Nearby Counties Encouraged To Get Vaccinated In Williamson

ROUND ROCK, TX — As Williamson County's waitlist wanes, officials are encouraging outside residents to sign up for vaccinations in the county, news outlets report.

KUT Austin reported Thursday since the county opened the Dell Diamond complex, where 5,000 people a day can get vaccinated, the number of people on the county's waitlist has dwindled.

The news agency said Williamson has been able to open its COVID-19 vaccine waitlist to people in the 1C category and get those people scheduled for appointments all in the same week.

More than 45,000 people had been fully vaccinated in Williamson County as of Thursday afternoon, county officials said.

Since the county cannot vaccinate people outside the state's priority groups, authorities are encouraging people from other counties to get vaccinated in Williamson.

“I encourage people from neighboring counties to go ahead and get on our waitlist and they can receive a vaccine here,” Williamson County spokesperson Connie Odom said. “We're just trying to ensure that we have everyone who wants to receive a vaccine in those groups, that they have that opportunity first. But we are sticking with the state's priority lists. We cannot go beyond that.”

Family Hospital Systems spokesperson Jen Stratton told KUT Austin she expects more people to try to get appointments as they return from spring break.

Because the county hub has proved it can cut down the waitlist, she said, FHS has partnered with Vaccinate Austin to open another list. The county's waitlist will continue, officials said.

Read KUT Austin's report.

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