MIAMI.– Vaccination against covid-19 without age limitations for adults began this Monday in Florida with a large influx of young people, according to Efe in one of the largest immunization centers in Miami.
Before sunrise there was already a long line of cars with people ready to get vaccinated in the center installed on the north campus of Miami Dade College (MDC), which is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and it is the largest in South Florida.
Between 250 and 300 cars, mostly with people in their 30s or 40s, according to Efe, they had access to the center in the first hours of operation.
According to data from the Florida Department of Health, the age group with the most cases of covid-19 since the start of the pandemic is 25 to 34 years old, which accumulates more than 362,000 infections of the more than two million registered since 1 March in the state.
Starting tomorrow, April 6, the vaccination center at Miami Dade College will only offer the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine and will have the capacity to deliver 3,000 daily doses, according to a FEMA Twitter message.
In addition, in the vaccination centers that FEMA has in Miami, Orlando and Tampa, the Pfizer vaccine, with two doses, will be administered to people over 16 years of age.
US President Joe Biden has set the date of July 4, this country’s national day, to turn around the coronavirus pandemic that began in these lands in the first quarter of 2020.
For both deaths and infections of covid-19, the United States is the number one country in the world, with more than 555,000 deaths and 30.7 million infected since 2020.
Brazil is the second most affected country, with 12.9 million infections and more than 331,000 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University account.
Within the US, Florida is the third state with the most infections (more than two million) and the fourth with the most deaths (34,000).
The governor of Florida, Republican Ron DeSantis, determined to return to Florida the tourism lost by covid-19, is against the restrictions on activity and measures such as the mandatory use of masks.
His full bet is on vaccination.
To date, 9.7 million vaccines have been provided in Florida, 6.3 million first doses and 3.4 million second doses, according to figures from the state Department of Health, which has more than 21 million inhabitants.
Vaccination began in Florida in December and first priority was given to health workers on the front lines of the fight against covid-19 and those over 65, both those living in nursing homes and those living in their homes. houses.
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