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BSW Temple to receive COVID vaccine later this week

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Baylor Scott & White hospitals in Temple will have to wait until later this week to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine.

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services first week’s allocation plan, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Temple is expected to receive 3,900 doses in the first week's allocation.

Monday, DSHS released that Temple would be receiving their shipment Tuesday, December 15th.

DSHS has not released what day Brazos County will receive their shipment.

The first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered in Texas. Four sites received 19,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Monday morning. An additional 19 sites will receive 75,075 doses on Tuesday.

DSHS released a list of hospitals receiving the vaccine on Monday and Tuesday:

Monday:
San Antonio Wellness 360 (UTHealth San Antonio)
Dallas Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Austin UTHealth Austin Dell Medical School
Houston MD Anderson Cancer Center

Tuesday:
Amarillo Texas Tech Univ. Health Science Center Amarillo
Corpus Christi Christus Spohn Health System Shoreline
Dallas Parkland Hospital
Dallas UT Southwestern
Edinburg Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
Edinburg UTHealth RGV Edinburg
El Paso University Medical Center El Paso
Fort Worth Texas Health Resources Medical Support
Galveston University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital
Houston Texas Children’s Hospital Main
Houston LBJ Hospital
Houston CHI St. Luke’s Health
Houston Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
Houston Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston Ben Taub General Hospital
Lubbock Covenant Medical Center
San Angelo Shannon Pharmacy
Temple Baylor Scott and White Medical Center
Tyler UT Health Science Center Tyler