EDINBURG – State officials are expanding the pool of those people eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines to include school teachers and those who work in schools, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez said Wednesday. “After ten weeks of successfully vaccinating healthcare workers and the elderly, we are now targeting educators,” Judge Cortez said. “This is welcome news as we move forward to begin to safely return to in-school instruction for children.” In a letter to Hidalgo County officials, Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstedt said that more than six million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed in Texas.