Miami-Dade County has launched a new vaccine pre-registration platform for seniors age 65 and older and healthcare workers to sign up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Miami-Dade County vaccination sites.
Miami-Dade County has launched a new vaccine pre-registration platform for seniors age 65 and older and healthcare workers to sign up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Miami-Dade County vaccination sites.
Miami-Dade County to Receive 2,700 Doses From State; Miami Paramedics Inoculate 100 Seniors in Liberty City
After being shut out by the state, Miami-Dade County is set to receive 2,700 new doses, a move that allows them to resume vaccinations at Tropical Park, Zoo Miami and a new site at Miami-Dade College’s North Campus.
The county decided to open a site in the north end of the county to address low vaccination rates among African Americans.
Health experts say vaccine skepticism, the lack of access to computers to make an appointment, and a car to drive to vaccines sites like Marlins Park, is fueling the divide.
The phone number - 305-614-2014 - began accepting appointments at 2 p.m. Appointments can also be made at miamidade.gov/vaccine. The new number was set up to make it easier for vaccines to be distributed more efficiently to seniors 65 and older, county officials said. The county is also opening a new vaccine distribution site at Miami Dade College North Campus this week, and will reopen the vaccination site located at Zoo Miami. All county vaccination sites are by appointment only.
Stewart Bitman, 64, was arrested Tuesday morning on three counts of transmission of material harmful to a minor and one count of solicitation of a minor, Broward Sheriff s Office officials said. Authorities said Bitman, a resident of Parkland, sent a number of sexual text messages and nude photos of himself to the teen in April. Detectives believe Bitman knew he was communicating with a minor, and while attempting to solicit victims, he portrayed himself as a teenage boy, authorities said.