Texas Pharmacies To Deliver Free COVID-19 Vaccines on December 28th

Governor Greg Abbott announced that the State of Texas will participate in the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program to vaccinate residents and staff of long-term care facilities against COVID-19. The experimental vaccine (BNT162b2) is included in this program and will be provided to pharmacies in Texas during the week of December 21, 2020, and the program will begin December 28, 2020.

Governor Abbott said in a press statement issued on December 11, 2020: "I thank the U.S. CDC for offering this program free of charge to these facilities."