Salvation Army in Osceola offers haircuts, checkups with COVID vaccinations PUBLISHED 7:56 PM ET May. 11, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:56 PM EDT May. 11, 2021
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. With a decrease in demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, officials are trying to reach people who otherwise may not have access.
The Salvation Army at the Osceola Christian Ministry Center offered free haircuts, health checkups and COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday. The vaccinations were part of a partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Osceola County and the Florida Department of Emergency Management.
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The Salvation Army in Osceola made COVID-19 vaccinations available Tuesday
A drop in demand opened an opportunity to vaccinate vulnerable people
Free COVID-19 testing at Orange County Convention Center down to its final days
Final tests to be administered Sunday
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The setup has several television screens that display data points for each sensor. Each screen has its own set of data it collects.
Although they were mock demonstrations, SimpleSense was able to show what it would look like if there was an active shooter and how the sensors can immediately triangulate that person s location. They said on average it takes about five minutes for first responders to find out the information after the first shot, but the IROC system will let the base know immediately.
The sensor system also displayed the layout of the room that the mock shooter was in on the operators smartphones.
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The Salvation Army of Osceola County vaccination site is open until 4 pm. Food distribution at the mobile food pantry starts at 12 noon.
Major George Diaz says the Florida Department of Emergency Management and health care company Nomi Health will be back next Tuesday and on Fridays to give out more shots.
Diaz says Fridays at the center work best because staff already give out free lunch at 11 am and then volunteers open a mobile food pantry at 12 noon.
County consolidates vaccination and testing sites
For several months, large sites in St. Petersburg, Pinellas Park and Largo had been providing thousands of COVID-19 vaccines a week with assistance from the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County and partners in the county s firefighting/EMS agencies.
Now that vaccines are widely available at pharmacies and other community locations, the larger sites will begin consolidating operations in May. The larger sites were there to meet the initial demand for COVID-19 vaccinations and were not intended to be permanent sites, said Dr. Ulyee Choe, DOH-Pinellas director. We are grateful to the firefighters and other first responders who were instrumental in serving the community s needs at these larger sites. We continue to recommend that everyone who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine gets protected at a site that is most convenient to them.