COVID-19

Our community has been living with COVID-19 for a year and while we've learned a lot in that time, there's still a lot we don't know...and may never know. On our first episode of Listen in, Lubbock, we talk with Texas Tech Public Media senior reporter, Sarah Self-Walbrick, and Latino Lubbock's Christy Martinez Garcia, about what the lack of data means for the Lubbock community. 

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All adults in Texas will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday. But for people in the Lubbock area, health officials are already giving residents that chance. 

Almost four months into its operation, the City of Lubbock Health Department’s COVID-19 vaccination hub at the civic center isn’t as busy as it used to be. On Wednesday, the clinic gave 1,669 shots. That’s a 33 percent decrease compared to the first Wednesday of March.

The State of Texas says it will allow all adults to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting March 29.

“We are closing in on 10 million doses administered in Texas, and we want to keep up the momentum as the vaccine supply increases,” said Imelda Garcia, associate commissioner for laboratory and infectious disease services at the Department of State Health Services. “As eligibility opens up, we are asking providers to continue to prioritize people who are the most at risk of severe disease, hospitalization and death – such as older adults.”