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National Guard to assist with COVID-19 vaccinations at Regency site Jacksonville’s only state-run vaccination site to get aid Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The National Guard is sending airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing to assist with COVID-19 vaccinations at Jacksonville’s only state run-site. Sixty airmen will help vaccinate those eligible to get the shot at Regency Square Mall. More than 7,000 vaccines were administered at the site in the first seven days. “As we’ve seen since last year, our airmen are poised and ready to react at a moment’s notice,” said Col. Matt...

Florida launches vaccine pre-registration website Lack of supply still limits when appointments will become available Jake Stofan, Tallahassee corespondent Updated:  Tags:  The Florida Department of Health said Florida residents 65 and older and frontline healthcare workers can enter their information on that website and will be contacted when doses are available at state-run vaccination sites in their area. In Northeast Florida, the only site is currently at Regency Square in Jacksonville. Residents who pre-register “will be contacted by phone call, text or email and will be assisted in ...

After ‘soft launch’ Friday, second vaccine doses start Monday at 2 city-run sites Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – City staff is gearing up to give a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 12,000 people who received their first shot at one of Jacksonville’s senior citizen centers. A few hundred people received their second shot Friday at either the Lane Wiley or the Mandarin senior center in which Mayor Lenny Curry called a soft launch. “(We) identified people to do a soft launch, which is smart because, again, we are all new at this. What we’ve demonstrated at the city lev...

Florida Leads Nation With Nearly 1 Million Seniors Vaccinated Patch 1/23/2021 © Provided by Patch FLORIDA —On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined decorated World War II veteran and centenarian Henry Sayler to witness Sayler receiving his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The moment commemorated Florida nearing one million seniors vaccinated, more than any other state in the country. “Florida is reaching a milestone as we work to rapidly deploy vaccines to seniors,” DeSantis said. “Our successful 'Seniors First' strategy in Florida has allowed us to target this key popul...

UpdatedSat, Jan 30, 2021 at 9:02 pm ET Replies(16) Residents age 65 and older check into the new state-run vaccination clinic at University Square Mall in Tampa. (Department of Health-Hillsborough County) Correction: The state has contracted with vendor Sharecare to handle appointments for residents to get vaccinated. FLORIDA — Hoping to restore order to what's been chaos since the coronavirus vaccine was rolled out to residents 65 and older in late December, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state will take over vaccine registrations. Meanwhile, reports that people from other countries w...