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School, child care personnel now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

Corsicana Daily Sun - 3/4/2021

Mar. 3—The Texas Department of State Health Services Wednesday notified all COVID-19 vaccine providers they should immediately include school and child care workers in vaccine administration.

DSHS received a letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday, March 2, directing states to expand eligibility to include people who work in school and child care operations.

The federal directive defined the people eligible as "those who work in pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools, as well as Head Start and Early Head Start programs, including teachers, staff, and bus drivers, and those who work as or for licensed child care providers, including center-based and family care providers."

This action does not change the other groups prioritized for vaccination in Texas. Providers are encouraged to continue their efforts to vaccinate older adults since the burden of COVID-19 falls most severely on people age 65 and older.

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