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Saturday, Nov. 6
Dallas County offering pediatric vaccine doses at Dallas College Eastfield Campus
Dallas County Health and Human Services is offering adult and pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Dallas College Eastfield Campus. The clinic is open today until 5:30 p.m. Appointments are recommended.
Friday, Nov. 5
The Texas Department of State Health Services is set to receive 1.3 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children between 5 and 11
As cases and hospitalizations have been trending downward in Texas, Chief State Epidemiologist Jennifer Shuford is waiting to see what the next few months will bring.
“As we go into this holiday season, and we have Thanksgiving and Christmas, and New Year’s, where people traditionally will gather together in big groups,” Shuford said. “We could see a lot more circulation of COVID-19 as well as flu and other respiratory viruses.”
A bad flu season could strain hospital capacity across the state as people are still contracting COVID-19, said Shuford.
She encourages everyone, including families with kids between 5 and 11 years old, to consider getting vaccinated.
Shuford and others at the Texas Department of State Health Services are also monitoring an offshoot of the Delta variant that’s increasing in the United Kingdom.
The department is preparing for whatever the future might bring, including other variants.
COVID travel restrictions on the U.S. borders are set to end Monday
The new rules allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the U.S. regardless of the reason for travel.
By mid-January, all travelers, even essential workers like truck drivers, will have to be fully vaccinated to cross the borders.
Vehicle, rail, and ferry travel between the U-S, Canada, and Mexico has been largely restricted to essential travel, like trade, for about 19-months.
American Airlines pushes…