Marble Falls Fire Rescue

First responders including Marble Falls Fire Rescue (pictured here) received COVID-19 vaccines recently. Baylor Scott & White officials said Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to people age 65 and older and at-risk people over age 16. File photo

Vulnerable wait for COVID-19 vaccine access

Lew K. Cohn Managing Editor The Highlander
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Burnet County residents — especially those over 65 or who carry additional health risks — are still waiting to find out when they can start receiving doses of one of the two COVID-19 vaccines currently approved by the Food & Drug Administration. Last month, the State Department of Health Services confirmed the county had been allocated 1,300 doses of the Moderna vaccine, with 600 doses shipped to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Marble Falls; 300 doses shipped to Ascension Seton Highland Lakes Hospital in Burnet; 200 doses to Atkins Pharmacy in Marble Falls; and 100 doses each sent to the H-E-B pharmacies in Marble Falls and Burnet.
Marble Falls Fire Rescue Chief Russell Sander, who is also the regional emergency coordinator, received a COVID-19 inoculation Dec. 29 at the fire hall. Contributed photos

Marble Falls firefighters given COVID-19 vaccine

From Staff Reports
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Personnel from Marble Falls Fire Rescue received their coronavirus vaccinations Dec. 29 in an effort to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. As part of a tiered distribution process, the Moderna vaccine was shipped first to hospitals and clinics, free-standing emergency rooms, EMS providers, pharmacies and health departments.
In addition to free COVID-19 testing currently being performed every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Marble Falls Fire Rescue, 700 Avenue N, through Jan. 13, there will also be testing performed at the same time on Tuesdays now through Dec. 22.

Local virus test sites expanded

Lew K. Cohn Managing Editor The Highlander
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Local residents will have three opportunities each week this month to get a rapid result COVID-19 test as the cities of Marble Falls and Horseshoe Bay will host community testing sites. The announcement of additional testing sites comes as both Burnet and Llano counties have seen increases in the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, including one more death attributed to the novel coronavirus.
The state division of emergency management is continuing another round of COVID-19 testing on Wednesdays. The tests are being conducted at the Marble Falls Fire Rescue fire hall, 700 Avenue N, and allow a drive through system. The remaining free test dates are Wednesday, Oct. 21, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Connie Swinney/The Highlander

Virus testing continues on Wednesdays in Marble Falls

News Staff
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The state division of emergency management is continuing another round of COVID-19 testing on Wednesdays. The tests are being conducted at the Marble Falls Fire Rescue fire hall, 700 Avenue N, and allow a drive through system. The remaining free test dates are Wednesday, Oct. 21, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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