HOUSTON – Texas health officials have expanded coronavirus vaccine eligibility requirements starting this week.
In a tweet last week, officials at the Department of State Health Services said anyone 50 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday as part of the state’s Phase 1C rollout.
People 50+ will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine beginning March 15.
— Texas DSHS (@TexasDSHS) March 10, 2021
Texas will continue to protect those at the greatest risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and death. #TexasDSHSNewsRelease:
ENG: https://t.co/2ObSQHKcSS
ESP: https://t.co/7CauB5jVbK#COVID19TX #HealthyTexas pic.twitter.com/prQ3eKpQTB
Health officials said there are about 5 million Texans between the ages of 50 and 64 and more than a million of them are already vaccinated.
This is in addition to the people who are already eligible to receive the vaccine in phases 1A and 1B, which includes frontline health care workers, nursing home residents and staff, certain teachers and child care workers and anyone 16 and older with comorbidity.
Get more information about vaccine appointments and waitlists at Click2Houston.com/vaccine.