UF holds mass COVID-19 vaccination effort for campus community at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
5,056 people got their shots in the Champions Club section Monday April 7, 2021 | 7:00am EDT Isabel Crist, 19, (left) a UF telecommunication freshman, receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, April 5, 2021. Monday was the first day COVID-19 vaccines were made widely available to UF students. Photo by Julia Cooper | The Independent Florida Alligator
For Merrill Garlington, the fate of normalcy waited three escalator rides above her at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
The last year has been difficult for the 19-year-old UF psychology freshman, attempting a normal college experience with goo
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University of Florida opens vaccine site at football stadium
April 5, 2021
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Starting Monday, any adult in Florida is eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
In addition, the state announced that teens ages 16 and 17 can also get the vaccine with parental permission.
In an effort to get students inoculated, the University of Florida s Athletics Department is working with UF Health and the local health department to administer the vaccine at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. University and health officials plan to inoculate up to 5,000 people, starting at 11 a.m. Monday.
Officials hope to meet a goal of vaccinating 20,000 per week, a news release said.
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4of17Policemen check the passenger passes at a subway station entrance in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 5, 2021. The city authorities have tightened an anti-coronavirus lockdown on Monday with more cases registered and hospitals overcrowded.Efrem Lukatsky/APShow MoreShow Less
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