Turnout low as Johnson & Johnson vaccine returns in Florida, officials say
By The Associated Press
Johnson and Johnson vaccine returned to Florida on Sunday
After a 11-day pause, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine returned for Florida s FEMA sites on Sunday. FOX 13 s Justin Matthews reports.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Turnout has been so low for the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine at Florida’s FEMA-run sites that about 90% of the supply has gone unused following an 11-day pause, health officials said.
The federally-run vaccine site at Valencia College’s West Campus in Orlando only administered 268 doses of the 3,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines that were available on Sunday, site spokesman Ian Ohlin told the Orlando Sentinel.
Turnout low as Johnson & Johnson vaccine returns in Florida
April 26, 2021 GMT
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Turnout was so low for the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine at a central Florida FEMA-run site that about 90% of the daily supply went unused following a 11-day pause, health officials said.
The federally-run vaccine site at Valencia College’s West Campus in Orlando only administered 268 doses of the 3,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines that were available on Sunday, site spokesman Ian Ohlin told the Orlando Sentinel.
For much of the day, there was “little to no wait,” Ohlin said.
A similar story played out at a Miami-Dade College vaccine site in South Florida, where 127 Johnson & Johnson doses were administered as of Sunday afternoon, compared to roughly 300 Pfizer vaccines, WSVN reported.
Johnson & Johnson shots resumed Sunday at multiple Florida vaccination sites after CDC guidance said to do so. At one site, about about 90% went unused.
Super low turnout: 90% of Johnson & Johnson vaccines unused at Central Florida FEMA site
Valencia College’s West Campus in Orlando administers 268 of 3,000 J&J doses
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Turnout was so low for the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine at a Central Florida FEMA-run site that about 90% of the daily supply went unused following a 11-day pause, health officials said.
The federally-run vaccine site at Valencia College’s West Campus in Orlando only administered 268 doses of the 3,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines that were available on Sunday, site spokesman Ian Ohlin said.
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For much of the day, there was “little to no wait,” Ohlin said.
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