Jacksonville doctors say mask mandate is slowing COVID-19 spread in schools
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The largest national vaccination program since the polio vaccine of the 1950s rolled out on Monday, with the first of 2.9 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved last week on the way to all 50 states.
That’s about half the amount states were expecting of an initial 6.4 million doses from Pfizer, but the FDA directed that half be held back for the second of the two shots required for the vaccine to reach maximum effectiveness.
“They don’t want us to hold anything back for the second shot,” Florida Emergency management director Jared Moskowitz said during an interview last week with the Florida Channel.
A glimmer of hope: First doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Jacksonville
Doctors at UF Health said they ve been preparing to store the vaccine for a while, prep that includes storing it in negative 70 degree Celsius temperatures. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 10:18 AM EST December 14, 2020 Updated: 1:01 PM EST December 14, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The first doses of Pfizer and BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Jacksonville Monday morning and were administered to a select few.
The doses arrived at UF Health were given to a pre-selected group around 10:30 a.m.
Dr. Leon Haley, the CEO of UF Health Jacksonville, was the first to receive a dose. It was followed by a round of applause from the crowd.