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AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) – Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has allocated more than 1.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the state of Texas.
According to Abbott, the vaccines are expected to start arriving in Texas during the week of December 14. They will be distributed to qualified providers in Texas who will administer the vaccine based on the vaccine delivery principles decided by the state’s Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel (EVAP).
“The state of Texas is already ready for the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine and will quickly distribute these vaccines to Texans who voluntarily choose to be vaccinated,” Abbott said. “While waiting for the first shipment of these vaccines, we will work with communities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.”
Additional allowances can be made later in December, but more vaccines are expected to arrive in January and subsequent months.
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