Seniors spurn city’s urging, line up early for COVID-19 vaccines
Mandarin, Lane Wiley senior centers offer first-come, first-served shots based on birth month
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite the city of Jacksonville urging people NOT to line up before 10 a.m. Tuesday, hundreds of people waited for hours outside the Mandarin and Lane Wiley Senior Centers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine is available Tuesday to seniors, health care workers and first responders with birthdays in March or April.
Both Monday and Tuesday, hopeful seniors began lining up before dawn at the senior centers, which are vaccinating Duval County residents 65 years old and older and front-line medical workers not by appointment, but based on their birth month.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has laid out plans to make the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Duval County smoother and more efficient.
On Friday, Curry set the goal of nearly 1,000 vaccines per day, announcing the conversion of two senior centers to vaccination sites.
“Because of limited availability of this vaccine, Gov. DeSantis has prioritized its distribution for those at most risk, Curry said.
Over the past week, Jacksonville has reported an average of nearly 900 new cases every day. That’s a record high as cases, positivity, hospitalizations and deaths are trending upward.