Florida s plan to vaccinate the public is getting clearer. When will shipments arrive? Ben Conarck, The Miami Herald
Dec. 24 After inoculating the bulk of their front-line workers, South Florida hospital leaders spent the days before Christmas pivoting toward plans to vaccinate older and immuno-compromised patients, as well as seniors in the general public, at the direction of state officials.
Meanwhile, Florida s logistics hub is developing a clearer plan on how to expand those efforts to the public at large, regardless of age, by setting up vaccination sites that will look similar to state-supported COVID testing sites. The sites will be operated by county offices of the state health department, Moskowitz said.
Florida Vaccination Plan Clearer, but When Will it Happen?
While the plans take shape, emergency officials are working without a clear idea of how many doses of the two authorized vaccines manufactured by Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna are coming, and when. by Ben Conarck, The Miami Herald / December 24, 2020 TNS
(TNS) - After inoculating the bulk of their front-line workers, South Florida hospital leaders spent the days before Christmas pivoting toward plans to vaccinate older and immuno-compromised patients, as well as seniors in the general public, at the direction of state officials.
Meanwhile, Florida s logistics hub is developing a clearer plan on how to expand those efforts to the public at large, regardless of age, by setting up vaccination sites that will look similar to state-supported COVID testing sites. The sites will be operated by county offices of the state health department, Moskowitz said.
When can I get a COVID vaccine in Florida? Do I have to? You have questions. We have answers Howard Cohen, The Miami Herald
Dec. 23 The roll-out of two vaccines to fight the novel coronavirus has led to cries of relief or skepticism. And, of course, lots of questions.
Who gets to be vaccinated? Can I go now? Do I have to ever take one? Can I throw away my masks and hug a stranger?
Here are answers to some of your questions.
Who gets the vaccine first?
Healthcare workers and residents at long-term care facilities in Florida. That s because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention feel priority should be given to these groups.
Baptist Health South Florida continues vaccination campaign with new delivery from Moderna
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DORAL, Fla. – Baptist Health South Florida’s vaccination campaign continued on Tuesday with supplies of both COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.
UPS delivered the first shipments of the Moderna vaccine to Baptist Health on Monday and they are distributing it from a warehouse in Doral.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Monday that the next phase of the state’s vaccination campaign will focus on long-term care facility residents and other people who are 65 and older.
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