Expand / Collapse search
☰

Denton, Collin counties await more COVID-19 vaccines from state

By FOX 4 Staff
Updated  January 6, 2021 7:45am CST
Denton County
FOX 4

Denton County answers questions about vaccine rollout

Denton County's online vaccine registration is suspended until the county receives enough supply to offer another clinic. Public health director Matt Richardson joined Good Day to talk about why the rollout has been so frustrating for both officials and the public.

DENTON, Texas - Thousands of senior citizens and people with high-risk health conditions in Denton and Collin counties are on a waitlist to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Denton County Public Health Office said it is working through questions over its COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

So far, the county has received only 1,100 doses and all but 20 of those doses have been used. It is not scheduled to receive any doses from this week's state allocation.

RELATED: Coronavirus coverage

The county has no control over how many doses hospitals and private care providers receive. But the health director said he is obligated to notify the public when he gets that information.

"That's going to create, um, some mayhem on the providers' side. I don't know that local doctor's offices are geared up to take that kind of call intensity," said Matt Richardson, the Denton County public health director.

Denton County suspended its online vaccine registration until the county receives enough stock to offer another clinic.

In front of a American flag, nurse Lillian Wirpsza, left, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Shylee Stewart, a labor and delivery nurse at George Washington University Hospital, December 14, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP

Expand

Meanwhile, in Collin County, roughly 46,000 people have registered for the vaccine. Frontline workers, people 65 and older and adults with chronic medical conditions can sign up.

But Collin County is also still waiting for its next vaccine shipment and is encouraging people to call their doctor or pharmacy for vaccine information

RELATED: Tarrant County continues mass COVID-19 vaccination effort as Dallas County waits for more doses

COVID-19 Vaccine Registration