On Tuesday, local health care workers and support staff were among the first in Bexar County to be immunized for COVID-19.
Applause roared as some of the first vaccines in Bexar County entered the designated room at UT Health San Antonio’s nursing school, where 100 medical professionals and support staff received their first of two doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Adelita Cantu, an associate professor at UT Health San Antonio-School of Nursing, was the first to roll up her sleeve.
“I’m just playing one role that everyone else is playing nationwide to be a part of the end of the pandemic,” Cantu, 65, said.
According to UT Health, every day over the next five days, 1,000 medical professionals and support staff will follow in Cantu’s footsteps by receiving their first doses of the vaccine.