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Wealthy ‘vaccine tourists’ are said to be heading to Florida to get vaccinated first. — Reuters
As millions of elderly Floridians scramble to register for a limited but growing supply of Covid-19 vaccines in the United States, state officials are clamping down on so-called vaccine tourism by limiting doses to only the state’s part- and full-time residents.
Shirley Hicks, 70, a retired teacher from the state’s west coast, spent three weeks glued to her computer to find a dose for her husband Michael, 80, after Florida became one of the first states in the US allowing vaccines for those aged 65 or older.
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23 January, 2021, 10:11 am
A medical worker prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination site at the Strawberry Festival Fairgrounds in Plant City, Florida, U.S. January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
MIAMI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As millions of elderly Floridians scramble to register for a limited but growing supply of COVID-19 vaccines, state officials are clamping down on so-called vaccine tourism by limiting doses to only the state’s part- and full-time residents.
Shirley Hicks, 70, a retired teacher from the state’s west coast, spent three weeks glued to her computer to find a dose for her husband Michael, 80, after Florida became one of the first states allowing vaccines for those aged 65 or older.