County Health Departments Watching Winter Weather Updates as COVID-19 Vaccinations Continue – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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County well being departments throughout North Texas say they’re monitoring frigid temperatures and possible wintry precipitation forecast within the coming days and can present updates on how the climate might affect COVID-19 vaccinations.

NBC 5 ‘s Climate Specialists are forecasting possibilities for freezing rain Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning with one other likelihood of winter precipitation doable Thursday. By Sunday, North Texas may see temperatures dip to the bottom ranges in three years.

With this in thoughts, NBC 5 is reaching out to county well being officers for updates on their plans to take appointments for vaccination clinics. Under are their responses.

Dallas County

Chilly and moist climate has compelled Dallas County to roll again plans to transition its Truthful Park COVID-19 vaccination website to a drive-thru clinic, officials said Tuesday morning. The clinic is shifting indoors and additional particulars on when the drive-thru clinic will reopen shall be introduced at a later time.

The Metropolis of Garland said Tuesday’s vaccination site will proceed as deliberate with 1,000 doses to be administered. Garland’s location won’t reopen later this week as a result of its whole allotment of the vaccine shall be administered Tuesday.

Denton County

In a press release to NBC 5, Denton County Public Health says COVID-19 vaccine clinics deliberate for Tuesday between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., in addition to Thursday from midday to five p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to five p.m., will proceed as scheduled.

“Nevertheless, we’re carefully monitoring the climate and shall be making choices this afternoon on the 2 clinics based mostly on the most recent climate data out there,” a spokesman stated.

Appointments for Thursday and Friday haven’t been despatched as of Tuesday morning the spokesman stated. “After reviewing the climate, we are going to then notify them if we go ahead with our plans.”

Folks with appointments shall be notified by textual content and electronic mail “if the climate is worse than anticipated.”

Tarrant County

“Tarrant County Public Health expects to open our vaccine clinics on our regular schedule this week regardless of the chilly climate. Persons are inspired to decorate appropriately for the climate,” a spokesman stated. “Folks with second dose appointments are extremely inspired to come back on their appointment date as known as.”

Collin County

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Need to Get on a Vaccine Waitlist?

Because the state begins to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines for these in Section 1A and 1B, county well being departments have begun waitlists for these want to be inoculated.

Now you can register to recieve the vaccination in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties. Hyperlinks are beneath:

Waitlist Hyperlinks: Collin – Search Waitlist | Dallas | Denton | Tarrant

You do not want to be a resident of the county to register for a COVID-19 vaccine in that county — registration is open to anybody in Texas. For these with out web entry, Tarrant County can be taking registrations by telephone at 817-248-6299. In Dallas County, name the DCHHS vaccine hotline at 1-855-IMMUNE9 (1-855-466-8639). In Denton County, name 940-349-2585.