Task force calls for COVID-19 vaccine sites to expand to minority communities
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This comes as Gov. Ron Desantis expands the number of vaccines going to grocery store giant Publix.
Church leaders say the governor and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry aren’t doing enough to reach underserved communities with the vaccine.
As of Tuesday, more than 1.3 million Floridians had received their first dose of a vaccine. A report shows that only 66,000, or just under 5%, are Black.
“Those numbers are dismal, disturbing, and depressing,” said Reverend Dr. R.B. Holmes.
They are now working to get the federal government to provide enough doses to open these sites.