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New Jacksonville Beach COVID-19 Vaccination Site Opens Sunday

In this Feb. 8, 2021, file photo, Florida seniors have their temperatures taken before receiving the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Health System in Miami.
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In this Feb. 8, 2021, file photo, Florida seniors have their temperatures taken before receiving the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Health System in Miami.

The Carver Center in Jacksonville Beach is opening a COVID-19 vaccination site for ten days starting on Sunday, March 14.

The Carver Center site will follow Florida’s eligibility guidelines, which at the time of this story’s publication applies to anyone 65 and up, along with Health care personnel with direct patients, K-12 school employees 50 and up, along with sworn law enforcement officers 50 and up.

The center at 777 5th Avenue South will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Recipients will be offered a choice of the Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Recipients that choose the Pfizer shot will return three weeks later to the same location for a second shot.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced earlier this week the general age requirement will be lowered to 60 and up on March 15.

The site is being launched through a partnership with the City of Jacksonville Emergency Preparedness Division, Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Bill Bortzfield can be reached at bbortzfield@wjct.org, 904-358-6349 or on Twitter at @BortzInJax.

Bill joined WJCT News in September of 2017 from The Florida Times-Union, where he served in a variety of multimedia journalism positions.