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FDOH Updates The Progress Of The State's Distribution Of The COVID-19 Vaccine Staff Reporter• TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida Department of Health has issued a statement concerning the state's distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and its weekly COVID-19 update. The statement reads as follows: " Under Governor DeSantis’ Leadership Ages 50 and Older~ Today (3/19/21), the Florida Department of Health issued an update on the progress of the state's vaccination efforts, as well as its weekly COVID-19 update. The State of Florida is in its fourteenth week of vaccine distribution and is c...

Sarasota County will roll out its long anticipated new vaccine appointment system Wednesday, according to County Commissioner Christian Ziegler. The new system will allow residents 65 and older to either call in or use a mobile app or a computer to register for a spot to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when doses are available. The county said on its website that it will release details Tuesday on how the new system will work. “There’ll still be a wait, but what this does is alleviate one of the bigger frustrations,” Ziegler said Monday. How to get a COVID-19 vaccine:Sarasota-Bradenton-Ven...

Replies(5) According to state health officials, COVID-19 has more severe consequences in older adults and prioritizing this population will help protect more Wisconsinites from serious illness and death. (Shutterstock) ACROSS WISCONSIN — The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Tuesday that adults over the age of 65 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Jan. 25. Currently, front-line health care workers, residents in long-term care facilities (nursing homes and assisted living facilities), and police and fire personnel are eligible. There are approximately 700,0...

  Today the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that adults over the age of 65 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning January 25. Currently, frontline health care workers, residents in long-term care facilities (nursing homes and assisted living facilities), and police and fire personnel are eligible. There are approximately 700,000 Wisconsinites who are 65 and older and Wisconsin currently receives around 70,000 first-dose vaccines per week from the federal government. It will take time to vaccinate this population in Wisconsin. “Older adults have been har...

Colorado’s long-term care facility administrators are concerned about the alarming number of their staff who are refusing the coronavirus vaccine, reigniting a debate over whether workers can be required to