Jacksonville firefighters begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine
JFRD employees will start vaccinating the public next month
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JFRD employee gets COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday afternoon. (JFRD image)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – About 25 Jacksonville Fire and Rescue employees, including Chief Keith Powers, received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday afternoon. The remaining 1,600 JFRD employees will begin getting the vaccine next week a process that’s expected to last several days.
“I wasn’t concerned about it at all,” Powers said. “To tell you how bad it bothered me, well, I went home yesterday afternoon and split a load of firewood.”
Most JFRD employees will get vaccinated at a special clinic to be set up at the Prime Osborn Convention Center, starting Monday.