Dozens of elderly seniors in a luxury rise in Texas were vaccinated in the state’s first wave of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Montebello condominium complex in Houston has marble tile bathroom floors, an outdoor pool, valet parking, a gate service and 24/7 security guards and condos that can sell for up to 4.8 million.
And, in the last two weeks, almost The Daily Beast reported that 60 residents have been vaccinated against the virus.
In Harris County, Houston, there are more than 237,000 confirmed cases of one-sixth of all infections in the state.
But thousands of dangerous healthcare workers are struggling to get their vaccines because hospitals are running out of supplies.
About 60 residents of the luxury Montebello condominium complex (pictured) in Uptown Houston received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The general manager of Montabello said the state has authorized vaccines and is working with building distributors. Pictured: The interior of one of Montebello’s condos for sale
However, a Houston Health Department spokesman said they were not aware of any arrangements for the tall building. Picture: Outdoor pool available to all residents
Meanwhile health workers are struggling to get their vaccines as hospitals are running out of supplies fast. Pictured: A healthcare worker receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, on December 21.
“The state of Texas has authorized it,” Montebello general manager Daniel Hancock told the Daily Beast.
‘We’re working with a distributor … it’s a blessing we got it.’
Hancock has not named the distributor and is not in the Montebello Texas State Health Services Department (DSHS), which has been allotted the Covid-19 vaccine in its list of providers.
However, he told the publication that the building is able to get a dose of jab because of its aging population, although it is not clear how many older people live in the building.
Residents who inoculated 68-year-old David Fink told the Daily Beast that this is not the only healthcare he has received through the building.
As a resident of Montebello, he also receives an annual flu shot.
In Harris County, Houston, there are more than 237,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, one-sixth of all infections in the state (above).
‘It was all over the board,’ he said.
Both Hancock and Fink told the Daily Beast that other apartment buildings in Houston have similar arrangements for their residents to receive a dose of coronavirus.
Neither the Texas DSHS nor the Houston Department of Health (HHD) responded to Dailymail.com’s request for comment.
However, H.H.D. A spokesman for the Daily Beast told the Daily Beast that he was not aware of any arrangements with the increase.
“All distributors are registered with the state health department,” said Porphirio Villerel.
‘Apartment apartment complex is not a valid provider. If there is no list, and no site is approved to receive shipment of the vaccine, our recommendation is not to go to that place. ‘
The Texas DSHS lists only hospitals, medical centers, pharmacies, and living centers as recipients.
However, only 40 per cent of the 786,000 doses distributed in the state – 340,000 – have been administered.
In Harris County, Houston, only 52,000 doses out of 150,500 have been given.
Many say the DSHS recommends calling Texans and asking for shots even though they are struggling to find a provider to get the vaccine.
“There’s really no one who has a vaccine,” Michael Carlder, a resident of Allen, who comes under state criteria, told CBS DFW.
He called three locations, two of which told him they were gone and one of which said only employees were being vaccinated.
‘It’s very important. I don’t want to get sick, ‘he said.
‘I don’t want to be the last person to get sick and die while the vaccine is being distributed.’
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner authorized HHD to open the city’s first vaccine-free vaccination clinic on January 2 for people at risk of serious illness and death.
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