Astros to get COVID-19 vaccine ahead of 2021 campaign
The Houston Astros will be vaccinated for COVID-19 before the 2021 regular season, manager Dusty Baker said on Monday, according to The Athletic's Jake Kaplan.
The Astros originally planned to fly to Oakland for the April 1 opener against the Athletics, but will instead return to Houston to get vaccinated before traveling to the Bay Area on Tuesday, Kaplan adds.
Dusty Baker says #Astros will break camp later today & head to Houston where members of the staff & players, who choose to do so,can get their COVID vaccine from Methodist Hospital. Baker says the team will work out at Minute Maid Park & then go to Oakland for the opener Thursday pic.twitter.com/1i7rlHHLpF
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The Texas department of state health services recently announced everyone aged 16 or older in Texas is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, beginning Monday.
MLB doesn't require players to get vaccinated, but the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association are both strongly encouraging it.