More than 500 senior citizens receive COVID-19 vaccine at Tampa church
By Justin Matthews and FOX 13 News Staff
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Justin Matthews reports
TAMPA, Fla. - On Sunday, 590 senior citizens received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at St. John s Progressive Missionary Baptist Church.
The Florida Department of Health says the church is a new vaccination site that was opened in conjunction with the city of Tampa and the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
Our communities of color face a double challenge, said Dr. Douglas Holt, director DOH-Hillsborough. They have a higher chance of being infected. That has a lot to do with being essential workers; being out in the community and don t have a choice to work from home.
As a limited supply of the coronavirus vaccine has become available across Florida, residents are understandably anxious to know when they will be able to stand.
Jared Moskowitz tells "Florida Roundup" he receives updates from Operation Warp Speed only once a week and that the state is not getting enough vaccines to inoculate seniors at an acceptable rate.
Miami-Dade County opened a limited number of appointments for the COVID vaccine to seniors in the area on Monday which were quickly filled up but not before the.