Vaccination sites are opening in 2 new locations in Duval County

Two vaccination centers run by the Federal Agency for Emergency Management opened Sunday morning in Duval County.

Satellite sites have moved from Westside and Northwest Jacksonville to Carver Center on 5th Avenue South in Jacksonville Beach and Oceanway Center to Sago Avenue West on Northside.

According to FEMA, the sites will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for 10 days – until March 23. The sites will offer the Pfizer vaccine, and up to 500 photos can be administered per day at each site.

Walking sites do not require an appointment, and photos will be managed according to the first come, first served.

Kelsy Adams, who works in higher education, waited in her car to open the Carver Center site. She and a friend traveled about two hours from Gainesville to get vaccinated.

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“Everything is full, yes. It’s just … the medical unit and anything else, you just can’t get in, there are people with higher priority, “Adams said. “So let’s try [the Jacksonville Beach site]. Nothing else, we go to every meal and come back. ”

An hour before the site opened at the Carver Center, the line began to grow and wrap around the building.

People living on the beaches have said it’s about accessibility.

“It simply came to our notice then. We all waited, so it’s beautiful, “said Liz Root, a Jacksonville Beach resident. “I still want to be careful until most of us are vaccinated. I just don’t want it to be free for everyone. ”

“We need to make it available to everyone so we can get back to what we need to do,” said Burl White, a resident of Ponte Vedra Beach.

There was no line on the Oceanway Center website on Sunday morning, when News4Jax passed by.

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The two original satellite sites at the Normandy Community Center and the Hammond Senior Center will return for second-dose photos.

FEMA opened the two satellite sites along with the federally supported vaccination clinic at Gateway Mall on the Northside. The Norwood Avenue site is open 7:00 to 19:00 seven days a week and can handle 3,000 photos a day. Johnson & Johnson vaccine is offered at the Gateway Mall site – not at the Carver and Oceanway centers.

Starting Monday, the age at which people can qualify for vaccination drops to 60 in all parts of Florida.