PINELLAS PARK â Amid concern that the areaâs seniors are lagging the statewide average in getting vaccinated against the coronavirus, Pinellas County is receiving 8,000 more doses of vaccine in the next week.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the local push at a Thursday news conference at Mainlands of Tamarac by the Gulf, a 55-and-older community of nearly 400 homes in Pinellas Park. The governor said Florida has vaccinated about 42% of those 65 and older, but only 35% in Pinellas have received shots.
âSo we said some of those areas that have a lot of seniors that are below the state average, we want to surge more doses there,â DeSantis said outside the Mainlands community clubhouse. âThis is part of that effort to up the doses in Pinellas County.â
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The federal government sent roughly 12,000 vaccine doses to more than 120 Costco, Health Mart, Safeway and Albertsons pharmacies in 27 of Oregon’s 36 counties last week.Photo courtesy Google Streetview
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Michael Ransom learned that Costco would be offering COVID-19 vaccinations on Feb. 6 through a post on neighborhood website Nextdoor. He immediately went to the warehouse club’s website to try to sign up.
Within 20 minutes he had scheduled vaccinations for both himself and his wife at the Clackamas Costco near their home. Ransom, 75, received his first vaccination at Costco on Monday. His wife, Carol, will receive hers next week.
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