Duval County to end Prime Osborn vaccination site, move to state-run Regency Square Mall site
The Prime Osborn site will stop taking appointments at the end of the week. Those who got their first dose at Prime Osborn will get their second dose there as well. Author: Mindy Wadley Updated: 10:24 AM EST January 20, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Those eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Duval County will no longer be able to access the shot at the city-run Prime Osborn Convention Center site, according to Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry.
Curry tweeted Wednesday morning that the Duval County Department of Health will end its Prime Osborn vaccination rollout for initial doses and take no new appointments. Moving forward, all vaccinations will be scheduled at the state-run Regency Square Mall site, the mayor s tweet said.
TIAA Bank Field s Lot J has made a lot of headlineslately. But before they do anything there, dinosaurs are going to take over for a week or so.
Jurassic Quest, an animatronic dinosaur show, takes over the lot Friday through Jan. 24 for a drive-thru dinosaur experience.
It s a similar show to the one that played indoors at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in 2017 and 19, but redesigned for a pandemic era. It s how we’ve adapted to the current situation, said Jurassic Quest spokesman Nick Schaefer. We were traditionally an indoor show. We had to adapt quickly to keep our place in the world today.
Seniors spurn city’s urging, line up early for COVID-19 vaccines
Mandarin, Lane Wiley senior centers offer first-come, first-served shots based on birth month
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite the city of Jacksonville urging people NOT to line up before 10 a.m. Tuesday, hundreds of people waited for hours outside the Mandarin and Lane Wiley Senior Centers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine is available Tuesday to seniors, health care workers and first responders with birthdays in March or April.
Both Monday and Tuesday, hopeful seniors began lining up before dawn at the senior centers, which are vaccinating Duval County residents 65 years old and older and front-line medical workers not by appointment, but based on their birth month.
More than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases in Northeast Florida – and near 20,000 statewide – were reported Thursday as the virus’s spread reached record levels despite ongoing vaccination efforts.
The 19,816 new cases reported statewide was the highest single-day count on record for the 10-month-old coronavirus pandemic.
Another 164 Floridians were reported dead from the virus, including 11 in the six-county region that includes Jacksonville, a daily update from Florida’s Department of Health showed.
The virus’s reach grew as Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said two senior centers that have been used as COVID testing sites were closing to be refitted to handle only vaccinations.
07:25 PM EST Share “I think it’s a trail of tears, the whole report. I don’t think we’ve found the end of the trail yet,” Council president Tommy Hazouri says.
Brenda Priestly Jackson, the City Council’s JEA investigatory committee chair, says the results of the probe into the attempt to sell Jacksonville’s municipal utility proved her theory.
“My overarching belief was there was an attempt, with a lack of transparency, a lack of adherence to the (city) charter and Florida statues, to engage in a sale of our municipal utility,” she said in an interview Jan. 5.