FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, a bottle of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on a table before being utilised (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)The Texas Department of State Health Services said the subfreezing temperatures across Texas delayed the arrival of the state’s weekly supply of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“COVID-19 vaccine shipments postponed,” the department announced on Twitter.
Postponed vaccinations will resume as soon as it is safe.”COVID-19 vaccine shipments postponed.
#COVID19TX #HealthyTexas pic.twitter.com/NHMr0HpIqP — Texas DSHS (@TexasDSHS) February 16, 2021Many Houston-area clinics have paused operations during the storm.
On Monday morning, the winter storm cut power to a Harris County Public Health Department building, putting 8,430 vaccine doses in jeopardy.