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About 800,000 Florida seniors still aren t vaccinated
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Saturday, May 1, 2021 by Verónica Zaragovia (WLRN )
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Florida’s Department of Health has approved opening up COVID-19 vaccinations to people who are not state residents.
Mike Jachles is a spokesperson for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees vaccinations.
He wouldn’t say that any tourist qualifies.
“What I can say is if you have an ID and if you can verbally meet the criteria, so if you can say yes to whatever the questions are, then you can get the vaccine.”
The questions will address whether the person is in the state to provide goods or services to the benefit of the state. And that could include bringing in revenue for local businesses.
Florida eases vaccine residency requirement, paving way for migrants
State and federal vaccine sites will no longer ask for multiple documents showing proof of residency.
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A woman receives driving instructions after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on April 13 at the Federal Emergency Management Agencyâs TGT vaccination site, 755 E Waters Ave, in Tampa. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
By Devoun Cetoute and Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald
Published Earlier today
Updated Earlier today
A new road to vaccination for undocumented migrants and others has opened as some Florida sites put an end to requiring proof of residency in order to get inoculated.