Vaccination efforts against COVID-19 with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were halted on Tuesday following the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, a move that might have adverse effects among the Hispanic population, community leaders said.
At the Tampa Greyhound Track, vaccination leaders had 3,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine that they planned to give out Tuesday. Instead, they hauled all those doses back to the health department to be refrigerated until they get further guidance.
The Roper YMCA is offering free COVID-19 vaccinations on behalf of Sen. Randolph Bracy of District 11 and Change for the Community Inc. The Florida Department of Emergency Management will administer 200 doses of the Pfizer vaccine 40 per hour from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 14. It is available to all individuals 18 and older.
Call (407) 896-9220 to book a time. The Roper Y is at 100 Windermere Road, Winter Garden.
Amy Quesinberry is the community editor of the West Orange Times & Observer and the Windermere Observer. She was born and raised in Winter Garden, grew up reading the community newspaper and has been employed there as a writer, photographer and editor since 1990..
Now I have to try somewhere else : Johnson & Johnson vaccination clinic in Wellington canceled
About 200 people at the Feeding South Florida food distribution event at the Mall at Wellington Green opted in to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Tuesday morning and were later turned away. Share Updated: 4:35 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021 Now I have to try somewhere else : Johnson & Johnson vaccination clinic in Wellington canceled
About 200 people at the Feeding South Florida food distribution event at the Mall at Wellington Green opted in to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Tuesday morning and were later turned away. Share Updated: 4:35 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021
Florida to receive 88% fewer doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccines for next week
Florida is only receiving 37,000 doses next week
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – According to CDC tracking data, Florida will be receiving 88% fewer doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine next week.
Data shows this week, Florida received 313,200 doses, but according to allocation numbers set for next week, the state is only getting 37,000 doses.
This comes the same week the federally-supported FEMA mass vaccination site at Valencia College’s West Campus transitioned to exclusively offering the J&J vaccine. In fact, the increase from the week prior allowed the site to offer 5,000 doses a day instead of 3,000.