Can I go to a vaccination center in another county to get vaccinated against the coronavirus?

HOUSTON – KPRC 2 has received a large amount of emails, social media comments and phone calls regarding the confusion over the state’s newly unveiled hub system for vaccine distribution, and one question continues to arise : Can I make an appointment to visit a hub that is not located in the same county where I live?

The short answer is yes.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Monday there were no geographic restrictions on which hubs Texas residents can visit. So residents of Galveston County, Montgomery, County, Fort Bend County, etc., can book appointments at any of the three centers operating in Harris County.

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The most likely problem that people will encounter is making an appointment.

“It took 3 hours”, Mac McClendon, 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 just as quickly.”

McClendon said he was not sure, but is hopeful that Harris County Public Health will be able to secure another shipment of 8,000 more doses to be administered next week. He said he was forced to wait for Austin’s word because the state controls the distribution of the vaccine.