Breaking News! Maverick County Emergency Operation Center Designated by DSHS as COVID-19 Large Vaccination Hub Site, Will Receive 1,200 Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Weekly Starting January 11, 2021
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021
Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo and City of Eagle Pass Mayor Luis E. Sifuentes announced that the Maverick County Emergency Operation Center (EOC) has been designated as a COVID-19 Vaccine Large Vaccination Hub by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) at a joint press conference held on Friday, January 8, 2021 in Eagle Pass, Texas.
The designation will make Maverick County EOC one of only 31 COVID-19 Vaccine Large Vaccination Hubs statewide, entitling it to receive 1,200 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines weekly commencing on January 11, 2021. Maverick County EOC plans to start inoculating Maverick County citizens on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
Interested Maverick County citizens need to register for the COVID-19 vaccine through the City of Eagle Pass or Maverick County websites.
Preference will be given to health care workers, people who are 65 and older, and those who have a medical condition that increases their risk of severe disease or death according to DSHS guidelines.
For more information, please contact Maverick County EOC at (830) 421-5122.
