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Austin Public Health debuted an online pre-registration system on Wednesday after the department received 12,000 doses of the COVID vaccine from the Texas Department of State Health Services earlier this week.
APH is a safety net provider and focused on distributing its vaccine supply to the area's most vulnerable residents, including those who are uninsured, who live in poverty and who lack access to transportation as well as communities of color, which have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. APH encourages people with private insurance to contact their primary care provider about being vaccinated.
To pre-register, individuals can sign up here, where they will be asked to create an account or log in to an existing account, such as one used to access APH's COVID testing services. Then individuals will complete an assessment. If they meet certain criteria—including belonging to the state's priority groups 1A and 1B—and doses remain available, they will be asked to schedule an appointment. Otherwise, they will be placed on a waitlist.
The APH Nursing Hotline, which can be reached at 512-972-5560, is also available for individuals without internet access to pre-register. It is available 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, with multiple language options, including Spanish and Vietnamese.
Only those with scheduled appointments will receive the location information for the vaccine distribution sites.
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The Texas Department of State Health Services will allocate 332,750 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to 212 providers this week, with the bulk assigned to hub providers that are focused on widespread community distribution events. Six of those providers are in Travis County.
With the latest allocation of 16,450 sent to Travis County this week, the county will have received 104,275 doses of the vaccine. Local public health officials estimate that there are 285,000 area residents who fall in the 1A and 1B priority groups, meaning that around 37% of them should have access to doses seven weeks into the rollout process.
Here's where the latest allotment is going:
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