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6:05 p.m. | These Jacksonville-area Winn-Dixie stores are offering COVID-19 vaccinations
Four Jacksonville Winn-Dixie stores are among 40 across Florida now accepting appointments to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible Floridians, including people 65 and older, health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities.
Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers parent company to Winn-Dixie and Harvey s Supermarkets announced last week that it would be allotted the vaccine through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, which will also supply the vaccine to Walmart and Sam s Club and other retail outlets. | Read more
3:35 p.m.| Northeast Florida adds 15 new COVID-19 deaths among 239 more in state
Like public officials everywhere, Dr. Jeffrey Duchin marvels at the miraculous production of highly effective vaccines against COVID-19 in mere months.
But Duchin, head of public health in Seattle and King County, Wash., doesnât dwell on the only triumph of the pandemic response. Instead, he quickly pivots to the huge deficiencies plaguing the rollout of those lifesaving injections.
The lack of planning and coordination. The insufficient workforce and training. The inadequate public messaging and outreach. And the failure to create a uniform database to track inventory and equitably distribute shots.
âWeâre seeing the consequences now of a complete and utter failure to ensure we have a full and robust vaccination system,â Duchin said.
Coronavirus in Jacksonville: What you need to know for Sunday, Feb. 7
3:40 p.m. Duval County adds 28 COVID-19 deaths, second-highest daily toll; 103 deaths in Florida
Duval County recorded its second-highest single-day death count to date in the coronavirus pandemic in Sunday s daily report from the Florida Department of Health, as the death toll continued its climb in spite of recent gains in vaccination.
The health department recorded 28 more deaths in Duval County, raising the county s COVID-19 toll to 982. Only the report of Jan. 19, which added 40 deaths, showed a larger increase.
Because of delays in the state s process for tabulating deaths, however, it is not yet clear when the newly-reported deaths occurred. In many cases, deaths listed on state reports actually occurred multiple days or weeks earlier. | Read more