NEXT VACCINE SHIPMENT FOR SUBHUB EXPECTED IN FEBRUARY

  

Brenham city officials are expecting the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to arrive at the Regional Vaccination subHUB within a few weeks.

City Manager James Fisher briefed the city council at its meeting this (Thursday) afternoon on how vaccinations were handled at the Washington County Expo this week, while also discussing the prospects for more vaccines in the future.

Fisher acknowledged that this process has been smooth for some residents and rocky for others, but assured that the parties involved with running the subHUB are “learning a lesson from this.”

 

Fisher said he feels “very confident” that the next shipment of vaccines will arrive at the subHUB by its scheduled timeframe of February.

The subHUB, according to Fisher, administered the last of roughly 2,100 vaccines on Wednesday.  He said it was “an all-out effort” among all entities involved to make sure that this vaccine distribution went well.

Hundreds of thousands of calls came in to the subHUB’s call center from people across the state looking to get vaccinated.  Fisher said part of the reason for the overload experienced at the call center was because the subHUB was open to all Texas residents who fit the current criteria to receive vaccines; he said residents were coming to the subHUB from not just the immediate region, but from places like Houston and even Blanco, west of Austin.

An automated message has begun going out to those who remain on the callback list to inform them that the registration process has closed and to give instructions on how to stay on the list.  Once more vaccines are received, those on the callback list will be notified by either call or email.  However, Fisher cautioned that while many on the list have been called back at this point, there will be some that will not receive a call back.

Updates on the subHUB can be found on the Washington County Office of Emergency Management and City of Brenham Facebook pages, as well as www.localevent.info.