SHARE ORLANDO, Fla. — The Hispanic Federation on Friday called on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to include organizations and community leaders in plans to help vaccinate the Hispanic community and protect them from COVID-19. What You Need To Know COVID vaccination plans should involve more Hispanic leaders, group says Only 8% of Floridians vaccinated so far are Hispanic, state data indicates Latino groups, leaders have trust of community, Hispanic Federation says Health departments do provide bilingual assistance, their spokespersons say As of January 21, Florida Health Department data indicated that more than 1.6 million Floridians had been vaccinated with at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but only 8% of them were Hispanic.