Daily COVID-19 vaccinations in Fla. have the dose availability to double with next week s allocation
Pfizer and Moderna are set to send nearly 950,000 total doses to the state next week, and Johnson and Johnson sent over 175,000 on Thursday.
By: McKenna King
and last updated 2021-03-05 19:18:37-05
TAMPA, Fla. â â With the addition of a third COVID-19 vaccine, dose allocations for the state of Florida continue to increase, allowing more and more people to get vaccinated.
Looking ahead to next week, vaccine allocations could nearly double, and experts say, itâs only expediting our road to normalcy.
The Biden Administration had a goal when they took office: 100 million COVID-19 doses in 100 days.
Chicago got over 22,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the CDC and is sending some of that supply to United Airlines and American Airlines workers at O'Hare.
Hoosiers age 50 and older now can make an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Just one day after dropping the vaccine eligibility age to 55 from 60, the Indiana State Department of Health announced Wednesday the anticipated availability of additional vaccine doses, including the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, make it possible to further reduce the state s minimum eligibility age to 50 from 55.
Appointments to receive the free immunization must be made online at ourshot.in.gov, or by calling 211.
A friend or family member may make an appointment on behalf of a person age 50 and older. But the person registered must be an Indiana resident and may be required to provide photo identification before he or she is given the COVID-19 vaccine.
A Boston hospital will begin administering its first doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday.Tufts Medical Center received 2,000 doses of the single-shot J&J vaccine on Tuesday, which received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration just four days prior.Thanks to the increased vaccine supply, Tufts opened its vaccination clinic to the public and is focusing on those who live in Boston s Chinatown neighborhood, where the hospital is located. We are in the middle of Chinatown, so we do have a lot of elderly population and also language barrier, said Dr. Gabriela Andujar-Vazquez, associate hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center. So it s difficult for them to know how to even make the appointment. Mary Chin, chief executive officer of the Boston-based Asian American Civic Association, says she nearly gave up trying to book a vaccination appointment after making five or six attempts. She was then able to land a slot at Tuf