5 pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites supported by FEMA open Thursday
Sites only open for one day to serve vulnerable communities
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They include:
First Brazilian Church at 1103 NE 33rd Street in Pompano Beach from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Mision Peniel at 208 Boston Avenue in Immokalee from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Bridge to Hope at 17700 SW 280th St in Homestead from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Global Church at 17701 NW 57th Avenue in Miami from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Feeding South Florida at 650 NW 5th Avenue in Florida City
A spokesperson said sites should each have 400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and closing times could be earlier if that allotment is exhausted.
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE – The line was long in Northwest Miami-Dade Thursday morning for a pop-up site that had 400 Johnson and Johnson one-dose COVID-19 vaccines to distribute.
Carolyn Lawson arrived at 4:15 a.m. and was second in line for the shot at the Global Church site, which was expected to begin its vaccinations at 8 a.m., but didn’t get started until 9:30 a.m.
Lawson said she had gone to several different sites to get the shot in previous days, but wasn’t successful.
“I tried before and I got there at like 5:30, 6 o’clock in the morning and was like a three-mile line already.” Lawson said it was important to her to get the vaccine because she works at a funeral home and is exposed to people with COVID-19.