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Hospitals are grappling with a new surge in COVID cases. Florida is grappling with a wave of COVID-19 infections that is sending more young people to hospitals, forcing some facilities to limit visitors and reschedule elective surgeries and prompting elected officials to plead for people to get vaccinated. During a news conference with top Northeast Florida hospital officials, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry made a plea for COVID-19 vaccinations, saying 800 people, most of them unvaccinated, were in area hospitals. “The vaccine is the best tool we have to protect ourselves, our friends, our...

Mobile faith-based vaccination pilot program launches in Tallahassee WCJB Staff © Provided by Gainesville WCJB-TV A new pilot program aimed at increasing vaccination rates of Black Floridians launched in the State’s capital city Monday. To keep up with the latest local news subscribe to our   and receive news straight to your email every morning. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAP NEWS/WCJB) - A new pilot program aimed at increasing vaccination rates of Black Floridians launched in the State’s capital city Monday. A new $300,000 mobile medical unit secured by Bethel Baptist Churc...

COVID survivors share experiences to fight vaccine hesitancy The COVID-19 Education and Engagement Taskforce hopes to convince people to get vaccinated by showing them stories of people who have had to fight the virus from a hospital bed. and last updated 2021-04-21 18:48:38-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The COVID-19 Education and Engagement Taskforce hopes to convince people to get vaccinated by showing them stories of people who have had to fight the virus from a hospital bed. "The complications I had with COVID far outweighed the fear of taking the vaccination," said Harrison Smith....

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church holds memorial service for COVID-19 victims and last updated 2021-04-12 01:29:36-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — 310 crosses are placed on the front lawn of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee. Each cross represents a person in Leon County who died from COVID-19. Sunday marked one year since the first COVID-19 related death in the county. The church held a memorial service for those who didn't get the chance to get vaccinated. Linda Edwards has received the vaccine. She credits the Statewide Coronavirus Vaccination Community Education and Engage...

County Commission Chair Rick Minor and  Mayor John Dailey Your Turn A full year into the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone’s lives have been transformed into a hard new normal. This pandemic – the worst public health crisis in a century – will be with us for a while, even as we all seek to do our jobs, go to school, enjoy ourselves and carefully gather, travel and live our lives.   The virus has not spared the Big Bend. COVID-19 forced many businesses to close, threw many people out of work, and claimed the lives of more than 450 residents of the four Big Bend counties ...