New APH chart shows who currently qualifies for COVID-19 vaccine
AUSTIN, Texas - Tuesday, Austin-Travis County Public Health officials briefed Austin City Council and the commissioners' court on the area’s fight against COVID-19.
Austin-Travis County has received its fourth shipment of 12,000 vaccinations.
Tuesday, Austin Public Health Director Stephanie Haden shared a new flow chart breaking down who is currently eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Those 65 and older are immediately eligible. Anyone between ages 50 to 64 is only eligible if they have an underlying health condition and or live in a community disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
This means those who are Black and Hispanic qualify.
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Haden-Howard says almost 189,000 people meet this criteria, but with low-weekly vaccine shipments, it could be months before they are all vaccinated.
"At 12,000 vaccines a week we’re gonna be probably 16 weeks out from now before we’re able to provide vaccines and that’s if we just kind of stay at this 12,000 vaccines a week," she said.
Anyone who is eligible for the vaccine should register on Austin Public Health's website. Efforts to establish a vaccine center and mobile vaccination team are underway to ensure equitable access to the vaccine.