COVID-19 walk-in vaccination site opens in Hillsborough County
COVID-19 walk-in vaccination site opens in Hillsborough County
and last updated 2021-03-17 08:35:24-04
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. â Florida residents have another location to choose from to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
The TPepin s Hospitality Center at 4121 N. 50th Street in Tampa will serve as the first county-run walk-in vaccination site.
Residents will check-in inside as well as receive their vaccine and sit in an observation area.
PINELLAS PARK â Amid concern that the areaâs seniors are lagging the statewide average in getting vaccinated against the coronavirus, Pinellas County is receiving 8,000 more doses of vaccine in the next week.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the local push at a Thursday news conference at Mainlands of Tamarac by the Gulf, a 55-and-older community of nearly 400 homes in Pinellas Park. The governor said Florida has vaccinated about 42% of those 65 and older, but only 35% in Pinellas have received shots.
âSo we said some of those areas that have a lot of seniors that are below the state average, we want to surge more doses there,â DeSantis said outside the Mainlands community clubhouse. âThis is part of that effort to up the doses in Pinellas County.â