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Florida s elderly population is going to great lengths to ensure they get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible.
According to the Associated Press, senior citizens have begun swarming distribution sites across the Sunshine State, where anyone over the age of 65 is eligible to receive the shot along with health care workers. However, Florida s vaccine rollout hasn t been exactly smooth. Lee County is administering the shots on a first-come, first-serve basis, and is allowing any Florida senior to receive the vaccine regardless of their residency.
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This, of course, has resulted in chaos, as countless Floridians have formed long lines outside the distribution sites, where they endured hours-long waits and, in some cases, overnight campouts as temperatures dropped to the 40s. Aaron Stern, an 80-year-old Floridan, told WINK he camped out Tuesday to see if he would be the first person in Cape Coral to receive the vaccine
How and where to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida
All adult Florida residents eligible by April 5
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This story was first published Dec. 28, 2020 and is updated daily with the latest coronavirus vaccine information for Central Florida.
Florida is currently administering all three COVID-19 vaccines to the first priority groups as the state continues to expand eligibility by age in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “seniors first” approach.
Florida is currently vaccinating the following priority groups:
Any Florida resident 50 years or older.
Health care workers, long-term care facility staff and residents. The health care group includes first responders, such as firefighters and paramedics as well as Department of Health staff.
Funeral directors see spike in deaths linked to Covid-19
By Jessica Cohen
PORT JERVIS - Funeral homes have more death calls these days, say funeral directors in both Port Jervis and Milford, Pa. The rise has coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic, but the cause of death identified has not always been consistent with that.
“We always ask whether they’re Covid-19, but none have been confirmed to be Covid since one in July,” said Doreen Auchmoody of Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home in Port Jervis.
However, she saw a 50 percent increase in death calls in October and November over last year, so she deduces that Covid-19 is the cause.
Orange County DOH Seeks Qualified Volunteers to Help Administer COVID-19 Vaccine PUBLISHED 9:20 PM ET Dec. 21, 2020 PUBLISHED December 21, 2020 @9:20 PM
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. As Central Florida continues vaccinations of frontline workers and the most vulnerable, 16,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are on the way.
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16,000 doses of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine are on the way to Central Florida
The Orange County DOH needs qualified volunteers to help administer the vaccine
The Orange County Department of Health is now looking for volunteers with a medical background to help administer the vaccine.
Wendy Cruz is a Registered Nurse for the Cardiovascular Institute and has been an RN for 8 years. After hearing the call for for volunteers to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, she didn’t hesitate.