The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) and Lee County Government estimate that 9,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will be administered this week to frontline healthcare workers and seniors 65 and older.
The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) and Lee County Government announced Monday, Jan 11, that an estimated 9,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered this week to frontline healthcare workers and seniors 65 and older. Through last week, more than 11,000 individuals will have been vaccinated at Lee County sites open to the […]
Dr Fauci predicts the U.S. could return to some degree of normality by early FALL but only if vaccine distribution speeds up - and says 1 million shots a day could soon be administered
Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted Tuesday that 280million Americans could be vaccinated for COVID-19 by the fall if distribution speeds up
He said this would be the number required to hit herd immunity
Fauci claimed if the distribution is ramped up to meet this goal, life could return to some degree of normality by early fall
He also predicted that the U.S. could soon be giving at least a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day
Be patient and be prepared : Lee County announces COVID vaccine appointments by phone
Lee county moves to reservations for COVID-19 vaccine
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Lee County officials say quickly rolling out COVID-19 vaccination plans led to some issues, but they are correcting them this week notably with a reservation system and a new main inoculation site. Our department here in Lee County received 12,000 doses of the vaccine with the direction to start the process with our residents, Angela Smith, administrator for the Florida Department of Health-Lee County, said at a media briefing Sunday. Our intention to reach as many people as possible was good. . The process last week was not what it needed to be.
Busy post-Christmas travel at Southwest Florida International Airport
Published: December 27, 2020 7:04 PM EST
Updated: January 4, 2021 9:43 AM EST
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Sunday is one of the busiest travel days since the pandemic began, as hundreds of thousands of people return from their Christmas vacations.
But many say that traveling for the holidays meant even more after not seeing their loved ones for months.
Lisa Liceaga and her husband weren’t looking forward to a lonely white Christmas. So, they came from Cleveland to Southwest Florida.
“We really wanted to be with the family this holiday even though there’s all this craziness going on. I just had to see my family, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen them,” Liceaga said.