Mickey and Minnie would definitely approve.
Walt Disney World has opened a private coronavirus vaccination site for employees to get inoculated, the Florida theme park confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.
The clinic is being run by the Walt Disney World Health Services team and recently opened near Epcot, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Appointments are exclusive to the Disney workforce, and a limited number of employees have received the Pfizer vaccine so far this week. Appointments are exclusive to the Disney workforce, and a limited number of employees have reportedly received the Pfizer vaccine so far this week. (Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Disney World provides cast members with COVID-19 vaccines
By FOX 35 News Staff
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. - Walt Disney World is distributing COVID-19 vaccines to some cast members, they said.
The theme park company confirmed to FOX 35 on Wednesday that they are assisting local and state health departments in vaccine efforts.
They said that Osceola County, which part of the Walt Disney World Resort is located in, asked them for help. Our Health Services team administers other vaccines to Cast and has the expertise and infrastructure in place to aid in this effort so we gladly agreed, Walt Disney World said.
Walt Disney World offering cast members COVID-19 vaccines
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ORLANDO, Fla – Walt Disney World is now offering the coronavirus vaccine for its employees.
In an email sent to cast members, Disney officials said the Pfizer vaccines would begin to be administered Tuesday, and would be limited on a first-come, first-serve basis. Appointments could be booked through Disney’s internal health services scheduling website, and would be available for Florida-based Disney cast members who are both working, or furloughed.
The vaccine site is at the Health Services building located along Backstage Lane near EPCOT.