What started as a week of triumph and hope for Florida in its fight against COVID-19 has ended in frustration and confusion, with the anticipated number of doses in future weeks sharply reduced and the rollout to nursing homes in flux.
Adding to the confusion is a lack of transparency from public officials, who have failed to provide requested information and clarification about which nursing homes will receive the first allotment of the vaccine or what criteria was used in selecting those homes.
“There is no time to waste!” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a tweet posted at 10:21 p.m. Thursday while announcing that Walgreens was going to immunize residents at an unnamed Jacksonville nursing home Friday, three days ahead of schedule.
Rockaway Townsquare Mall in Rockaway Township is to be one of six COVID-19 âMega Vaccine Centersâ â and Morris County Freeholders are applauding the move.
In a joint statement issued Friday afternoon, board members said they âare proud to be partners with Atlantic Health System and the State of New Jersey in this very important effort to stem the devastating tide of COVID-19.
âBy launching this massive vaccination center in our backyard, we will bring the vaccine not only to Morris County residents, but also to our neighbors and families throughout North Jersey as we continue to fight this deadly virus.
East Texas hospitals, clinics, health districts, pharmacies to get COVID-19 vaccines in Week 2 By Gary Bass | December 19, 2020 at 1:46 PM CST - Updated December 19 at 2:08 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The Texas Department of State Health Services has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ship more than 600,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to more than 1,100 providers in 185 Texas counties over the next week.
As part of the next round of vaccine shipments, the CDC will deliver 469,500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and 159,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to continue with efforts to vaccinate frontline health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities.
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OSWEGATCHIE â With the first round of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines expected to arrive Jan. 5, the Ogdensburg Rehabilitation and Senior Care facility is approaching 200 total cases of COVID-19 as the nursing home enters its fourth week of dealing with a coronavirus outbreak.
Of the nearly 150 total people who resided at the Ogdensburg site in late November, 124 residents â more than 80% â have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the outbreak began the weekend before Thanksgiving.
As of Friday morning, 17 residents who tested positive for the virus have died. The site is now home to 121 residents, a figure that has dropped steadily following the almost daily death of a resident since the first fatality was reported on Thanksgiving.