Prime Osborn, 2 senior centers in Jacksonville, will start administering the second dose of COVID vaccine-19 months

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The city of Jacksonville is set to start administering the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at two centers for the elderly starting Monday morning as the first public vaccine recipients at the state-run Osborn Prime Convention Center begin returning to second shot.

Between the three sites, about 2,000 people are expected to receive the second dose each day this week. This is almost double the average number of people in Jacksonville who receive the first dose each day, as supplies are still limited.

Monday marks 21 days after vaccination sites at Lane Wiley Senior Center and Mandarin Senior Center began administering the Pfizer vaccine to people over the age of 65 and health care workers. People who received the first dose at one of the two centers for the elderly should return to that place for the second dose 21 days after the first shot. For example, if you received your first vaccine at a nursing home in Jacksonville on January 11, you should return on February 1 at some point based on the first letter of your last name.

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Here is the breakdown:

• If your last name starts with A, B, C or D, come to the site between 9:00 and 10:00

• If your last name starts with E, F, G or H, come to the site between 10:00 and 11:00

• If your last name starts with I, J, K or L, come to the site between 11.00 and 12.00

• If your last name starts with M, N, O, or P, visit the site between 12 noon and 1 p.m.

• If your last name starts with Q, R, S or T, come to the site between 13:00 and 14:00

• If your last name starts with U, V or W, go to the site between 2pm and 3pm

• If your last name starts with X, Y or Z, visit the site between 3pm and 4pm

• Those who cannot come at the appointed time are asked to come to the site between 16:00 and 17:00. The sites will be open from 9:00 to 17:00.

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Patients will receive a reminder phone call the day before the expiration of the second dose.

Those who have already had the first dose at the age centers are asked to bring the identification and registration card of the shot they gave him when they received the first shot.

To save time, the city is also asking those receiving the second dose to bring a complete COVID-19 vaccination screening and consent form, which can be found here. Printed forms will also be available at age centers.

The city said the two doses will be given at the two senior centers by Feb. 12.

Both offices of the senior center stopped giving the first doses on January 21, after the city’s supply was exhausted.

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The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine are given only in Jacksonville at the state-administered vaccination site at Regency Square Mall to people 65 years of age and older and health care workers.

News4Jax was at the Mandarin Senior Center on Friday, when several hundred people received the second blow in what Mayor Lenny Curry called an “easy launch.”

“What we’ve demonstrated at the city level – whether it’s distributing incentive controls or testing and now distributing vaccines – is that we’re doing it smart, responsible and efficient, but then we’re adapting,” he said. Curry. “It simply came to our notice then. We moved the second round to rely on the first letter of the last name versus the birthday and we think it will be an improvement on the previous cast, but I would say that if you get the first shot, you have to get the second. Please take it. Don’t let him pass when you need to. “

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Curry said there is no timeline right now when Jacksonville will receive more doses. The city has no access to supplies.

Curry said the federal government is currently centralizing distribution for the first doses at Regency Square Mall. Once more doses come, the city can be distributed and expanded.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said last week that he expects the state to receive the first 307,000 doses from the federal government this week.

The Florida Department of Health in Duval County began administering the second dose on Jan. 25 to people who got the vaccine 28 days earlier at the vaccination site at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. Most of those who were vaccinated in the early days were employees of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and those working for Jacksonville, so they returned for the second shot last week.

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Monday will mark 28 days after the first doses of Moderna vaccine began to be given to members over the age of 65 and the elderly and health workers at the convention center.

As in the elderly centers, the vaccination center of the convention center no longer offers the first doses of vaccine, but if you received the first photo at the convention center, return there 28 days later, at the same time as you had the first meeting at the convention center to receive the second dose of Modern vaccine.

For example, if the first dose was at 2 pm on January 4, you will return to Prime Osborn for the second dose at 2 pm on February 1 (the date of the second dose is on the back of your CDC vaccination registration card). were given upon receipt of the first blow.)

Monica Sharp is among those ready to receive the second dose at the convention center on Monday.

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“I’m 69 years old and I’m active, but, you know, I’ve avoided activity in the last year, so I’m looking forward to getting it,” Sharp told News4Jax on Sunday.

Sharp said the process of getting the first dose was a challenge, but he understands it is a new challenge for everyone.

“People are desperate to get it. I think most people are and are afraid of not receiving COVID, ”she said. “I was certainly happy that a vaccine came out and that I was able to get it. I feel very lucky. “

Florida Department of Health data show that nearly 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the state since Saturday. While 1,364,416 of these vaccines were first doses and 314,528 were secondary doses in a few days last week, as the supply of vaccine to the state declined, the number of secondary doses began to exceed the number of initial vaccines.