Florida’s partnership with Publix to administer the COVID-19 vaccine expanded into Flagler, St. Johns, Volusia and Collier couties on Wednesday.
The program now makes the Moderna vaccine available at 105 Publix pharmacies in 12 counties. Last week’s initial rollout included Citrus, Marion and Hernando, with Panhandle counties Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton and Bay added earlier this week.
People 65 and older can make appointments through Publix online at publix.com/covidvaccine. Inoculations at the newly added locations begins Thursday.
“Our goal is putting seniors first. Our goal is to offer it to every senior who wants it. And for those who may not get an appointment with Publix today, or may not be able to get in this round, hang in there. You re going to get it,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday during a news conference at the Sawgrass Village Publix in Ponte Vedra Beach.
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Show Transcript as the pandemic continues to take its toll. The numbers continued to hit record highs over 4000 deaths reported on Tuesday, and new cases rose by more than 200,000. It s awful, and I think it s going to continue for the next couple of months where you could see another 150,000 people that died. California is the epicenter of the Cove in 19 Surge, with more than 30,500 deaths since the pandemic began. Even with those dark numbers, there is a glimmer of hope. We can vaccinate about 55 to 60% of of this country, and we can do that at a million to a million and a half doses a day that I really do think that by
The vaccines last a paltry six hours once the first dose is removed from a vial. That short shelf life raises the stakes for the largest vaccination effort in U.S. history by forcing clinicians to anticipate the exact number of doses they’ll need each day. If they don’t get it right, precious stores of vaccine may go to waste.
More than 10 million Americans had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the year-old pandemic roared on unchecked.