Many long-term care facilities across North Texas will start to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccinations today.
"We're looking forward to the vaccine coming. Things are a lot more stable for us right now. We've gotten the majority of our residents recovered," said Greg Loudermilk, the owner and administrator at Midlothian Healthcare Center, according to NBCDFW.com.
And even for facilities that aren't slated to receive doses this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott says In Texas, more than 3,200 facilities have enrolled in a federal program to vaccinate residents and staff at long-term care facilities, totaling more than 225,000 beds.
"We believe they'll just send the doses to us, and we'll administer them ourselves," Loudermilk said.
The facility's nurses will vaccinate all residents and staff.
"The ones I've talked to are looking forward to it. I believe most people will feel it's advantageous for elderly people to take it as soon as they can," Loudermilk said.
CVS and Walgreens have partnered with the federal government to vaccinate at least 7 million people in more than 70,000 long-term care facilities across the country.
