The Gateway Mall vaccination site, 2 pop-up clinics were closed on Sunday due to the weather

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The federally supported vaccination site COVID-19 at Gateway Mall closed Sunday around 12:30 for the rest of the day due to weather conditions.

“Due to the weather conditions – lightning, rain, flooding around the facility and the safety factor of not being in a reinforced structure, it was decided that the Gateway Mall vaccination site will be closed for the rest of the day,” officials said.

For anyone who has an appointment scheduled on Sunday, there is no need to reschedule – come at any time from 7 am to 7 pm another day or visit one of the satellite sites.

Operations on the Gateway Mall site will resume on Monday at 7 p.m.

All federally supported vaccination sites in the Jacksonville area delayed opening until 10 a.m. Sunday, including the Gateway Mall hub site on Norwood Avenue and its satellite sites at the Oceanway Community Center on Sago Avenue. West and Carver Recreation Center on 5th Avenue South in Jacksonville Beach.

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The Gateway Mall website offers the Johnson & Johnson vaccine with a single shot. The satellite sites and the Gateway Mall site offer the second dose of Pfizer vaccine to those who received the first doses at these sites before April 5th.

Even if the Gateway Mall site closes early, satellite sites will remain open Sunday to provide the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

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In addition, the city of Jacksonville announced just after 5 a.m. Sunday that two COVID-19 vaccination sites planned for that day at the Main Library and the Brown Eastside Library will be closed due to the weather.

The large vaccination site at Regency Square Mall – offering the Pfizer vaccine – will maintain its normal hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Legends Center and Edward Waters College are also expected to open Sunday.

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Scheduled appointments at dozens of pharmacies in the area should not be affected by the weather.