ANDREWS – The health department plunged into vaccinating Phase 1B qualifiers last week after receiving a state allotment Jan. 19. Andrews County Health Department Director Gordon Mattimoe said his agency was awarded a 500-dose allotment of Moderna’s vaccine during the Texas Department of Social Health Services’ (DSHS) Week Six distribution. The 500 doses received by the health department included 100 second-round doses for those awaiting their second shot, and 400 new doses. Mattimoe said last Thursday the health department administered 38 vaccines for remaining Phase 1A qualifiers that include frontline healthcare workers, Emergency Medical Services personnel and law enforcement. The remaining 362 doses are ...