Alachua County leaders outline COVID-19 vaccination plan
Gainesville City Commission approves plan for distributing vaccine at first meeting of the year January 9, 2021 | 7:32pm EST
Mike Foley, UF journalism professor, receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 5, 2021. Photo by Chasity Maynard | The Independent Florida Alligator
Gainesville is still a month or two away from having the COVID-19 vaccine becoming widely available, but city leaders are starting to make plans for when it is.
The Gainesville City Commission voted unanimously Thursday to pass a four-part plan that will help the Alachua County Health Department mass administer the COVID-19 vaccination.
Gainesville police are still investigating the cause of an early morning, single-vehicle crash that left one person entrapped.
Police and units from Gainesville and Alachua County Fire Rescue responded to the crash at the intersection of Southeast 11th Avenue and Southeast 13th Street in Gainesville at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a Gainesville Fire Rescue news release. The vehicle was ensnared in trees in a wooded area.
Three of the vehicle’s four total occupants were out of the vehicle by the time fire crews arrived, but one person was still trapped inside, the release said.
Crews rescued the remaining person from inside the vehicle within 30 minutes, the release said, and all four occupants were taken to UF Health Shands Hospital. Two of the vehicle occupants were transported with life-threatening injuries and two with non-life-threatening injuries, the release said.
Ocala native and five-organ transplant recipient Hope Hill has faced many tough medical choices in her life.
But her decision to go skydiving on Dec. 4, the second anniversary of her life-saving transplant surgery, wasn t so tough. It gave her five minutes of total freedom. The jump itself meant so much more to me than an adrenaline fix. I picked this celebration because I knew that I would be totally clear minded even if it was for only five minutes. Those five minutes were priceless, Hill, 32, said.
Jennifer Wilson, Hill s friend for over 15 years, helped arrange the tandem jump, which was made at Skydive DeLand.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida should receive around 367,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine starting Monday. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 12:44 PM EST December 21, 2020 Updated: 12:44 PM EST December 21, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla A few Northeast Florida hospitals are among the 173 medical facilities in the state that are expected to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida should receive around 367,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine starting Monday. On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine the green light.
Moderna s approval adds to the fight against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine, which is now being administered to millions of healthcare workers and nursing home patients.