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EDINBURG – Hidalgo County health officials are finalizing details for two separate vaccine clinics next week – one in Mercedes on Tuesday and one in La Joya on Thursday – to administer a second dose of COVID-19 vaccines to those people who received their first dose at the same respective locations, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said.
The Mercedes clinic – a partnership between Hidalgo County and the City of Mercedes – will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds at 1000 N. Texas Avenue in Mercedes.
On Thursday, Feb. 4, Hidalgo County will partner with La Joya ISD to host a second vaccine clinic beginning at 8 a.m. at the Lincoln Building, 801 College Drive in La Joya.
Both clinics are intended to administer a second Moderna vaccine to those people who received their initial dose at the same location earlier this month. To expedite the process, people are asked to bring identification and the vaccination card they were given when they received their first dose.
Residents must return to the same location in which they received their first vaccine.If you did not receive your first dose at either of these locations, you will not be given a second dose.
“We are working diligently to get as many people in Hidalgo County this vital vaccine that, hopefully, will bring an end to this pandemic,” Judge Cortez said.
