etc., can therefore make appointments at one of the three hubs operating in Harris County.

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The more likely problem people encounter is to schedule an appointment.

“It took 3 hours,” Mac McClendon said, director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness at Harris County Public Health, said Tuesday. “We opened it, and the 8,000 vaccines were gone so quickly.”

McClendon said he is not sure, but he hopes Harris County Public Health will be able to secure another 8,000 doses to be administered next week. He said he was forced to wait on Austin as the state controlled the distribution of the vaccine.