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Registered nurse Cynthia Banada holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Miami Jewish Health, a senior healthcare facility, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in Miami.
County health departments are largely taking on administering the vaccine to residents older than 65, while hospitals in the region have been prioritizing their own medical staff.
Here s where seniors can get vaccinated in the Big Bend region:
Leon County
Currently, the Leon County Health Department has suspended the vaccine request process but encourages people to check its website regularly as officials refine the scheduling program. When it reopens, people 65 and older may get vaccinated at a department-run clinic.
County s jobless rate rises
The Apalachicola Times
Franklin County’s unemployment picture darkened last month, rising by nearly 1 percentage point as the labor force continued to expand to pre-pandemic levels.
According to preliminary numbers released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November was 5.3 percent, up by nine-tenths of 1 percentage point, from the October rate of 4.4 percent.
This rise in joblessness, which followed a similar downturn in October, came as 44 people joined the unemployment line, which now numbers 236.
The labor force in November swelled by 68 workers, from 4,376 in October to 4,444 last month. The workforce remains smaller than one year ago, when it was at 4,539, the jobless rolls were considerably smaller at 130, and the unemployment rate, at 2.9 percent, was considerably better than it is today.