Up to date at 7:30 p.m., March 3, 2021, to incorporate remark by Dallas County Choose Clay Jenkins
All Texas lecturers, college workers and little one care staff at the moment are eligible to obtain COVID-19 vaccines due to a shift in federal pharmacy coverage.
On Wednesday, Dr. John Hellerstedt, commissioner of the Texas Division of State Well being Companies, despatched a letter to vaccine suppliers throughout the state, informing them {that a} federal directive instantly expands vaccine eligibility to incorporate “those that work in pre-primary, main, and secondary colleges, in addition to Head Begin and Early Head Begin applications (together with lecturers, workers, and bus drivers) and people who work as or for licensed little one care suppliers, together with center-based and household care suppliers.”
The coverage change got here a day after President Joe Biden urged states to prioritize lecturers on vaccination lists, utilizing federal pharmacy tips to take action.
“My problem is that this: We wish each educator, college workers member, little one care employee to obtain at the very least one shot by the tip of the month of March,” Biden mentioned Tuesday at a White Home information convention.
Trainer vaccinations are a key pillar in Biden’s push to reopen colleges inside his first 100 days in workplace.
