More than 50% of 65+ population vaccinated in all Central Florida counties Share Updated: 6:00 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021
More than 50% of 65+ population vaccinated in all Central Florida counties Share Updated: 6:00 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021
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Show Transcript AS WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH STEWART: WESH 2 MEREDITH MICHELLE MEREDITH HAS MORE. MICHELLE: AT THE LAKE SQUARE MALL IN LEESBURG, THERE WAS STEADY FLOW OF PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT, THERE TO GET THEIR COVID-19 VACCINE, SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME, LIKE BETTY AND HER HUSBAND, EARL. DOES IT FEEL GOOD? IT FEELS EXCELLENT, RELIEVED. EXCELLENT. MICHELLE: SO HOW ARE VACCINATION EFFORTS GOING IN LAKE COUNTY? IT WAS A ROUGH START BACK IN JANUARY WITH CONFUSION OVER WHERE FOLKS COULD GET THEIR SECOND DOSE. BUT AT A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY, COUNTY LEADERS ANNOUNCED AT THIS POINT 70% OF THE SENIORS IN LAKE COUNTY HAVE NOW BEEN VACCINATED. THIS SITE AT THE LAKE SQUARE MALL IS ABLE TO HANDLE 3,000 PEO