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COVID vaccine in Okaloosa: Providers are all booked up for MLK Jr. weekend He did not say for how many days.  It wasn't long after the Publix online appointment registration became available Wednesday that this message appeared on the sign-up page: "All available COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Publix Pharmacy have been claimed. Additional appointments will be announced as Publix receives more inventory." The next batch of vaccines could arrive Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, according to an employee at a local store who on Friday was manning the table where those lucky enough to have g...

Also on Friday, hospital workers began offering vaccines to local police and firefighters, Kendust said. Fort Walton Beach Medical Center had received an initial allotment of 2,100 doses of vaccine, according to McDaniel. She said North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview received 900 doses and Niceville's Twin Cities Hospital obtained 300 doses. As of Thursday, North Okaloosa had inoculated 202 individuals, among them 142 staff members. Twin Cities vaccinated 210 people, 159 of whom were staff members, McDaniel said.  Under order of Gov. Ron DeSantis, the hospitals were required to vaccin...

There was none of that in Okaloosa County, where the county's Department of Health teamed with Northwest Florida State College, local Emergency Medical Service workers and Medical Reserve Corps volunteers to pull off a near seamless drive-thru vaccination clinic. "It didn't hurt a bit. I didn't feel anything," 78-year-old Mary Norton said just after receiving her shot.  Key to the success of the event was procurement of the vast parking lot outside of the college's basketball arena and baseball fields. The wide open space allowed the 30 Health Department workers and their associates to sta...

Fletcher High School in Duval County, which in November ranked behind only Fort Walton Beach in COVID-19 cases, saw its virus burden rise by 20 to 77, which put it seventh in the overall state rankings. Okaloosa County Health Department head Dr. Karen Chapman has said at least some of the blame for the large coronavirus caseloads at each of Okaloosa County's high schools can be attributed to the age of the facilities. Older buildings have smaller classrooms and older ventilation systems which can to contribute to the spread of disease, she said.  "We're at something of a disadvantage," she ...