'It's Not Over': Dallas County Has Received the Updated Omicron Vaccine

The newly updated bivalent COVID-19 boosters have now arrived in Dallas County, meaning residents can now get protection from the latest strains of the coronavirus.

Lauren Drewes Daniels

On Friday, Dr. Philip Huang of the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the updated booster doses had arrived. Some pharmacies had also already received the doses, he added.Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation reported that children make up around one in three new COVID-19 cases in the county

The especially contagious omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have driven the uptick in cases among school children, the center added. Huang said that getting the updated bivariant version of the vaccine is important because it provides protection against subvariants such as the highly contagious Omicron, and can help slow down its spread, particularly with students going back to school.900,000 doses of the vaccineDouglas Loveday, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Health and Human Services, said by email that the subvariants"are the cause of nearly all new COVID-19 cases in Texas and around the country.

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