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People wait in line to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center at Jackson Hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Miami.
The Florida Roundup this week took on the issue of COVID-19 vaccines and the Florida/Georgia water war.
On this week’s
Florida Roundup: More people across Florida may soon be able to get their COVID-19 vaccinations, and the U.S. Supreme Court hears the Florida-Georgia water war case.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said this week younger people may soon be eligible for vaccines, with an emergency approval of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine expected very soon.
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556 U.S. service members will arrive in Florida, at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support vaccination centers in four Florida cities: Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville and Orlando.
Several more places are now open for some Floridians to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot. Publix, Winn-Dixie, and Harveys grocery stores now dole out doses. Other pharmacies are now dispersing shots, even as the number of people getting vaccinations over the past seven days dropped compared to last week.
New federally-run COVID-19 vaccine locations will open next week in Miami, Jacksonville, Orlando, and Tampa. They will help in adding to the more than 1.5 million seniors in the state who have already received both doses. As more Floridians receive their shots, a new analysis of state vaccine plans found Florida is the only state that has not telegraphed who will be next in line for a vaccine.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez met with other U.S. mayors Friday at the White House to discuss President Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan.
Monday, February 8, 2021 by Florida Public Media Staff (WLRN)
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Originally published on January 29, 2021 2:59 pm
In Tampa, migrant education advocates are worried about nearly 300 students children of farmworkers who “haven’t quite surfaced anywhere” in the last year.
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